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**the pastors** = rulers. See notes on [Jeremiah 2:8](../../../kjv/jeremiah/2/8) ; [Jeremiah 3:15](../../../kjv/jeremiah/3/15) , &c.
**saith the LORD** = [is] Jehovah's oracle.
**the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 .

**the LORD God of Israel.** See note on [Jeremiah 11:3](../../../kjv/jeremiah/11/3) .
**God.** Hebrew. *Elohim.*
**that feed** = that are the feeders of. Figure of speech *Antimereia* (of the Verb).
**behold.** Figure of speech *Asterismos.* App-6 .
**I will visit, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 32:34](../../../kjv/exodus/32/34) ).
**evil.** Hebrew ra'a.

**I will gather, &c.** Compare [Jeremiah 31:10](../../../kjv/jeremiah/31/10) ; [Jeremiah 32:7](../../../kjv/jeremiah/32/7) . [Ezekiel 34:13](../../../kjv/ezekiel/34/13) , &c.

**Branch** = Sprout from the root, not from a branch. Compare [Isaiah 11:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/11/1) ; [Isaiah 53:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/53/2) . Here, Hebrew. *zemach.* The name of the brightest star in the Zodiac sign "Virgo". See App-12 . See notes on the Structure of the Four Gospels. Compare [Jeremiah 33:15](../../../kjv/jeremiah/33/15) .
**King.** See the Structure of the Gospels. Matthew. Compare [Isaiah 9:6](../../../kjv/isaiah/9/6) , [Isaiah 9:7](../../../kjv/isaiah/9/7) . [Zechariah 6:12](../../../kjv/zechariah/6/12) , [Zechariah 6:13](../../../kjv/zechariah/6/13) .[Psalms 72:2](../../../kjv/psalms/72/2) .[Luke 1:32](../../../kjv/luke/1/32) .
**judgment and justice.** See note on [Jeremiah 22:3](../../../kjv/jeremiah/22/3) .

**Israel shall dwell safely.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 25:18](../../../kjv/leviticus/25/18) , [Leviticus 25:19](../../../kjv/leviticus/25/19) ; [Leviticus 25:26](../../../kjv/leviticus/25/26) , [Leviticus 25:5](../../../kjv/leviticus/25/5) .[Deuteronomy 33:12](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/33/12) , [Deuteronomy 33:28](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/33/28) . Repeated in [Jeremiah 32:37](../../../kjv/jeremiah/32/37) ; [Jeremiah 33:16](../../../kjv/jeremiah/33/16) ). App-92 .
**THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.** Hebrew. *Jehovah Zidkenu.* See App-4 . For the reason of the large type in Authorized Version, see App-48 .
**OUR.** Because the gift of God.

**the days come.** Compare [Jeremiah 16:14](../../../kjv/jeremiah/16/14) , [Jeremiah 16:15](../../../kjv/jeremiah/16/15) .
**Which brought up, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch (Ex. [Jeremiah 12:15](../../../kjv/jeremiah/12/15) , &c). App-92 .
**children** = sons.

**the house of Israel.** See note on [Jeremiah 2:4](../../../kjv/jeremiah/2/4) .
**land** = soil.

**Mine heart, &c.** Figure of speech *Pathopoeia.*
**man.** Hebrew. *'ish.*
**a man** = a strong man. Hebrew. *geber.* App-14 .
**wine.** Hebrew. *yayin.* App-27 .

**their:** i.e. the false prophets.

**wickedness.** Hebrew. *ra'a'.* App-44 .

**the year of their visitation.** See note on [Jeremiah 8:12](../../../kjv/jeremiah/8/12) .

**the LORD of hosts** = Jehovah Zebaioth. See note on [Jeremiah 6:6](../../../kjv/jeremiah/6/6) and [1 Samuel 1:3](../../../kjv/1-samuel/1/3) .

**They say still.** Figure of speech *Polyptoton.* Hebrew = saying they say = keep on saying.
**imagination** = stubbornness.

**who . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.* Implying that none hath.
**counsel** = secret council. Compare [Psalms 25:14](../../../kjv/psalms/25/14) .
**His.** Hebrew text, with Revised Version, reads "My"; but margin of Hebrew text, the Babylonian Codex, with eight early printed editions, Aramaean, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "His'! with Authorized Version.
**heard:** or, announced. Compare [Jeremiah 23:22](../../../kjv/jeremiah/23/22) .

**fall grievously** = burst.
**the wicked** = lawless ones.

**the latter days** = end of days. Reference to Pentateuch ([Genesis 49:1](../../../kjv/genesis/49/1) , the same word). App-92 .
**perfectly.** Compare [Jeremiah 30:24](../../../kjv/jeremiah/30/24) .

**I have not, &c.** Compare [Jeremiah 23:32](../../../kjv/jeremiah/23/32) ; [Jeremiah 14:14](../../../kjv/jeremiah/14/14) .

**But if, &c.** The Hebrew accent requires the rendering: "But, had they stood in My Council: then they would have made My People hear My words, and they would have turned", &c.

**Am I . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.* App-6 .
**and not, &c.** Figure of speech *Pleonasm* , for emphasis.

**Can . . . ? . . . Do . . . ?** Figure of speech *E* rotesis.
**fill.** The Hebrew accent (" *Tiphcha'* ") puts the emphasis on "fill" (not on "earth"), denoting the fullness of the Divine presence which no place can *in* clude, or *ex* clude. A fullness *of grace,* of the prophetic word of judgment, and of promise.

**I have dreamed.** Thus catching the people's ears. Note Figure of speech *Epizeuxis.* App-6 .

**How long . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.*
**shall this be** = shall this exist. Hebrew. *yesh.* See notes on [Jeremiah 31:6](../../../kjv/jeremiah/31/6) , [Jeremiah 31:16](../../../kjv/jeremiah/31/16) , [Jeremiah 31:17](../../../kjv/jeremiah/31/17) . [Proverbs 8:21](../../../kjv/proverbs/8/21) ; [Proverbs 18:24](../../../kjv/proverbs/18/24) , and [Luke 7:25](../../../kjv/luke/7/25) .

**as** = according as.
**for** = in, or through.

**he that hath, &c.** Compare [Ezekiel 13:7](../../../kjv/ezekiel/13/7) .
**chaff** = crushed, or chopped straw. Hebrew. *teben.*

**Is not . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.*

**I am against, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 18:20](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/18/20) ).

**say, He saith** = uttered it as an oracle. Hebrew. *ne'um.* Reference to Pentateuch ([Genesis 22:16](../../../kjv/genesis/22/16) . [Numbers 14:28](../../../kjv/numbers/14/28) ; [Numbers 24:3](../../../kjv/numbers/24/3) , [Numbers 24:4](../../../kjv/numbers/24/4) , [Numbers 24:15](../../../kjv/numbers/24/15) , [Numbers 24:16](../../../kjv/numbers/24/16) ). Frequent in the prophets.

**lightness** = reckless boasting.

**What burden?** Septuagint, Vulgate, and Rashi, read "Ye yourselves are the burden". Compare [Jeremiah 23:36](../../../kjv/jeremiah/23/36) .
**forsake** = reject.

**perverted.** See note on [Jeremiah 6:10](../../../kjv/jeremiah/6/10) .
**the living God.** Both words are plural.

**ye say** = ye keep on saying. Figure of speech *Polyptoton.* App-6 .

**everlasting . . . perpetual.** Put by Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of the Whole), for a part of time = life long. Limited here by the promised Restoration.

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