We claim the Old Testament as well as the New as our Holy Scripture. This word of tenacious hope is spoken to counteract all of the life-sapping, despair-inducing evidence to the contrary. before spoken of: or rather, "that best word" F23; the Jeremiah 33:22. Behold, the days come that I will perform that good thing, In those days will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up to David, And this is the name wherewith ye shall be called, The Lord our righteousness. Bible > Commentaries > Jeremiah 33:14 Library Free Downloads eBibles Jeremiah 33:14 Jeremiah knew he had been called to preach a tough message. The preacher would do well to speak about that historical situation so that the words of promise and hope are heard in all their power. Hence he says, The days shall come; for it behoved the faithful to look farther than to their present condition. In other words, he did not act like a proper Pharisee so he cannot be the Messiah. For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword; They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city. These blessings come in their fulness only through Jesus Christ, the messianic Son of David, the Great High Priest (Matthew 22:42-44; Acts 13:33-34; Hebrews 4:14; Hebrews 10:11-18). Orthodox rabbi and Jewish mystic. 15 In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch to spring up for David; and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. Nevertheless, he has purchased the land as a pledge, as earnest of Gods redemption: For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Houses and fields and vineyards shall again be bought in this land (32:15). In the midst of impending doom, a sign of hope is enacted. 16 In those . The difference made in the repetition of that promise is really unimportant. And then they would barbecue it and the priest would take that part for him and for the Lord and then you sit and feast on the rest of it. As a king that shall be praised by his subjects: "This is the name whereby they shall call him" (so the Chaldee reads it, the Syriac, and vulgar Latin); "this name of his they shall celebrate and triumph in, and by this name they shall call upon him." The continuity of a succession of rulers on the literal throne of David and the perpetual ministrations of the Levitical order in their offerings of burnt-offerings, etc., represented to the Jew the full and perpetual restoration of his national life, along with freedom from oppressive foreign rule, and restoration of all the rights and privileges of his holy religion: Furthermore, it was impossible for the Jewish mind to have comprehended such marvelous blessings apart from such promises as are found in these five verses. Jeremiah 33:15-16 contain a beautiful promise, but also a twofold danger for Christian pastors. The industry of the country, and their return to their original plainness and simplicity, from which, in the corrupt ages, they had sadly degenerated. that good thing that came out of Nazareth: the good Shepherd that Jeremiah 33:19. Much like the standard Childrens Sermon answer, where do our minds immediately go when we read about the true branch of David who shall enact justice and righteousness in the land? Verses 12-13 The worst has not yet happened, but it is inevitable. 17 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying . 93. Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down. Yeremia a prophet of Judah in 627 B.C., who wrote the book of Jeremiah,a man of Libnah; father of Hamutal, mother of Jehoahaz, king of Judah,head of an important clan in eastern Manasseh in the time of Jotham,a Benjamite man who defected to David at Ziklag,the fifth of Saul's Gadite officers who defected to David in the wilderness,the tenth of Saul . He is the maker and former of Jerusalem, of Zion, built them at first, and therefore can rebuild them-built them for his own praise, and therefore will. with a "behold", as being a matter of importance, and deserving w "Verbum optimum", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Schmidt. Jesus himself presses his followers for this very connection in our optional Gospel reading for today, Mark 8:27-29. So the meal offering, the same thing. So here is God's invitation, challenge to Jeremiah, "Call unto Me." Jeremiah 33 Commentary | Already Promised To begin, in verse 14, the Lord points to the fact that he's already promised this kind of thing before. These promises lead us to the gospel of Christ; and in that God has revealed truth to direct us, and peace to make us easy. The worst has not yet happened, but it is inevitable. Jeremiah 33:14 Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will fulfill the gracious promise that I have spoken to the house of Israel and the house of Judah. In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that telleth them, saith the LORD. Behold, days are coming,' declares the Lord , when I will fulfill the good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and the house of Judah. It is a word of hope, but not nave hope. Here also must "the good word" be taken in the same general meaning; for our verse forms the transition from the promise of the restoration and blessing of Israel in the future (Jeremiah 33:6-13) to the special promise of the renewal and completion of the Davidic monarchy (Jeremiah 33:15.). This is ushered in with a "behold", as being a matter of importance, and deserving attention, and even as calling for admiration. And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first. To that end, our congregants benefit from finding links between the two, to see the completeness of the story which the original New Testament authors saw themselves. Yes, yes, I know that we all celebrate the New Year on January 1, but because we are Christians, and because we still attend church on Sunday . Jeremiah 33:14 Commentaries: 'Behold, days are coming,' declares the LORD, 'when I will fulfill the good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and the house of Judah. God will fulfill His promises for He is Sermon Jeremiah 33:14-16 Time of Fulfillment The Rev. Especially in this season of Advent, we speak words of hope. Salem Media Group. The designation of the priests as "the Levites" corresponds, accordingly, to the kings of the family of David. Destitution does not have the last word. attention, and even as calling for admiration. Instead of priests alone being able to approach God, all will know God. Jeremiah now shews why God had promised that there would be a quiet habitation for shepherds, so that no one would by force take away their flocks. GLENN PEASE Follow PASTOR Advertisement Recommended Joel 3 commentary GLENN PEASE 233 views 138 slides Jeremiah 37 commentary GLENN PEASE 121 views 71 slides 10. destruction of jerusalem chucho1943 They shall never want one to bring and prepare an offering before the Lord. A righteous Branch will spring up. The descendant of David who will execute justice and righteousness in the land is the one for whom we wait in this Advent season. If you but trust in God to guide you ELW 769, H82 635, GG 816, NCH 410, UMH 142 O come, o come, Emmanuel ELW 257, H82 56, GG 88, NCH 116, UMH 211, Stir up your power, O Lord, and come, Carl Schalk, Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Capital University. Note, Nothing is more the praise and honour of a people than to have God the glory of it, the glory both of the power and of the goodness by which it is effected; they shall praise him both as the Lord of hosts and as the God who is good and whose mercy endures for ever. And yet, our Jewish sisters and brothers have wrestled and reckoned with this verse in their own tradition, and have come to different answers. This promise concerned the whole priesthood in the person of Phinehas, and the Levites also, inasmuch as the Levites were given to the priests; hence there is mention made in Malachi 2:4, Malachi 2:8, of a covenant with Levi. Explanation and Commentary of Jeremiah 33:3 Jeremiah heard this Word from the Lord while he was confined. Jeremiah 33:14-15 record Gods promises for the future restoration of the community. One of the chief tragedies of the Babylonian Exile, of course, was the end of the Davidic dynasty. Verse 1. is only a more sonorous expression for . He has promised to send a descendent of David to be their Messiah - and He is to be called, The Lord My Righteousness: "Call to Me and I will answer you - Call to Me and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know." My Prayer Heavenly Father, thank You that You are a good and faithful God Whose Word stands fast forever and ever. Again we have proof that when radical critics wish to expunge some verse or some chapter from the Bible, it is merely because they cannot understand the passage; and for many of them, their failure is due to their apparent ignorance of everything in the New Testament. But careful listeners will hear that when God promises to raise up a true ruler, the ultimate actions of this king are justice and righteousness for the whole land, not just the people. THE CONTEXT Chapter 33 is the last chapter of the Book of Consolation (chapters 30-33)three hopeful chapters that promise redemption and restoration to Israel and Judah. 10 Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast, 11 The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not ( Jeremiah 33:3 ). Although his prophecies of the Messiah are not as extensive as those of Isaiah, Jeremiah nevertheless often spoke of the coming of the Messiah. Jeremiah 33:14 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord Or, "are coming" {t}; future times are respected; yet such as would quickly come; five or six hundred years more, and then would be fulfilled what is after promised. Studying the book of Jeremiah 33; shows a significant summary of the history, time and relevant details according to the bible's acts based onBenson Joseph - Bible Commentary and reading parallely the bible's version World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers. Maybe so, but that saving act of God is not readily apparent in Jeremiahs or Judahs current situation, dreading the imminent arrival of enemy armies. Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying, Thus saith the LORD the maker, the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the LORD is his name; Call unto me, and I will answer thee ( Jeremiah 33:1-3 ), Well now, he's just been calling unto the Lord. ii. They sang together in praising the Lord, because he is good, for his mercy endures for ever. Nam, sine rege, erant veluti corpus truncum aut mutilum; sine sacerdote mera erat dissipatio. The literal interpretation which sees here a promise, not of One Davidic King alone, namely the Messiah, "but a series of Davidic descendants to occupy the throne of David"[8] is incorrect. (t) "venientes", Montanus, Schmidt. And exactly what are those spiritual sacrifices? . This intimates, 1. At the same time, one must also be honest about ones reality and faithfulness as a Christian preacher. Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season; Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers. Here is a further prediction of the happy state of Judah and Jerusalem after their glorious return out of captivity, issuing gloriously at length in the kingdom of the Messiah. Burnt-offering, meat-offering, and sin-offering are the three species of sacrifice which were to be brought, according to the law, as in Jeremiah 17:26. It is the same then as though he had said, that the favor of which he predicts could not be laid hold on, except the faithful held their minds in suspense, and patiently waited until the time of the promised deliverance came. But, inasmuch as they were thereby brought into a peculiar relation to the Lord, and thus had vouchsafed to them not merely privileges and promises, but also had laid on them duties, the fulfilment of which was a condition of receiving the privileges, this relation might be called a covenant; and indeed, in Numbers 25:11., the promise given to Phinehas, that he should have the priesthood as an eternal possession, is called a covenant of peace and an eternal covenant of priesthood. That has been fully taken care of. Promised what? That the Prophet then might still support these, he bids them to extend their thoughts to a future time; and he had prefixed, as we have before seen, seventy years. 14 The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah. A temporary loss of the throne is not thereby excluded, but only such a permanent loss as would be caused by the family of David becoming extinct, or by the kingdom in Israel either passing over to some other family, or in some way or other coming to an end; see on 1 Kings 2:4. 1-13 Those who expect to receive comforts from God, must call upon him. As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, nor the sand of the sea measured, so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites who serve me. instead of does not change the sense. ." In fact, this promise helps us see the breadth of the hope promised by God to David and his line, which includes all who put their hope in the Branch. The word of God, when it denounces all kinds of death, and contains nothing but terrors, is always good, if goodness be taken for what is just and right; and hence God, by Ezekiel, reproves the Jews, because his word was bitter to them, and says, Are the ways of the Lord crooked and thorny? that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah; or, "that good word" (u); that gracious word concerning Christ and salvation by him; that mercy promised to the fathers; that good thing that came out of Nazareth: the good Shepherd that laid down his life for the sheep, preferable to the shepherds before spoken of: or rather, "that best word" (w); the positive used for the superlative, as frequent in the Hebrew language. And that is a theologically sound way of reading this passage from Jeremiah. God has a plan. Professor and Elva B. Lovell Chair of Old Testament, A resource for the whole church from Luther Seminary. under the Gospel dispensation, and promised to them, who are i. Yes, for our sins. Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. But God calls it his good word, because he had promised to be the deliverer of his people. Much of this chapter is challenged by the critics who point out that Jeremiah 33:14-26 are missing from the LXX, and that the apparent prophecies of the endless succession of a Davidic line of kings and a restoration and perpetual continuity of the Levitical priesthood with its countless sacrifices are totally contrary to other . To crown all these blessings which God has in store for them, here is a promise of the Messiah, and of that everlasting righteousness which he should bring in (Jeremiah 33:15; Jeremiah 33:16), and probably this is that good thing, that great good thing, which in the latter days, days that were yet to come, God would perform, as he had promised to Judah and Israel, and to which their return out of captivity and their settlement again in their own land was preparatory. All rights reserved. - As to the kind and mode of reinstitution of both of these ordinances, which were abolished when the state came to ruin, the prophecy now before us gives no explanation; but in the emphatic confirmation of the prophecy which follows, we find brief indications which clearly show that the restoration spoken of will not be a reinstitution of the old form which is now perishing, but a renovation of it, in its essential features, to a permanent existence. All might seem lost, but God still is faithful. There will come a time in the land of Judah when there shall once more be heard the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride (33:10-11). Both of these pillars were broken with the destruction of Jerusalem and of the temple; the theocracy the appeared to have ceased to