Lectionary Calendar
Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Bible Commentaries
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Bibliographical Information
Haydock, George Leo. "Commentary on Jeremiah 6". "Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/hcc/jeremiah-6.html. 1859.
Haydock, George Leo. "Commentary on Jeremiah 6". "Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary". https://www.studylight.org/
Whole Bible (44)Old Testament (1)Individual Books (3)
Verse 1
Strengthen. Hebrew also, "Flee, Benjamites, from the midst," &c. Jerusalem belonged partly to this tribe, which prided itself on its valour. --- Thecua was in the lot of Juda, 15 miles south of Jerusalem. --- North. The Chaldeans approach, chap. i. 13. (Calmet)
Verse 3
Shepherds. So captains are styled, because they feed and govern soldiers. (Worthington)
Verse 4
Prepare. Literally, "sanctify." Observe the usual formalities of demanding reparation, offering victims, &c. The Chaldeans thus encourage one another, and will allow themselves no rest day or night, ver. 5.
Verse 7
Cold. Hebrew, "come forth." All the citizens imitate her vices.
Verse 8
Instructed, by afflictions and prosperity, by public and internal admonitions. Willful ignorance is criminal, and drives God away, chap. li. 9., and Psalm lxxx. 12.
Verse 9
Basket. Chaldeans, destroy all. Nabuchodonosor took Joakim twice, and afterwards Jechonias and Sedecias, chap. xxix. 2.
Verse 10
Uncircumcised. Impure and deaf. (Calmet) --- Non vocat impossibilitas supplicio quæ de contemptu et infidelitate descendit. (St. Jerome)
Verse 11
In. Jeremias is indignant. The Lord then orders him to pour, or declare what will ensue. (Calmet)
Verse 13
Prophet. Septuagint, "false prophet," chap. iv. 31. (Haydock)
Verse 14
Disgracefully. They shall be ashamed, when the contrary to what they declared shall come to pass, chap. viii. 11.
Verse 16
Paths, of patriarchs, and of Moses. Avoid novelty in religion. (Calmet) --- This advice is very applicable to the present generation. (Haydock)
Verse 17
Watchmen. Prophets, Ezechiel iii. 17., and xxxiii. 2.
Verse 18
Congregation. Septuagint, "shepherds feeding their flocks have heard." The Chaldeans are apprised of my resolution against Juda. (Calmet) --- After the Jews had been called repeatedly in vain, the Gentiles obey, Matthew x. 5. (Worthington)
Verse 20
To me. For want of proper dispositions; otherwise the offerings of the best things were enjoined, and commendable. The Jews are taught not to depend on external observances, while they neglect the heart. (Calmet)
Verse 22
North. As Babylon lay with respect to Jerusalem, (Worthington) or rather to the east. (Haydock)
Verse 26
Only son. Let thy grief be extraordinary, Amos viii. 10., and Zacharias xii. 10.
Verse 27
Trier of my people, as of gold in the furnace, Job xxii. 25.
Verse 29
Bellows, or crucible. --- Lead, which was intermixed to purify the dross (St. Jerome) of gold and silver. But brass and iron could not be thus purified. All would be lost labour. Afflictions do not correct the obstinate. (Calmet)
Verse 31
CHAPTER VI.