Jeremiah

Jeremiah

General

About the time of King Josiah and his reformation the Prophet Jeremiah began to speak in the name of the Lord. Josiah was succeeded by his son, who proved himself another bad son of a good father. Under the evil rule of King Jehoiakim, Jeremiah, under the Lord's guidance, foretold the coming destruction of the city and Temple. According to Jeremiah's account it was a time of great moral delinquency. He pictures a terrible condition of the people. As Jeremiah told them of the time of trouble nearing, so some of God's people today are declaring that the greatest time of trouble ever known in the world's history is probably but a few years off. All cannot be reformers and prophets to the same extent as Jeremiah. Every child of God, however, should be a foe to sin in its every form. Such must be prepared for the finger of scorn and the lip of sarcasm and slander. R4856:3 The faithful prophet, Jeremiah, was persecuted because he boldly declared the word of the Lord which foretold only trouble upon Israel, and how the government foolishly thought to avert the trouble by persecuting the Lord's warning messenger, instead of heeding his wise counsel. In this the faithful Prophet typified the faithful of the Gospel age who will also suffer persecution in some shape or form, if they boldly declare the whole counsel of God. R1372:2

Jeremiah prophesied in the days of Josiah and of his four successors, Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin and Zedekiah. He was of about the same age as Josiah, and seems not to have been seriously ill-treated by that reformer; although he was passed by when the king sought heavenly counsel respecting the Book of the Law and the turning away of the penalties for sin therein recorded. Jeremiah's position was a peculiarly trying one, for although his prophesying evidently had a marked effect and greatly influenced the king and the princes and the people in cleansing the land of its idolatry and in re-establishing the worship of Jehovah, yet he was not permitted to compliment the people on these measurable reforms, and to promise them a return of divine favor, as did the false prophets at that time, and was considered unpatriotic. R2400:1 But he was a patriot in the highest sense of the word, namely, in that he looked for the highest good of his nation along the lines of divine wisdom. R4865:3

The captivity of Judah was in two sections: the first included Daniel and others with the King Jehoiakim. The king of Babylon left Zedekiah in control as his vassal under tribute, but on account of the latter's treachery and league with Egypt, the Babylonian army came again against Jerusalem and besieged it. Famine and pestilence resulted, and ultimately the city of Jerusalem was captured and utterly destroyed, and King Zedekiah, with his eyes put out, was taken a prisoner to Babylon, with all the people except a few of the very poorest and least competent. Jeremiah, given his liberty, chose to remain with the poor of the land who subsequently went down into Egypt, so that Jerusalem and the country round about lay desolate without inhabitants for seventy years, according to the word of the Lord at the mouth of Jeremiah. R3616:2

Jeremiah 1

Jeremiah 1:1

Words of Jeremiah -- To be read to all the people at the Temple on the occasion of a general gathering for worship and repentance. R4857:2

Jeremiah 1:3

End of the 11th year -- The 70 years of desolation began in the end of the 11th year of Zedekiah. HG47:2

It was here the diadem was removed to "be no more until he come whose right it is." (Ezek. 21:25-27) HG46:5

Jeremiah 1:5

Before I formed thee -- In the case of Adam, God knew what man, without experience, would do before he formed him, and made full provision for his failure. R875:3*

Jeremiah 1:10

I have this day -- A prophecy which belongs to Christ's Millennial reign. B311

Set thee -- Christ. B311

Claimed by Papists to refer to the Pope. B311

Jeremiah 1:19

To deliver thee -- Not from persecution or even death, but merely such protection as would prevent his enemies from hindering the Lord's purpose in him. R1372:2

The Lord does not engage to deliver his children from all the ills of life; but if faithful unto death, they will have a glorious deliverance and entrance into the Kingdom. R1372:3

Jeremiah 2

Jeremiah 2:12

O ye heavens -- Powers of spiritual control, ecclesiasticism. A318; Q841:2

Jeremiah 2:13

Fountain -- Of truth, the Lord's Word. Q841:2

Cisterns -- Receptacles to hold the muddy waters of the traditions of men. Q841:2

Hold no water -- The old systems are breaking up and are useless for holding the waters of truth. Q841:2

Jeremiah 2:21

Yet I had -- God. R1795:3

Planted thee -- Nominal fleshly Israel and nominal spiritual Israel. R1896:1

A noble vine -- "A certain man planted a vineyard." (Mark 12:1) R1795:3

A strange vine -- Not for any lack of attention on God's part, but because of the perversity of the vine. R1896:1

Jeremiah 2:35

Thou sayest -- Through emotional revivals, by pointing to these as evidences that the holy Spirit is still working among the churches. R3583:1*

Jeremiah 3

Jeremiah 3:8

Had put her away -- Had been previously carried away captive. (2 Kings 17:1-24) R1372:5

A bill of divorce -- The Lord has not remarried, nor ever will remarry, the ten tribes. R1341:5; C296

Treacherous sister Judah -- Judah had not profited by the example of the Lord's displeasure with Israel, nor by the warnings of his prophets, but had outrivaled her sister in corruption. R1372:5

Jeremiah 3:14

Married unto you -- Union or covenant between Jehovah and Israel. R1388:6

Jeremiah 3:17

At that time -- During the Millennial age. D615

Call Jerusalem -- The earthly phase of the Kingdom. A297

Jeremiah 3:18

Land that I have given -- The gathering of Israel and Judah to re-establish them in their own land. R2125:1

Jeremiah 3:22

We come unto thee -- When the iron rod has accomplished the work of destruction. A256

Jeremiah 3:23

Of mountains -- Kingdoms. A318

Jeremiah 4

Jeremiah 4:2

Bless themselves -- In becoming Abraham's seed, in coming into relationship with the Kingdom, which shall have an Israelitish basis. R5810:1

Jeremiah 4:4

Circumcise yourselves -- Symbolizing a cutting off, a separation from the flesh, its aims, hopes and desires. R3022:3

Jeremiah 4:13

As a whirlwind -- The great time of trouble which follows the second coming of Christ, sweeping everything before it. R5863:6; D528

His horses -- See comments on Isaiah 31:1

Jeremiah 4:15

Mount Ephraim -- The governments of Christendom. D22; R3104:2, R1357:3, R562:2

Jeremiah 4:23

I beheld the earth -- Society. A318

And the heavens -- Powers of spiritual control. A318

Had no light -- Truth. A20

Jeremiah 4:24

Mountains -- Kingdoms. A318

And all the hills -- Less autocratic governments. D551

Jeremiah 4:29

The whole city -- Religious government. D25

For the noise -- The time of trouble. (Jer. 25:31) D20

Of the horsemen -- The great leaders in false doctrines. (Isa. 31:1) C316

Jeremiah 4:30

With crimson -- Scarlet, symbol of the blood of the ransom. T34, T109

Ornaments of gold -- Symbol of the divine nature. T18

Jeremiah 4:31

Daughter of Zion -- The nominal church. D23

Jeremiah 5

Jeremiah 5:31

My people -- God's professed people, the nominal church. R1137:5

Love to have it so -- Take pride in their growing denominational strength. R1137:5