exist. By means of the apposition "the Levites," the priests are designated as the legitimate priesthood, established as such in virtue of God's choice of the tribe of Levi, in contrast with priests such as Jeroboam appointed, out of the common people, for the worship set up by him. 2. Commentary on Acts 15:1-6. Any reasonable person can see that the city is doomed. THE RIGHTEOUS BRANCH; THE MESSIAH. In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely; and this is the name whereby she shall be called: Jehovah our righteousness. Amen. As a rightful King. But God's promise was true. The limitation of language itself has been frequently mentioned in my series of commentaries. Despite their sin, they are still the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and they are still his people (23-26). From the captivity to Christ is one of the famous periods, Matthew 1:17. Jeremiah was in prison, and the Lord appeared to him a second time (Jer. Such is Advent faith, and Advent hope. The Lukan travel narrative (chapters 9-19) begins with a notice of Jesus' resolve to go to Jerusalem and his inhospitable reception by a . Hast thou not seen what this people have spoken, saying, 'The two families which the Lord hath chosen, these He hath rejected?' He formed it, to establish it, and therefore it shall be established till those things be introduced which cannot be shaken, but shall remain for ever. By him Judah shall be saved from wrath and the curse, and, being so saved, Jerusalem shall dwell safely, quiet from the fear of evil, and enjoying a holy security and serenity of mind, in a dependence upon the conduct of this prince of peace, this prince of their peace. God has a gracious set of promises that he will fulfill. And that is its power. This, though a song of old, yet, being sung upon this fresh occasion, will be a new song. At this time, when the kingdom, with its ordinances of justice and of grace, bestowed by God, was being dissolved, the Lord, in order to keep His people from despair, declares that these two institutions, in accordance with His promise, shall not fall to the ground, but shall stand for ever. - Calvin.). . In short, the true application of prophetic truth is, that we never lay hold on, and really embrace the promises of God, except we look forward to the days that are coming, that is, except we patiently wait for the time prefixed by God: and further, except our faith leans on the promises, when they seem to he dormant, it is not firm, and has no roots or foundations; for as the root which nourishes the tree is not seen, but lies hid in the earth, and as the foundation of a house is not visible to our eyes, so ought our faith to be in like manner founded, and to drive deep roots into Gods promises, so that its firmness may not be in the air, nor have a visible surface, but a hidden foundation. Jeremiah 33:14 New International Version 14 "'The days are coming,' declares the Lord, 'when I will fulfill the good promise I made to the people of Israel and Judah. the best of all; this is the better thing provided for saints c. Praise the LORD of hosts, for the LORD is good, for His mercy endures forever: Instead of the anguished cries of a city under judgment, they would hear the sound of people praising God for His goodness and ever-enduring mercy. The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the droughts. 4 for thus His situation looked bleak, as this was not a good time to be a true prophet of God. Every one concluded now that the country would lie for ever desolate, that no beasts would be found in the land of Judah, no inhabitant in the streets of Jerusalem, and consequently there would be nothing but universal and perpetual melancholy (Jeremiah 33:10; Jeremiah 33:10); but, though weeping may endure for a time, joy will return. The nation never experienced fully all the blessings that Jeremiah pictures in this chapter. It is promised that the people who were long in sorrow shall again be filled with joy. Notice that Jeremiah 33:17. says that, from the time this prophecy was given, David would not lack a descendant to sit on the throne not of the house of Judah, but of the house of Israel. (w) "Verbum optimum", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Schmidt. Studying the book of Jeremiah 33; shows a significant summary of the history, time and relevant details according to the bible's acts based onBenson Joseph - Bible Commentary and reading parallely the bible's version New English Translation. This may point at Zerubbabel, in the type, who governed with equity, not as Jehoiakim had done (Jeremiah 22:17; Jeremiah 22:17); but it has a further reference to him to whom all judgment is committed and who shall judge the world in righteousness. "God, I consecrate my life to You." King Josiah was one of the most celebrated rulers of Judahs history. And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me. ], The restoration of Davids dynasty and the legitimate priesthood 33:14-26. The Hebrew word for saved is yasha . Five hundred years after God saved the Judeans from their Babylonian exile, a child would be born, and his parents would name him Yeshua, or Jesus, meaning God saves.. Language often breaks down as an inadequate vehicle for the conveyance of the thoughts of God; and so we believe is the case