Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
Book: Jeremiah
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Jeremiah was a
Priest, a native of
Anathoth, in the
Tribe of
Benjamin. He was called to the prophetic office when very young,
about seventy years after the
Death of
Isaiah, and exercised it
for about forty years with great faithfulness, till the sins of
the Jewish nation came to their full
Measure and
Destruction
followed. The prophecies of
Jeremiah do not stand as they were
delivered. Blayney has endeavoured to arrange them in more
regular order, namely, ch. 1-20; 22; 23; 25; 26; 35; 36; 45; 24;
29; 30; 31; 27; 28; 21; 34; 37; 32; 33; 38; 39;
(ver. 15-18,
1-14.) 40-44; 46-52. The general subject of his prophecies is
the
Idolatry and other sins of the Jews; the judgments
By which
they were threatened, with references to their future
restoration and deliverance, and promises of the
Messiah. They
are remarkable for
Plain and
Faithful reproofs, affectionate
expostulations, and awful warnings.