Jeremiah 6

Jeremiah 6:2

Daughter of Zion -- The nominal church. D23

Jeremiah 6:12

With their fields -- Of labor. C157

And wives -- Churches. C157

Jeremiah 6:14

Peace, peace -- The whole world boasts that civilization and Christianity have won the day, that the world has become God's empire and the blessings of the Millennium are ours to enjoy. R4795:3

As at the World Parliament of Religions, it is merely a stroke of human policy to try to quiet the fears of the church. D238

As at the opening of the Kiel ship canal, where 120 ironclads participated. D156

As at the First National Arbitration Board, convened at Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. 14, 1872. R5554:1

Ever since the first peace conference at The Hague the church systems have been declaring that war has come to an end. Q529:2

Their theory has been that universal peace between the nations would speedily usher in the Messianic Kingdom. R5554:2

There can be no true peace as long as there is sin; for sin is the great difficulty with the world. Q529:2

The Lord will raise up other servants who will not seek to please the ear with soft words, nor to lull the drowsy, but will proclaim the unvarnished truth concerning hypocrisy and deception. R563:3

Jeremiah 6:16

Ask for -- If our ways are not in harmony with those of God. R705:6*

This is the appropriate lesson for each of us, to come to the Bible afresh, to hear its message. SM543:1

The old paths -- Not the theories of the Dark Ages; not Higher Criticism, Evolution, Theosophy, etc.; but the doctrines of Jesus and the apostles. SM302:1, SM543:1; E62

The finding of the Word began afresh with the introduction of the art of printing. R3609:4

The doctrines older than Wesley, Calvinism or Roman Catholicism--the doctrines of Jesus and the apostles and prophets. HG433:5

For example, celebrating the Memorial Supper upon its anniversary. R1943:2, R2115:2

As the "old paths" are found, pompous human titles which seem so much to the world and to Babylon come to appear vain, inappropriate and deceitful. R2826:2

Jeremiah 6:17

Watchmen -- The prophets and others. R1795:6

Of the trumpet -- Let the trumpet give no uncertain sound. (1 Cor. 14:8) R309:1*

The trumpet is to sound until a company shall be developed who will be the virgins, the companions of the Bride. (Psa. 45:14) R309:1*

Jeremiah 6:19

Hear, O earth -- Society. A318

I will bring evil -- Prophetic of the siege of Jerusalem after Jesus' death. R2787:3

Jeremiah 6:20

Incense -- Representing praise. R3703:4

Jeremiah 6:23

Like the sea -- The restless, turbulent, dissatisfied masses of the world. A318

Ride upon horses -- Doctrines. C316

Jeremiah 7

Jeremiah 7:3

Amend your ways -- If our ways are not right they should be amended and not justified, saying, It is my way. R2204:4, R705:3

Jeremiah 7:4

Temple of the LORD -- The Christ. T70

Jeremiah 7:9

Unto Baal -- To whom were offered human sacrifices. D24

After other gods -- Corrupting the Israelites by contact with them. D24

Jeremiah 7:18

Provoke me to anger -- The idolatrous tendencies of that nation brought divine wrath upon them and sent them into captivity to Babylon. R5125:1

Jeremiah 7:25

I have even sent unto you -- God was continually reminding them of their unfaithfulness. R1365:4

During the Millennial age it will no longer be necessary to be always preaching "know the Lord." R1365:5

Jeremiah 7:26

Hardened their neck -- A figure taken from the stiffness of neck of an unruly yoke of oxen. R3464:1

Jeremiah 7:31

Tophet -- Later called Gehenna, the valley of Hinnom. PD63/73

Used as a type of the real Gehenna, or lake of fire, unquenchable till its work is done. R1449:5*

A place for the offerings or sacrifices of persons in idolatrous worship. R1449:5*

The valley of Hinnom was first established under demon influence as a place of torture; but Israel made it a crematory for the carcases of dead animals and the bodies of certain vile criminals and it thus became a symbol of the Second Death. R3069:1

Burn their sons -- The image of Moloch was erected there and children were roasted alive in the arms of the image. R3069:1; PD63/73

Neither came it -- The doctrine of everlasting torture is contrary to every element of divine character. R5326:6

Under the Lord's arrangement no torture was permitted in Israel. R3069:1

For centuries the masses of Christendom have attributed to the God of love a character far worse than that of Moloch. R3069:1

Jeremiah 8

Jeremiah 8:7

Not the judgment -- Arrangement, dealings. C157; R230:5

Of the LORD -- That this harvest day of full, complete separation of wheat from chaff and tares must come; in this they show less discernment than the migratory fowls. C157

Jeremiah 8:8

How do ye say -- How can you say, when you cannot discern the harvest time and the change of dispensation then due. C157

Is in vain -- Because the Word of the Lord by his prophets and apostles is made void and set aside without attention. The creeds formed in the Dark Ages are the lightless lanterns of them that walk in darkness. C157

Jeremiah 8:9

The wise men -- Those learned in the wisdom of this world. C157

They are dismayed -- Disheartened by the failure of their cherished human schemes. C157

And taken -- Caught. C157

Jeremiah 8:10

Will I give their wives -- Their churches. C157

And their fields -- Of labor. C157

To them -- To the conquerors. C157

For every one -- Of them. C157

To covetousness -- "They are greedy dogs, which can never have enough." (Isa. 56:11) C157

From the prophet -- Orator. C157

Unto the priest -- Minister. C157

Dealeth falsely -- Practiseth falsehood: "For we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves." (Isa. 28:15) C157

Jeremiah 8:11

Healed the hurt -- The sore. C157

In the days of Luther and the Reformation, when the daughters might have been radically healed. R498:5

Of the daughter -- Nominal Zion, Babylon. C157

There is no peace -- Her whole system is diseased and needs thorough cleansing with the medicine of God's Word, the truth. C157

Jeremiah 8:12

Were they -- They should have been. C157

Abomination -- Their abominable work. C157

Shall they -- The teachers. C157

Their visitation -- Or inspection, in the harvest. C157

Shall be cast down -- They shall stumble. C157

"But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief." (1 Thess. 5:4) C215

Jeremiah 8:13

Consume them -- Make an end of them. C157

There shall be -- There shall be left. C158

Shall fade -- Shall wither. C158

And the things -- All divine favors and privileges. C158

Jeremiah 8:14

The defenced cities -- Governments. C158

Water of gall -- Bitter poison-water, the poison of bitter error, the "doctrine of devils" mingled with the pure water of life, the truth of God's Word. C158

Jeremiah 8:15

We looked for peace -- Anticipating that our bitter poison-water doctrines would convert the world and bring about the Millennium. C158

And behold trouble -- The disease of nominal Zion will grow rapidly worse as the Israelites indeed withdraw. C158

Jeremiah 8:16

Of his horses -- Doctrines. C316

The city -- Babylon, Christendom. D527

Jeremiah 8:19

The LORD in Zion -- Nominal Zion, Babylon, is spewed out of his mouth. C157; R498:4

Provoked me to anger -- Love can be justly provoked to anger. R5978:6, R5603:2

His anger is righteous indignation against sin. R5603:1, R5978:6

God's indignation was kindled against his chosen people. R5603:2

Strange vanities -- Infidelity sits in the pews, declaims from the pulpits, rules in the assemblies; and, together with Agnosticism and Evolution, these strike against the very foundation doctrines of Christianity--the fall of man and his redemption through Christ. R1690:5

