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**Jeremiah's Sixth Prophecy** (see Book comments for Jeremiah).
**came.** The danger attending this message is shown in [Jeremiah 26](../../../kjv/jeremiah/26) . Compare [Jeremiah 7:2](../../../kjv/jeremiah/7/2) with [Jeremiah 26:2](../../../kjv/jeremiah/26/2) ; [Jeremiah 7:3](../../../kjv/jeremiah/7/3) with [Jeremiah 26:13](../../../kjv/jeremiah/26/13) ; [Jeremiah 7:12-14](../../../kjv/jeremiah/7/12-14) with [Jeremiah 26:4-6](../../../kjv/jeremiah/26/4-6) . [Jeremiah 26](../../../kjv/jeremiah/26) was in the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim, probably his fourth year. [Jeremiah 26](../../../kjv/jeremiah/26) is the historical appendix of [Jeremiah 7](../../../kjv/jeremiah/7) .
**the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 .

**in the gate:** i.e. in the fore-court. The proclamation has the Temple and its frequenters for its subject.
**all ye of Judah** = all Judah.

**the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel.** This title occurs thirty-four times in Jeremiah. ([Jeremiah 7:3](../../../kjv/jeremiah/7/3) ; [Jeremiah 7:21](../../../kjv/jeremiah/7/21) ; [Jeremiah 9:15](../../../kjv/jeremiah/9/15) ; [Jeremiah 16:9](../../../kjv/jeremiah/16/9) ; [Jeremiah 19:3](../../../kjv/jeremiah/19/3) ; [Jeremiah 19:15](../../../kjv/jeremiah/19/15) ; [Jeremiah 25:15](../../../kjv/jeremiah/25/15) ; [Jeremiah 25:27](../../../kjv/jeremiah/25/27) ; [Jeremiah 27:4](../../../kjv/jeremiah/27/4) ; [Jeremiah 27:21](../../../kjv/jeremiah/27/21) ; [Jeremiah 28:2](../../../kjv/jeremiah/28/2) ; [Jeremiah 28:14](../../../kjv/jeremiah/28/14) ; [Jeremiah 29:4](../../../kjv/jeremiah/29/4) ; [Jeremiah 29:8](../../../kjv/jeremiah/29/8) ; [Jeremiah 29:21](../../../kjv/jeremiah/29/21) ; [Jeremiah 29:25](../../../kjv/jeremiah/29/25) ; [Jeremiah 31:23](../../../kjv/jeremiah/31/23) ; [Jeremiah 32:14-15](../../../kjv/jeremiah/32/14-15) ; [Jeremiah 35:13](../../../kjv/jeremiah/35/13) ; [Jeremiah 35:18-19](../../../kjv/jeremiah/35/18-19) ; [Jeremiah 38:17](../../../kjv/jeremiah/38/17) ; [Jeremiah 39:16](../../../kjv/jeremiah/39/16) ; [Jeremiah 42:15](../../../kjv/jeremiah/42/15) ; [Jeremiah 42:18](../../../kjv/jeremiah/42/18) ; [Jeremiah 43:10](../../../kjv/jeremiah/43/10) ; [Jeremiah 44:2](../../../kjv/jeremiah/44/2) ; [Jeremiah 44:11](../../../kjv/jeremiah/44/11) ; [Jeremiah 44:25](../../../kjv/jeremiah/44/25) ; [Jeremiah 46:25](../../../kjv/jeremiah/46/25) ; [Jeremiah 48:1](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/1) ; [Jeremiah 50:18](../../../kjv/jeremiah/50/18) ; [Jeremiah 51:33](../../../kjv/jeremiah/51/33) ).
**God.** Hebrew. *Elohim* . App-4 .

**Trust** = Confide. Hebrew. *batah.* App-69 .
**The temple of the LORD** . Note the Figure of speech *Epizeuxis* ( App-4 ), for great emphasis, to exhibit the fanaticism common to all idolaters.

**man.** Hebrew. *'ish* . App-14 .

**stranger, the fatherless, and the widow.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 24:17](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/24/17) ).
**innocent blood.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 19:10](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/19/10) ). See note on [Isaiah 59:7](../../../kjv/isaiah/59/7) .
**other gods.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 20:3](../../../kjv/exodus/20/3) .[Deuteronomy 6:14](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/6/14) ; [Deuteronomy 8:19](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/8/19) , &c). App-92 .