Jeremiah 8:20

The harvest is past -- We did not do the Lord's will. R4079:5*

They realize they have failed to make their calling and election sure to a place in the kingdom class. R2837:3

Nominal Zion might have been healed once, but now it is too late to reform the sects. R731:4

Summer is ended -- "Pray ye that your flight be not in the winter" with the tribulation class (Matt. 24:20). Escape from Babylon before the winter time of her trouble comes upon her. D578

We are not saved -- A class who would realize that the Bride has been taken and that they are left; at the fall of Babylon. (Rev. 19) Q229:2

Jeremiah 8:22

No balm in Gilead -- None of the human remedies proposed will cure the malady of human depravity. D469

Consolation of wounded spirits on the battlefield of life. R5803:1

Babylon might have been healed once, but now, like her prototype Israel, she is given up--left desolate. R731:4

No physician there -- There is no remedy, these systems must die. The disorder comes from within. Though the canker is carefully concealed, the bad odor and distress are noticeable. R498:5

With the harvest ended those then in Zion will have lost the "especial" salvation, the prize of being made the heavenly Zion. R230:5

Jeremiah 9

Jeremiah 9:23

Glory in his wisdom -- Worldly wisdom tends to self-exaltation and pride. R1919:3

Glory in his might -- Power in the hands of the ungodly tends to haughtiness and overbearing selfishness. R1919:3

Glory in his riches -- Riches only tend to dwarf the soul among those who have not learned from God the responsibilities of stewardship. R1919:3

Jeremiah 9:24

Glory in this -- "My soul shall make her boast in the Lord." (Psa. 34:2) R1920:1

This exhortation should inspire unbounded confidence and bring lasting comfort to those who honor and love him. R1351:4*

Knoweth me -- The beginning of this wisdom is indeed the reverence of the Lord. This is the knowledge that does not puff up. R1919:6

Let our entire trust be centered in God; his promises will not fail. R5501:5

"This is eternal life that they might know thee, the only true God." (John 17:3) R1919:6

Jeremiah 10

Jeremiah 10:10

At his wrath -- The word of the Lord to the nations assembled before him for judgment. D12

The earth -- The present organization of society. C229; D46; A323

Jeremiah 10:11

The gods -- Mighty ones; a general name, often and properly applied to our Heavenly Father, as well as to Jesus, angels and men. R338:2, R421:3

Jeremiah 10:13

Uttereth his voice -- God makes use of different agencies to do his service. These are sometimes animate, sometimes inanimate. R5385:3

Jeremiah 10:16

Is the rod -- A symbol of authority. R4058:4

Jeremiah 10:23

Not in himself -- It is not in the power of man to direct his own steps, but the child of God has learned where to seek counsel. R1753:1

Jeremiah 10:25

Eaten up Jacob -- Natural Israel. A300

Jeremiah 11

Jeremiah 11:5

Flowing with milk -- It is believed that Jerusalem will become, as of old, the marketplace of the Orient. HG649:2

Jeremiah 11:16

Branches...are broken -- "Because of unbelief they were broken off." (Rom. 11:20) D651

Jeremiah 12

Jeremiah 12:5

Swelling of Jordan -- Meaning "judged down," "condemned," representing the curse. R3086:4

Jeremiah 12:9

Speckled bird -- The saints. R5974:6

A target for the world's sneers and ridicule. R132:1

Especially attractive to the hunter, the great Adversary. R5974:6

Birds round about -- Mankind. R5974:6

Jeremiah 12:15

Have compassion -- These promises are yet in the future. R515:6*

Jeremiah 13

Jeremiah 13:5

Hid it -- Accompanying signs were common with the prophets of olden time. R2223:4

Jeremiah 13:14

I will dash them -- Complete destruction of present evil, unjust and oppressive governments and institutions. R362:1

Jeremiah 13:23

Change his skin -- The differences between the races of men have long been arguments against the solidarity of the human family. God can change the Ethiopian's skin in his own due time. R3320:5

The Ethiopian eunuch, to whom Philip was sent with the message of salvation, was unquestionably a black man. R3043:1

Jeremiah 14

Jeremiah 14:4

No rain in the earth -- There are now rains in the holy land; the plowmen are no more ashamed. R1297:5*

Jeremiah 15

Jeremiah 15:1

Could not be -- Could not be changed. Jeremiah was esteemed a pessimist, and we are now placed in much the same position. R2400:2

Jeremiah 15:16

Thy words -- Those truths which God designed should, during this Gospel age, be the food to sanctify the Body of Christ. R200:4

Were found -- Implying first that the Word of the Lord would be lost and need to be searched for; and secondly, when found, it would avail nothing unless appropriated to our needs. R3609:2

Not only obeying the divine will, but seeking to know it more and more so that one can obey it. R5648:4

Not gained by human skill or labor. R1867:5

After he has found it, every child of God has considerable labor in proving and eating his spiritual food. R1867:6

I did eat them -- Diligently appropriated them to the building up of my character. R2146:5, R200:4, R1867:5

We must eat the Word of God if we would derive his spirit. E225

There must be a daily laying up of its treasure of wisdom and counsel in the heart and the working out of its principles in the life. R2093:5, R1867:5, R2146:5, R5431:6

Living upon the divine promises. R3087:2

"Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." (Matt. 4:4) R3087:2

Rejoicing of mine heart -- The language of the heart must be expressed in daily life. R1274:5

Jeremiah 16

Jeremiah 16:9

Out of this place -- Scattered and persecuted among all nations. B216

Jeremiah 16:13

Will I cast -- In chastening, correcting, forgiving, restoring and promising to bless and fully reinstate them to his favor, God illustrates his great love and mercy toward the whole world. R1373:4

Out of this land -- This was to be their punishment, to be driven out of their own land and to receive no favor from God. R599:3, R4782:2

Into a land -- Europe. R1378:6

Nor your fathers -- Their fathers had been in Egypt and Babylon, but never in Europe. R1378:6

This prophecy positively marks Israel's present dispersion among all nations. B217

Serve other gods -- Other rulers, elohim, mighty ones. B216; R421:3, R599:3, R1378:6, R1410:3

Not shew you favour -- The Jews have been shown no favor since their rejection of Christ. B216; OV75:5; R1364:6

They will not forever remain cast off, but shall be regathered and blessed. R1378:6

Jeremiah 16:14

The days come -- Favor would return again in some form to the Jew in 1878. R357:1, R1364:6

No more be said -- The hand of providence is about to work out such a deliverance as Israel never knew before. R1405:6, R1652:2, R1063:2*

The land of Egypt -- The deliverance from Egypt was a great and marvelous sign of God's favor to them; but their deliverance soon to be consummated will quite eclipse it. R599:3, R608:4, R384:6

That deliverance was but a type of the one to come. R1652:4

Jeremiah 16:15

Land of the north -- Russia, where nearly half of the Hebrew race resides. B217; D553; R599:3, R608:4; OV76:1

From all the lands -- Their later blessing would be their regathering out of all nations, and is being accomplished in our day. R4782:2, R1374:1

Bring them again -- We have strong testimonies of God through the prophets that he will gather them again. OV76:1

The hope of the world's peace being cemented by the Jews occupying the lands of their fathers. R83:6*

Jeremiah 16:16

For many fishers -- The Zionist movement. R3855:1-3, R1288:2*

Teachers. C215

Shall hunt them -- Persecution by revolutionaries, forceable expulsion. R3855:2, R1288:4*

From every mountain -- Kingdom. A318

Jeremiah 16:18

And first -- Before the time of favor will come. B218; R599:4

Recompense -- Some of the recompense with favor, and some without favor. SM399:2; CR104:5

Their sin double -- Mishneh, a second portion, a repetition; implying a casting off from all favor for as long a period as they had enjoyed favor, namely, 1845 years, from AD33 to 1878, when the Berlin Congress of Nations was held, which greatly ameliorated the conditions of the Jews. B218; CR104:4; R599:4, R1202:1; HG53:4

The double's being accomplished is the reason for the great awakening among the Jews and for the Zionist movement. R5920:6

"Even today do I declare that I will render double unto thee." (Zech. 9:12) "She hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her sins." (Isa. 40:2) B225, B227

The double of Israel's experiences would reach full accomplishment in 1915. R4623:1

Jeremiah 16:19

Gentiles -- As well as the Jews. A59

Jeremiah 17

Jeremiah 17:5

Maketh flesh his arm -- Illustrated by David's numbering of Israel contrary to the law of God. (1 Chron. 21) R2016:3

Jeremiah 17:9

The heart -- The natural affections; the natural mind. F600; R1985:1, R2038:1, R2762:2, R3735:3, R2445:1

Is deceitful -- It requires constant watching and purging. If it is wrong the head will seek to justify it and thus pervert judgment and truth. R2038:2

The various members of our bodies, in their depravity, sympathize with the natural mind and favor it. R1985:1

At times misleads the New Creature, the new will, the new heart. R2762:2

The Lord's followers should daily, hourly, keep watch over their thoughts, words, deeds and motives. R4524:1

Those who practice evil speaking and evil surmising and attempt to justify their conduct have either never entered the school of Christ or are infants therein. R5123:1, R2445:1

Jeremiah 17:14

LORD -- "Jehovah" is the original word wherever "LORD" is spelled in small capital letters throughout the common version of the Old Testament. R3438:2

Jeremiah 17:24

The sabbath day -- Type of the Millennial age. B40

Jeremiah 19

Jeremiah 19:2

Hinnom -- Gehenna. Evil spirits led the people of Canaan to establish the valley of Hinnom as a place of torture. R3069:1

Jeremiah 19:3

I will bring evil -- Calamity. R1226:2

Jeremiah 19:5

High places of Baal -- Corrupting the Israelites by contact with them. D24

Into my mind -- The doctrine of everlasting torture is contrary to every element of God's character. R5326:6

Jeremiah 19:6

Hinnom -- Or Gehenna, a type of the real Gehenna, or lake of fire, unquenchable till its work is done. R1449:5*

In Greek, Gehenna, Second Death. R3069:1

Jeremiah 19:7

Carcases -- No torture was permitted; not the living, but the dead, were consumed in Gehenna. R3069:1

Jeremiah 19:15

Hardened their necks -- A figure taken from the stiffness of neck of an unruly yoke of bullocks. R3464:1

Jeremiah 20

Jeremiah 20:8

Word of the LORD -- Concerning Israel. R5489:1

A reproach -- Despised and rejected. R5489:2

Jeremiah 20:9

Nor speak any more -- He had become disheartened. R5489:2

If he had allowed his fears to overwhelm him and had withheld God's message, he would have been set aside and another commissioned to deliver the message. So it is with us today. R5489:3

His word -- Telling them that they had failed to keep their covenant with the Lord and would surely be carried away into captivity. R5489:2

Our message is the overthrow of the kingdom of darkness and the establishment of the Kingdom of God. R5489:5

In mine heart -- God has let us into the secret of his counsels. R5489:3

As a burning fire -- Burning zeal in his heart, a consuming sense of the importance of the message given him to deliver. R5489:1

All of the Lord's people filled with his spirit must be engaged in the harvest work in some manner. R2490:5

Shut up -- If kept shut off from a draft the fire will become extinguished. "Quench not the spirit." (1 Thess. 5:19) R5489:3

I could not stay -- His message had to be spoken; he overcame the temptation to hold his peace. R5489:2

He could not quench the fire within his soul, withholding God's message, without losing his relationship to Jehovah. R5489:3

We might let the holy Spirit of God die out in our hearts by a failure to do our duty. R5489:3

Jeremiah 20:11

Greatly ashamed -- The only standard of judgment in public sentiment in the Millennium will be character. R1655:2

Everlasting confusion -- "Some shall awake to everlasting contempt." (Dan. 12:2) R1655:1

Jeremiah 21

Jeremiah 21:10

For evil -- The evil the Lord creates and does is the calamities and judgments that he visits upon the ungodly nations. R1299:6*

Jeremiah 22

Jeremiah 22:24

Though Coniah -- Called also Jehoiachin and Jekoniah. E132

Jeremiah 22:30

No man of his seed -- If Christ were the son of Joseph this prophecy would be false. R468:1*

Messiah was of Nathan's line, not Solomon's. E133

Throne of David -- Only the legal heirship came through Solomon, through Joseph, the legal father of Jesus, as shown in Matthew 1. R2060:4

Jeremiah 23

Jeremiah 23:1

Pastors that destroy -- A self-constituted "clergy" lording it over God's heritage, taking spoils, honors, reverence, titles, from their flocks. R1895:6

Sheep of my pasture -- Characteristics of sheep are meekness, docility, lack of self-confidence, and obedience to the shepherd--traits which we should manifest. R5491:4

True sheep respond quickly to the shepherd's call and watch for his guidance. R5491:4

A fitting emblem of the kind of characters the Heavenly Father is seeking. R5491:4

Let us, as good sheep, not stray from the green pastures and pure waters. R5491:4

Jeremiah 23:2

Scattered my flock -- To feed the flock is the Lord's province. The chosen elder may be the instrument through whom the Great Shepherd sends his own their "meat in due season." F283

Elders need first to watch themselves lest they assume authority and honors belonging to the Chief Shepherd. F283

Jeremiah 23:4

Shall feed them --The Shepherd has been feeding us wonderfully. R633:4

Jeremiah 23:5

The days come -- In due time God's Kingdom, founded on equity and justice, must fill the entire earth. R1213:5*

A righteous Branch -- Solomon's royal branch is the high branch of the Davidic line. This must be abased and a low branch exalted. R468:4*

Exalting Nathan's line, not Solomon's. E133

The prophets foretold that Messiah was to be the son of Jesse and of David; and the glorified Jesus himself declares, "I am the root and the offspring of David." (Rev. 22:16) R944:1*

Christ was the Root of David's family, as well as the Branch. (Isa. 11:10) R1063:1*

Jeremiah 23:6

His name whereby he -- The Body of the great Prophet, Priest and King, the Church, will be part of the Everlasting Father. T102

THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS -- Jehovah--Tsidkenu, our Righteousness of Jehovah. The Church is to share this title. (Jer. 33:16) E42; T102; R3970:5, R4831:2, R4913:3

"That we might be made the righteousness of God through him." (2 Cor. 5:21) R4913:3

The righteous one imparts righteous life--the power which embodies righteous words in righteous deeds. R1323:1*