**Then will I cause, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 4:40](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/4/40) ).
**for ever and ever.** Put by Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of the Whole), for an age-abiding duration.

**Behold.** Figure of speech *Asterismos.* App-6 .

**steal, murder, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 20:7-15](../../../kjv/exodus/20/7-15) ).

**come** = [still] come.
**which is called, &c.** = whereon My name was called.

**Is this house . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.* This passage used by our Lord, just as [Isaiah 56:7](../../../kjv/isaiah/56/7) was in [Matthew 21:13](../../../kjv/matthew/21/13) .[Mark 11:17](../../../kjv/mark/11/17) . [Luke 19:46](../../../kjv/luke/19/46) .
**saith the LORD** = [is] Jehovah's oracle.

**in Shiloh.** Now *Seilun.* Compare [Jeremiah 26:6](../../../kjv/jeremiah/26/6) , [Jeremiah 26:9](../../../kjv/jeremiah/26/9) ; [Jeremiah 41:5](../../../kjv/jeremiah/41/5) .
**where I set . . . at the first.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 12:5](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/12/5) , [Deuteronomy 12:11](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/12/11) , &c). App-92 . Compare [1 Samuel 4:11](../../../kjv/1-samuel/4/11) .
**what I did to it.** See [1 Samuel 4:11](../../../kjv/1-samuel/4/11) , and Compare [Jeremiah 25:6](../../../kjv/jeremiah/25/6) .
**wickedness.** Hebrew. *ra'a'.* App-44 .

**rising up early and speaking.** This phrase is almost peculiar to Jeremiah, where it occurs eleven times ([Jeremiah 7:13](../../../kjv/jeremiah/7/13) , [Jeremiah 7:25](../../../kjv/jeremiah/7/25) ; [Jeremiah 11:7](../../../kjv/jeremiah/11/7) ; [Jeremiah 25:3](../../../kjv/jeremiah/25/3) , [Jeremiah 25:4](../../../kjv/jeremiah/25/4) ; [Jeremiah 26:5](../../../kjv/jeremiah/26/5) ; [Jeremiah 29:19](../../../kjv/jeremiah/29/19) ; [Jeremiah 32:33](../../../kjv/jeremiah/32/33) ; [Jeremiah 35:14](../../../kjv/jeremiah/35/14) , [Jeremiah 35:15](../../../kjv/jeremiah/35/15) ; [Jeremiah 44:4](../../../kjv/jeremiah/44/4) ). Occurs elsewhere only in [2 Chronicles 36:15](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/36/15) .

**as** = according as.

**the whole seed of Ephraim.** Put by Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of the Part), for the ten tribes which were already in captivity. The trouble recorded in [Jeremiah 27](../../../kjv/jeremiah/27) proves that this prediction was spoken.

**make intercession.** Compare [Jeremiah 11:14](../../../kjv/jeremiah/11/14) ; [Jeremiah 14:11](../../../kjv/jeremiah/14/11) .

**children** = sons.
**make:** or, offer.
**queen.** Some codices, with two early printed editions, read "worship", which is put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Effect), for the goddess to whom the worship was offered. See [Jeremiah 19:13](../../../kjv/jeremiah/19/13) ; [Jeremiah 44:19](../../../kjv/jeremiah/44/19) ; and compare [2 Kings 21:3](../../../kjv/2-kings/21/3) , 2Ki 21:5 ; [2 Kings 23:12](../../../kjv/2-kings/23/12) , [2 Kings 23:13](../../../kjv/2-kings/23/13) .

**provoke.** Note the Figure of speech *Ploke* , by which the one word implies a second meaning. "Do they provoke Me . . . ? No: they bring on themselves" the judgments of Jehovah. Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 32:21](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/32/21) ).

**the Lord GOD.** Hebrew Adonai Jehovah. App-4 .
**man.** Hebrew. *'adam.* App-14 .

**Put** = Add.
**sacrifices.** Hebrew. *zabach.* App-43 .

**I spake not . . . concerning . . . sacrifices.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 15:26](../../../kjv/exodus/15/26) ; [Exodus 19:5](../../../kjv/exodus/19/5) ), which was *before any law was given.* This vindicates the passage from modern criticism. Compare [Leviticus 26:3-13](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/3-13) , and [1 Samuel 15:22](../../../kjv/1-samuel/15/22) , with [Psalms 50:8](../../../kjv/psalms/50/8) , [Psalms 50:9](../../../kjv/psalms/50/9) ; [Psalms 51:16](../../../kjv/psalms/51/16) , [Psalms 51:17](../../../kjv/psalms/51/17) ; [Isaiah 1:11-17](../../../kjv/isaiah/1/11-17) . [Hosea 6:6](../../../kjv/hosea/6/6) . [Amos 5:21-24](../../../kjv/amos/5/21-24) .[Micah 6:6-8](../../../kjv/micah/6/6-8) . [Matthew 9:13](../../../kjv/matthew/9/13) ; [Matthew 12:7](../../../kjv/matthew/12/7) ; [Matthew 23:23](../../../kjv/matthew/23/23) .