Jeremiah 23:15

Water of gall -- Bitter poison-water, the poison of bitter error, the doctrine of devils, mingled with the pure water of life, the truth of God's Word. C158

Jeremiah 23:16

Prophets -- False teachers. R1715:4

Heads and pastors of worldly organizations, claiming the name of Christ yet refusing his headship, leading and control, and the teachings of his Word. R365:4

Of their own heart -- There are many such false teachers who are ambitious to declare the visions of their own heart. R1715:4

Jeremiah 23:19

A whirlwind -- When God lets go his restraint on the "powers of the air" (Eph. 2:2), the evil spirits, these symbolic winds will produce a great cataclysm, sweeping everything before it. R5470:1, R5863:6

Symbol of the time of trouble. D528

Jeremiah 23:21

Not sent these prophets -- "There were false teachers also among the people." (2 Pet. 2:1) R265:4, R365:4

See also comments on Jer. 23:16

Yet they prophesied -- By an inspiration, or power, in them, almost like the real prophets of God. These were the counterfeits. R265:4

Jeremiah 23:28

That hath a dream -- An imagination. SM671:1; OV411:T, CR343:3

Possibly caused by indigestion or inspired by evil spirits. R3277:6

When a man does not see a thing himself he is very apt to conclude that nobody else sees it. HG353:2

If a dream corroborates a plain statement of the Word it may be used as we would use a type, to illustrate but not to teach a doctrine. R3971:6

"If they speak not in harmony with the Word of God, it is because there is no light in them." (Isa. 8:20) R3278:1

Tell a dream -- Many are teaching their own or their forefathers' imaginings; which the faithful are obliged to contradict as unscriptural. OV158:4; R2400:3

He that hath my word -- The Lord's Word, his revelation, his inspired testimony, is to be put far above all dreams of our own and of others. R3971:6

All are authorized to teach his Word who know his Word. CR343:3

People are awakening to the difference between dreams and realities and are wanting something more substantial. R3757:3

Let him speak -- With the Gospel itself went the right and the authority to declare it. R2966:4

If we hold back for fear of man we would be sharing in the sin of adding to the Scriptures. OV411:T, SM671:1

My word faithfully -- Not uncertainly, doubtfully; but as the oracles of God. R1882:6

Not human speculations, philosophies and fanciful dreams. R3726:6, R2400:2, R3945:1

All authority to speak in the name of God must come from him. OV158:4; R2966:4

God's Book makes no division of his people into clergy and laity. HG617:4

Let him speak only my Word faithfully. R1633:5

In as kind a manner as possible, but not shunning to declare the "whole counsel of God." (Acts 20:26,27) SM404:2

Jeremiah 24

Jeremiah 24:5

Of the Chaideans -- Mystic Babylon, Christendom. For since their overthrow they have been dispersed among all the nations of so-called Christendom. C259

For their good -- For their discipline and punishments--good thing in disguise. C259

Jeremiah 24:6

For I will -- During the Millennial age. A109

Bring them again -- This is a deliverance which will need no repetition. R1483:5

Not pluck them up -- This cannot refer to the return from the captivity to literal Babylon, since after that return they were again pulled down and plucked up. OV226:3; C259; A109

Jeremiah 25

Jeremiah 25:9

Nebuchadnezzar -- Unlike Cyrus, Nebuchadnezzar thought to unify the people by compelling worship of one God. R2509:5

Bring them against -- Verses 8 to 38 are a vivid description of the great time of trouble. R5735:4

Utterly destroy -- Pointing to total desolation, not captivity. Such was not the case prior to Zedekiah's dethronement. R3437:3

Perpetual -- Here the 70 years of desolation are olam, lasting. R3725:5*

Jeremiah 25:11

A desolation -- The 70 years desolation of the land. R1372:5, R1976:1

Punishment upon the Israelites; substitute for the whole number of Jubilee years. PD48/59

The seven times of Israel's chastisement began in 606 BC with the foretold desolation and continued until about Sept. 21, 1914. Q356:2

Seventy years -- Scripturally declared as a punishment upon the Israelites for not properly keeping their Jubilee years. PD48/59

Nineteen for the Jubilees imperfectly observed (950 years) and 51 additional at 49 years each (2499 years), from the last Jubilee to earth's Great Jubilee, the Times of Restitution, 1874

AD. "Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate." (Lev. 26:34) B191-196; PD48/59

Jeremiah 25:12

Seventy years -- From the destruction of Jerusalem to the time of the return of its inhabitants. (Compare Jer. 29:10 with 2 Chron. 36:22, 23) R4893:1

Punish the king -- Through King Cyrus as the divine agent. R2509:4

Jeremiah 25:15

Cup of this fury -- The time of trouble, which is daily increasing in volume and intensity. R1561:6, R5769:4

All the nations -- More and more, all the nations are being dragged into it. R5790:3

Jeremiah 25:26

All the kingdoms -- No trouble that has ever yet come upon the world answers to the many prophetic descriptions of this one and none has ever yet involved all nations. R1371:5

King of Sheshach -- Babylon, Christendom. R2663:3, R1371:6

Drink after them -- Be the last to fall in the great time of trouble. R2663:1, R1371:3, R1561:6; HG94:1

Suffering more severely than the heathen nations because she has sinned against greater light. R2663:3

Jeremiah 25:27

And fall -- In the time of trouble. R1561:6

Jeremiah 25:28

Certainly drink -- Of the cup of wrath, which will mean their utter destruction. R2338:5, R2663:2

Jeremiah 25:29

Evil on the city -- Christendom, Babylon. D527

The evil the Lord creates is the calamities he visits on the ungodly nations. R1299:6*, R2663:2

Jeremiah 25:30

Roar from on high -- Call aloud from on high. D527

His holy habitation -- Over his nominal habitation, Christendom. D527

Jeremiah 25:31

Controversy -- The great time of trouble spoken of by Daniel and our Lord. R1371:3, R438:1; D20

He will plead with -- He holdeth judgment over. D527

Jeremiah 25:32

Nation to nation -- Nations, because of close communication, are dependent upon one another. What affects one affects all. R4750:3

A great whirlwind -- Intense and complicated trouble and commotion. D13, D527; R1519:4, R534:6

The great time of anarchy. R5845:6

The result of letting loose "the four winds of heaven." (Rev. 7:1-4) R5058:6, R5470:1

Coasts -- The outward parts; society being encroached upon by the lawless element (sea). R4750:3, R2663:1

Jeremiah 25:33

The slain of the LORD -- As the "old world" ended with the almost entire destruction of individual life, so national life is to be destroyed in the end of this world. HG18:2

Jeremiah 25:34

Howl, ye shepherds -- Pastors of nominal Christendom, at the spoilation of their pasture fields. R2663:4

Ye shall fall -- And be ruined. R2663:4

Jeremiah 25:35

No way to flee -- Hireling shepherds are ready to flee the trouble and avoid persecution. R2673:4

Jeremiah 26

Jeremiah 26:3

The evil, which I purpose -- The evil that the Lord creates and does is the calamities and judgments that he visits upon ungodly nations. R1299:6*

Jeremiah 26:11

The priests -- Nearly all the persecutions of Jesus and his followers came from professed servants of God. R4857:1

Jeremiah 26:16

The princes -- But for the moderation of the civil power many a reformer would have been put to death. R4857:4

Jeremiah 27

Jeremiah 27:9

Hearken not -- We are not to permit any of these false prophets to have any influence over us. R5800:2

Jeremiah 29

Jeremiah 29:5

Build ye houses -- Because your captivity will be 70 years long, much longer than you have ever before experienced. C294; R1341:3

Jeremiah 29:9

Prophesy falsely -- God warns us against having anything to do with these occult powers. R5800:1

Jeremiah 29:10

Seventy years -- In the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by books the number of the years whereby the Word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the destruction of Jerusalem. (Dan. 9:2) B64

"Till the land had enjoyed her sabbaths" (Lev. 26:34): 19 for the Jubilees imperfectly observed and 51 for the cycles in which no Jubilees were observed, ending in 1874 AD. B191

See also comments on Jer. 25:11, 12. Jeremiah 29:13

And find me -- When the Gospel Church is complete Israel shall be saved from their blindness and obtain mercy at the hands of glorified spiritual Israel. R2402:5

Jeremiah 29:18

An hissing -- They have been outcasts from God's favor. OV76:1

They themselves say that God has shown them no favor. R599:2

Jeremiah 30

Jeremiah 30:2

Write thee -- The prophets did not confine themselves to oral teachings. R1145:3

The writings of the prophets collectively were termed "The Law and The Prophets" and esteemed as of divine authority. R1145:3

Jeremiah 30:7

Jacob's trouble -- Here are a number of events: the return of the Jews to Palestine; the reorganization of the Jewish nation, though not independent; the gathering of great wealth to Jerusalem; many peoples go up to "take a spoil"; the "battle of the great day"; the partial success of the invaders; the power of Messiah effecting deliverance; the recognition of the long-awaited Messiah; then the recognition of him as the one they rejected; God pouring on them the "spirit of grace and supplication"; their mourning for sins and being accepted to fellowship again with God. These events we expect in about the order mentioned. R26:6

Spring has come, the fig tree is "putting forth"; yet we must look for more storms, as in nature the Spring equinoxial storm is one of the most severe. R384:2

The famine for the Word of the Lord shall reach Israel and cause them to come to the great Governor for bread. This will be the time of "Jacob's trouble." R3982:2

We have reached this period. (1882) R341:5*

We are in the "time of Jacob's trouble." (1895) R1898:5

Jacob's trouble is not yet (1898) ended. Greater persecution will shortly overtake them--to drive them to Palestine. R2290:1

The final conflict of the Battle of the Great Day will be in Palestine, upon regathered Israel. D554, Dxvi; SM239:3; OV276:5

In conjunction with a world-wide trouble--financial, religious, political and social, eventuating in anarchy. OV67:1; R2504:1

The time for the special manifestation of God's favor will be in that dark hour when Israel will recognize their King. SM425:4; R5442:6

The Gospel Church having first been completed. SM425:4

Saved out of it -- In the midst of the trouble God will reveal himself as Israel's defender, as in ancient times. D555

All the prophets testify that the power of God will be so marvelously manifested in Israel's deliverance that all the world will know that the Lord's favor is again with Israel. D557; OV75:4

In and through that trouble the Lord will pour upon Israel the spirit of grace and supplication and they shall look upon him whom they have pierced. (Zech. 12:10) SM426:T

The end of Jacob's trouble is the deliverance of Israel from the blindness that has been upon her. R3469:1

The coming deliverance is mentioned particularly in Zech. 14:1-4. R3469:2

The Ancient Worthies, as judges and lawgivers, will be restored to them. R4320:5

Natural Israel will obtain mercy through spiritual Israel. R3982:2

Jeremiah 30:8

Burst thy bonds -- Natural Israel, whose favor ceased when ours began and whose favor is to return when ours has accomplished its purpose. R2290:1

Jeremiah 30:18

I will bring again -- "The Lord shall save the tents of Judah first." (Zech. 12:7) A294

Of Jacob's tents -- Fleshly Israel. A294

And the city -- Jerusalem. C259

And the palace -- The Temple. C259

"I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counselors as at the beginning." (Isaiah 1:26) A294

Jeremiah 30:23

The whirlwind -- The time of trouble. D528; R5863:6

Letting loose of the four winds, or air powers; resulting in the overthrow of the social order in anarchy. R5470:1, R5845:6

Also likened to a great tidal wave (Psa. 46); letting loose the "four winds of earth" (Rev. 7) and a "great fire." (2 Pet. 3) R5863:6

See also comments on Jer. 23:19 and Jer. 25:32.

Jeremiah 31

Jeremiah 31:7

For Jacob -- Natural Israel. A300

Jeremiah 31:8

The north country -- Russia, where nearly two-thirds of all the Jews now living reside. C259

Jeremiah 31:9

With weeping -- Bitterness against Israel will cause the "remnants of Israel" to be expelled from various nations. R1898:5

Jeremiah 31:10

Will gather him -- Confirms the assurance of God's returning favor to fleshly Israel. R1364:5

Jeremiah 31:14

Shall be satisfied -- The perfect man will not understand the spiritual glory; he will be absorbed with the glory that surrounds him on the human plane. R613:2

Jeremiah 31:15

Bitter weeping -- Sorrow for the dead is not a sign of weakness; rather, a sign of love and sympathy. OV212:9

Rachel weeping -- Prophecy of the slaughter of the infants in Bethlehem. R1681:6

They were not -- They were dead, unconscious. "The dead know not anything." (Eccl. 9:5) Q766:3; R3436:4

Jeremiah 31:16

Thus saith the LORD -- This is the word of the Lord, which cannot be broken. OV212:8

Shall be rewarded -- The labor of parents endeavoring properly to rear their children is not lost. OV212:7, OV217:1

Shall come again -- Restored to life; not all at once, but gradually in the resurrection. OV212:5, OV213:3, OV216:1

Land of the enemy -- The great enemy, death. CR430:2; OV85:1, OV214:6; R2063:4; Q830:2

The place to which all alike go--from the sinner of three-score and ten, to the little one of two years old and under. R822:5*

While Satan has the "power of death" (Heb. 2:14), it is a subordinate power which he grasped as an usurper. R452:4*

"The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death." (1 Cor. 15:26) OV214:6, OV212:6

Jeremiah 31:22

Compass a man -- How marvellously Christ fills the picture here. R350:1*

Jeremiah 31:27

House of Israel -- The entire passage, verses 27 to 40, is for the Jew, natural Israel. R4586:2

House of Judah -- The object in mentioning both is to prevent any from getting the idea that only the ten tribes would be blessed in the future. R1364:5

Seed of man, and...beast -- Israel to be replenished with man and beast indicates New covenant entirely earthly. R4530:4*

Jeremiah 31:28

Shall come to pass -- In the Millennial, or Restitution, day. A109

And to afflict -- Ever since Jesus rejected Israel they have been under divine displeasure. The faithful performance of the evil part of the promise is an assurance of the ultimate blessings. R1364:6

Watch over them -- The Jewish people. A109

To build, and to plant -- They shall be firmly planted in their everlasting possession. R1483:5

This is a deliverance that will need no repetition. R1483:5

The succeeding verses how that this does not refer to earlier deliverances from Babylon, Syria, etc. R545:4