**this thing . . . Obey, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 26:3-13](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/3-13) ). App-92 .

**imagination.** See note on [Jeremiah 3:17](../../../kjv/jeremiah/3/17) .

**your fathers came forth, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch (Ex. [Jeremiah 12:15](../../../kjv/jeremiah/12/15) ).

**a** = the.
**obeyeth** = hearkeneth to.
**correction:** or instruction, or discipline.
**truth** = fidelity, or veracity.
**their.** The Babylonian Codex reads "your".

**Cut off thine hair.** A symbol of mourning.
**Jerusalem:** or, supply "daughter of My People". Compare [Jeremiah 8:11](../../../kjv/jeremiah/8/11) , [Jeremiah 8:19](../../../kjv/jeremiah/8/19) , [Jeremiah 8:21](../../../kjv/jeremiah/8/21) , [Jeremiah 8:22](../../../kjv/jeremiah/8/22) ; [Jeremiah 9:1](../../../kjv/jeremiah/9/1) , [Jeremiah 9:7](../../../kjv/jeremiah/9/7) . The verb is feminine (singular)
**cast it away.** Showing the completeness of the operation.
**high places.** As such. Compare [Jeremiah 3:21](../../../kjv/jeremiah/3/21) .
**of.** Genitive of Relation. App-17 . Compare [Romans 8:36](../../../kjv/romans/8/36) ,

**evil.** Hebrew. *ra'a'* . App-44 .
**in the house.** Note the enormity of the evil.
**which is called by My name** = whereon My name was called.

**high places. Idolatrous places.** Not the same word as [Jeremiah 7:29](../../../kjv/jeremiah/7/29) .
**Tophet.** In the valley of the son of Hinnom ([2 Kings 23:10](../../../kjv/2-kings/23/10) . [Isaiah 30:33](../../../kjv/isaiah/30/33) .[Isaiah 19:6](../../../kjv/isaiah/19/6) , [Isaiah 19:11-14](../../../kjv/isaiah/19/11-14) ).
**Hinnom.** Now *Wady er Rababeh* ([Joshua 15:8](../../../kjv/joshua/15/8) ; [Joshua 18:16](../../../kjv/joshua/18/16) . 2Ki 23:10 . [2 Chronicles 28:3](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/28/3) ; [2 Chronicles 33:6](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/33/6) . [Nehemiah 11:30](../../../kjv/nehemiah/11/30) ).
**burn.** This shows the result of passing them through the fire.
**which I commanded them not.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 17:3](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/17/3) ; [Deuteronomy 18:10](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/18/10) ). App-92 . Note the sin of adding to God's commands and words.
**them.** Some codices, with one early printed edition, Septuagint, and Syriac, read this "them"in the text. Compare [Jeremiah 32:35](../../../kjv/jeremiah/32/35) .
**came** = ascended. Put by Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of Species), for coming into the mind.

**slaughter.** Compare [Jeremiah 19:6](../../../kjv/jeremiah/19/6) ; [Jeremiah 12:3](../../../kjv/jeremiah/12/3) .[Zechariah 11:4](../../../kjv/zechariah/11/4) , [Zechariah 11:7](../../../kjv/zechariah/11/7) . Occurs only in Jeremiah and Zechariah.

**the carcases, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 28:26](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/26) ).
**fray** = frighten: from Fr. *effrayer.*

**the voice of mirth, &c.** This refrain is peculiar to Jeremiah. Occurs four times (here; [Jeremiah 16:9](../../../kjv/jeremiah/16/9) ; [Jeremiah 25:10](../../../kjv/jeremiah/25/10) ; [Jeremiah 33:11](../../../kjv/jeremiah/33/11) ) ("joy").
**for the land shall be desolate.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 26:31](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/31) , [Leviticus 26:33](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/33) , the same word "desolate"). App-92 .

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