Jeremiah 31:29

In those days -- In the Times of Restitution, the Millennial age. A109; E332; R3304:5, R4812:2, R4971:4, R258:6

When fleshly Israel receives its portion. C298

In the days of favor following the "seven times" of chastisement, or "Times of the Gentiles." (Luke 21:24) B92

Indicated by the return of divine favor to Israel. R1365:3; C298

Say no more -- No longer shall any die for Adam's sin. R2608:5, R1260:5, R3304:5, R4018:3*, R5240:4

The weakness of heredity will no longer weigh men down. R892:4

The fathers -- Adam and his posterity. A109, A143; R2050:6, R4371:3, R5063:6, R2611:5

Eaten a sour grape -- The sour grape of sin. R1365:3, R2050:6, R2611:5, R4812:2, R282:6; A109; E332; OV90:2

The children's -- All of Adam's children. R2587:4

Are set on edge -- In the case of Adam, one soul sinned and twenty thousand million souls die as the result--because they are his children. CR431:5

By the chain of sickness, misery and death which follows. A109, A143; E309; R1365:3, R2049:4; OV392:3; HG351:4

The nature of the fathers, being polluted by sin, is transmitted to the children, who come under the death sentence for having the same nature (disposition) as the fathers. R527:2*

So that sometimes we cannot do the things that we would do, and frequently leave undone the things that we ought to do. R2587:4

Jeremiah 31:30

But every one -- Who dies in that age. A109; B92; E473

Since the race will no longer be "in Adam" this trial must be an individual one. R2117:4

Shall die -- The Second Death. R1365:3, R2608:5, R2677:6, R4909:1, R5309:5, R381:2, R904:6

None but wilful sinners shall die then, but such shall surely die. R1073:2

The atonement for Adamic sin will not cover wilful sin against light and knowledge. E474, E332

His own iniquity -- His own sin only. A109; R2759:4, R2677:6, R2833:2, R4971:4, R5240:4, R5292:5

No longer shall die for Adam's sin. R1260:5, R2608:5, R3304:5, R4018:3, R5240:4, R904:5

Since it is recorded that "Christ dieth no more," it follows that not one of such condemned ones can be redeemed as Adam was. R912:6

His teeth -- There will then be a test for life or death, as there is now with the Church. Q288:6

Jeremiah 31:31

The days come -- When The Christ is glorified and beyond the veil, after the days of the Gospel age. R5000:1, R4321:6; Fii When the sufferings of the Body of Christ will be finished and Messiah shall come as the great Priest and King. R4513:1, R4452:3, R4497:5, R4505:1, R4612:6

When Israel's "seven times" of punishment are over. R5163:6

As soon as this blood of the atonement shall have been applied for the sins of all the people. R5292:6

Saith the LORD -- God made a promise to the Jews and that promise must be fulfilled. CR44:2

I will make -- In the future; replacing the Law covenant. R4496:1, R4646:4, R4344:5

A covenant does not go into operation until after it has been fully mediated. R5164:1

Covenant relationship with God means perfection. Mankind will not reach perfection or enter into the covenant until the end of the 1000 years. R5293:6

A new covenant -- Properly so called because it will take the place of the Old Law covenant. R5163:6, R3916:5

The Everlasting covenant, to be made with Israel alone, will bring blessings to Israel, and to all mankind through Israel. R4321:2, R5163:6, R4806:2, R4902:6, R4706:1, R4821:1, R4505:1, R4497:5, R3916:5, R4452:3, R4528:5, R4555:1, R4592:5, R4612:6, R4624:4, R4768:5, R4940:1; CR44:2, CR157:3; Q170:7, Q468:2, Q622:1

The one that God intended should come to replace the typical covenant. R5071:2, R4474:3, R4309:5, R4555:1, R5164:2, R5292:2; OV118:2

The mention of a New (Law) covenant implies a Mediator for it. R4437:6*, R4496:1

The antitypical Moses, The Christ complete, as Messiah will mediate between God and mankind. R5301:6, R4840:3, R5071:3, R5164:1; CR157:3, CR98:6; SM200:3; R4452:3, R4474:5, R4511:5, R4624:6, R4696:3, R4713:5, R4840:3, R4902:6, R4912:4; SM730:3

Mediated by The Christ for 1000 years. R5301:6, R5292:3, R5000:2, R4613:4, R4640:3, R4646:1, R4586:6; HG460:4

The words "New covenant" indicate the repetition of God's favor to Israel under the better Mediator. R4624:6

This cannot set aside, or make null and void, the original Abrahamic covenant of grace, any more than could the Law covenant. R5301:6

Implying that Israel was right in not expecting much from the Law covenant. R4496:1

The covenant is a conditional one. That is shown by the fact that it has a Mediator. Q187:2

The New covenant has been promised for centuries but it has not yet gone into effect. R5292:6

The Ancient Worthies will be under the New covenant, their indiscretions or imperfections will come under the review of the Mediator. Q12:T-13:3

The offer of life to the Church is under the covenant of sacrifice; to the world, under the New covenant. A141

The Gospel Church was not at all under the first covenant; only the Jewish nation was. R4624:4

The New Creation is not under the Law covenant typified by Hagar, or the New covenant typified by Keturah, but under the original covenant, the Everlasting, Oathbound, Abrahamic covenant typified by Sarah. R4011:1, R4624:4

Superior to the old covenant in that it will have a better Mediator. R4309:6, R4624:6, R4931:1, R4714:3, R4940:1; CR157:3

Of which our Lord was the Messenger. R4495:6, R4715:3

Which will absolutely take away sin and bring man into harmony with God. R5292:2, R5293:4

The house of Israel -- As the natural seed of Abraham. R4821:1

The New covenant will be Israelitish. CR157:3

The New covenant will be made directly with the nation of Israel. R4497:5

The New covenant is given to Israel and the world only indirectly. The Father's dealings are not with Israel, but with the Mediator of the covenant. R3109:2

God's covenant will be with the Mediator for Israel. R4555:1, R4640:5

All the Jews will be transferred from Moses to Christ, the better Mediator; and from the Old Law covenant to the New Law covenant. R4840:3

In order to avail themselves of this covenant all other nations and peoples will be obliged to become a part of Israel. R4902:6; CR139:1, CR485:2, CR51:4; OV72:T, SM596:1

The expression "New covenant" is not used with others than the Jews because it is not true that God will make a covenant with the rest of mankind. R4659:2

The New covenant is not to be made with any others than Jews for no others were in covenant relationship with God. R4624:6

This work will proceed from Israel to all the families of the earth. R4674:2

The New covenant will mean that all through the Millennial age all the blessings will go forth first to the Jews. CR44:2

The nations are to be blessed also under this New covenant by becoming "daughters" to Israel. (Ezek. 16:61) R4371:3

The mediatorial work will be accomplished through natural Israel. R4624:4, R4821:1

All mankind, represented by Israel. R904:6

The Jewish nation needed to be redeemed in a special manner before God could use it as his channel of blessing to the other nations. R4624:4

The house of Judah -- The ten tribes of Israel and the two tribes of Judah: both mentioned to prevent a misunderstanding. R4586:2, R1342:1, R2125:6; C297

Jeremiah 31:32

Not according to -- The old one was written merely on tables of stone. The new one the Lord will cause gradually to be written in the hearts of all. OV90:4, OV115:3

God intended to give them a better covenant than the Law, which they had found to be a bondage and one unto death. R4309:5

The Law given at Sinai was inferior when compared with the perfect heart-and-mind written law bestowed upon Adam. R1717:5

The covenant -- The Law covenant, made only with the Jews, did not accomplish the blessing of Israel and of the world. OV29:1; R4659:2; Q169:3

The inauguration of the Law covenant was typical of the inauguration of the New covenant. R5000:2, R4592:5, R4646:4; OV118:2

The terms of the New covenant will be the same as those under the Law covenant instituted by Moses. OV81:2

The Law covenant is as binding upon the Jew as it ever was and it will remain so until it is superseded by the New Law covenant. R4912:4, R5164:1

In the day -- The day of the Passover, the first feature of the Law. R1731:2, R971:6; OV94:T

The Passover is the first feature of the Law, and the Law covenant is continually referred to as dating from that time. R971:6

Jeremiah 31:33

The covenant -- The New covenant, the Everlasting covenant. R3597:3

House of Israel -- The whole twelve tribes. C293

After those days -- After the "seven times" of chastisement. B92; R4497:4

After the days of this Gospel age. R4321:6

Signifies after the completion of the selection of the Church. R4497:6, R4612:6

When the days are accomplished for the overthrow of the kingdoms of this world and the setting up of the Kingdom of God. R904:5

After a while, by and by. R789:1

I will put my law -- Love shall be the law. R1244:6

God had a law before the Ten Commandments. It was graven on man's nature in Adam. That original standard is again promised for the future. R1731:5, R5294:2, R5309:4

Gradually retrace and rewrite the divine law in the hearts of men. F359; R5309:5, R1365:5, R2195:6, R2060:5

When the law has been fully written in their whole being the covenant condition will be fully attained. R4570:5*

The perfect human nature will then be as it was at first, a law-inscribed nature. R764:2

In their inward parts -- In their very thoughts as well as in their outward life. CR299:5; OV130:4

In their very nature. R1717:5

In their hearts -- The center of affection, the character. R789:5, R2060:3, R5309:4, R4613:1

Restoring a heart of flesh, of tenderness, sympathy, righteousness and divine likeness. R4806:2, R636:6, R1244:6, R4729:4, R3071:3

Implying that the ability will be given to keep the law. R5071:3, R4821:1, R812:5*

More than Adam had. R111:1

Be my people -- The Ancient Worthies will come forth perfect; to them will gather their own Israelitish kindred, and all nations. R4575:4

Jeremiah 31:34

Teach no more -- Because all will know the plan of God. R1771:6, R3285:2, R4908:6, R5352:5; A75

Then mankind will no longer be invited to accept Christ, but will be compelled to be obedient. CR51:3; SM440:T

The teaching of "churches" will be unnecessary. R2428:2*

It will no longer be necessary to preach. R5919:6, R1717:5

Shall all know me -- The eyes of their understanding shall be opened. R3192:2, R2940:4, R4883:1, R5594:2, R5919:6, R6013:5

The glorious opportunity for salvation shall come through the knowledge of the Lord. R5078:4; SM558:2

Come to a knowledge of the truth. R5407:1, R3140:5

"The earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord." (Isa. 11:9) R1363:6, R2690:1, R1717:5, R1972:4; OV215:5; R858:5, R2610:3, R4883:1, R5594:2, R5919:6; SM792:1

The way will be so plain that "the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein." (Isa. 35:8) A215; R1363:6, R1450:5

This statement is not true now, and cannot be true until the Lord's Kingdom is established. A75

This is restitution work, the work of the entire Millennial age. R4613:4; SM792:T

The conditions will be such that doubt would be more difficult than belief is at present. R1771:6

As a kind and loving father, God provides for the education of all who ever came into the world. R33:3*

Forgiveness of sins and the blessing of being awakened from the dead would profit mankind little if future arrangements did not permit a thorough recovery from present mental, moral and physical weaknesses. HG390:6, R443:3

A personal acceptance of the conditions of the New covenant will be required of each individual. R1771:6

Instead of misrepresentation of God's character and loving plans, the reverse will be given to mankind. R5485:5

When they know, each will be responsible. R5084:1

All who have ever lived. R5407:1, R3140:5, R3285:2

From the least -- "The wayfaring men, and those unacquainted therewith, shall not go astray." (Isa. 35:8--Leeser) A215

Forgive their iniquity -- The taking away of their sins is a necessity before they can receive the New covenant because God makes no covenant with sinners. R4497:5

Under the Law covenant this was not done and sins remained; for atonement was made fresh for them year by year. R5293:4

I will remember -- The Mediator will not hold against anyone the transgressions of this present life. R5293:5

Their sin no more -- Israel's sins have not yet been taken away, even as the world's sins have not yet been taken away. R4892:3

Past sins and iniquities shall no more rise up in judgment against them, demanding their just penalty, death. R1654:1; HG231:6

Christ will have appeared on their behalf and made satisfaction for their sins. R5164:2

Guarantees that none shall die the Second Death except the wilfully, intelligently disobedient. R3770:6, R5164:2

Jeremiah 31:36

The seed of Israel -- Uses one name for all the tribes. C297; R1364:6

Jeremiah 31:38

That the city -- The city of Jerusalem will be rebuilt and will become the capital city of the world. Q790:2

Located in the territory of the two tribes, showing that the foregoing prophecy is not only for the ten tribes. C292; R1342:1

Shall be built -- It is now being built along these very lines. C266; R1044:4*

Tower of Hananeel -- Discovered in 1886 in laying the foundation for a hotel. R1390:2

Describing the portion outside the Jaffa Gate. R1382:4

Jeremiah 32

Jeremiah 32:4

Behold his eyes -- Seems to contradict Ezek. 12:10-13. He lived and died in Babylon, but saw it not. He saw Nebuchadnezzar at Riblah, in Palestine. His sight was there taken from him. R4866:2

Jeremiah 32:17

Nothing too hard -- A prayer, trusting God's power. R5380:4*

Jeremiah 32:20

Signs and wonders -- The Great Pyramid. See Isa. 19:19. C318

Jeremiah 32:35

Unto Molech -- Modern Molech worship is the misrepresentation of God by those who endorse the eternal torment theory. R2360:1, R3464:6

Jeremiah 32:37

I will -- Herzl's death may do good--teaching those interested that they must trust in God and not in man. R3412:4

Gather them out -- Regathering from among all the nations. R1483:5

The Lord will no doubt use persecution to awaken them. R1819:6

A deliverance already beginning which will need no repetition, for they shall be established in their everlasting possession. R1483:5

Dr. Herzl's continuance at the head of the Zionist movement might have proved inimical to these divine arrangements centered in Palestine. R3412:4

Jeremiah 32:40

And I will -- In the Millennial age. A109

Everlasting covenant -- Both the Abrahamic (Gen. 17:7, 13, 19; 2 Sam. 23:5; Psa. 105:8-10) and the New covenant (Jer. 32:40; Jer. 31:31,32; Ezek. 16:60) are styled "the everlasting covenant" in contrast with the Law covenant, which passed away. The one is perpetuated in the other. R4321:2

With them -- With the Jews. A109

Devout Jews are still waiting for the fulfillment of these promises. R5885:6