here. For thus saith Jehovah: David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel; neither shall the priests of the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt-offerings, to burn meal-offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.". Jeremiah 33:14-26 View this passage in NIV (Bible Gateway) A senior pastor who told his handsome new assistant pastor to avoid the dangers of immorality in the ministry. As they were then exposed to slaughter, though the unbelieving still entertained vain hopes, yet the children of God saw thousand deaths; so that it could not be but that terror almost drove them to despair; and in their exile they saw that they were far removed from their own country, without any hope of a return. In Jeremiah 29:10, on the contrary, "the good word" is specially referred, by the following infinitival clause, to the deliverance of the people from Babylon. A righteous Branch will spring up. When it is so, let us learn to exercise faith and patience, so that our souls may not tremble, though Gods promises may not every moment manifest their power by being actually fulfilled. Now because it seemed incredible that a people, reduced as now they were, should ever recover such a degree of peace and plenty as this, here is subjoined a general ratification of these promises (Jeremiah 33:14; Jeremiah 33:14): I will perform that good thing which I have promised. Who is that Branch of righteousness growing up out of David? III. : Yoh 3:14-18) Perjanjian Lama: Kejadian Keluaran Imamat Bilangan Ulangan Yosua Hakim-hakim Rut 1 Samuel 2 Samuel 1 Raja-raja 2 Raja-raja 1 Tawarikh 2 Tawarikh Ezra Nehemia Ester Ayub Mazmur Amsal Pengkhotbah Kidung Agung Yesaya Yeremia Ratapan Yehezkiel Daniel Hosea Yoel Amos Obaja Yunus Mikha Nahum Habakuk Zefanya Hagai Zakharia Maleakhi It may be helpful here to pause over the verse 16 word saved for a moment. They are described in Hebrews. God told Jeremiah that He has not rejected them. The prophetic word from God was realized in the person of Jesus Christ, the person that the disciples, the apostles, and the early Christian authors believed was the Davidic king who would sit on the throne of Israel nay, the throne of heaven! A similar image is found in Isaiah 11:1A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. The image is one of hope and unexpected joy: new life springing up from what looks like a dead stump. "If ye shall break my covenant with the day,then also will my covenant with Davidbe broken." Leaving this verse out of your sermon could run the risk of leaving your people with the mistaken impression that God privileges the Christian tradition over the Jewish one. 459-461 of Clark's Translation) have shown the utter worthlessness of these reasons, and Graf also has defended the genuineness of the passage. Many good words or promises are made before, concerning the spiritual welfare and prosperity of the church; but this is the best of all; this is the better thing provided for saints under the Gospel dispensation, and promised to them, who are meant by the houses of Judah and Israel; for these phrases, as the Jews themselves allow, show that the words belong to the times of the Messiah; and which God, that is true and cannot lie, and who is faithful, that has promised, and is able to perform, will do. Then also shall my covenant with David my servant be broken, so that he shall not have a son to reign upon his throne, and with the Levites, the priests, my ministers. 10 million Ukrainians without power because of Russia. "Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins, in his own blood, and made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. t "venientes", Montanus, Schmidt. Tafsiran/Catatan. In the Lord have I righteousness and strength,Isaiah 45:24. Presently desolate Jerusalem and the cities of Judah would experience joy and thank God because He will have restored their fortunes as they had been formerly. Israel sat on a trade route between two massive empires, Egypt and Babylon/Assyria (roughly modern-day Iraq). He is not a man that He should lie. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 33:1-13. After he has cleansed them from their sin, he will bring them back and they will rebuild the city to Gods glory (6-9). However, its meaning sometimes is to establish, and sometimes to rouse, (90) so as to make that to appear which was before hidden. How might you broaden your sermon about redemptive hope to include all of Creation, and not just humanity? Christ is here prophesied of, 1. So too has Ewald, who says (Propheten, ii. It was just an offering of fellowship. 16 In those days Judah will be saved This is the principal of the great and mighty things the Lord promised to show to the prophet, Jeremiah 33:3; even the coming of the Messiah, and what concerns his person and office: that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah; or, "that good word" u; that gracious word concerning Christ and salvation by him; that mercy promised to the fathers; that good thing that came out of Nazareth: the good Shepherd that laid down his life for the sheep, preferable to the shepherds before spoken of: or rather, "that best word" w; the positive used for the superlative, as frequent in the Hebrew language. 1 Kings 8:56. As Moses's altar is called Jehovah-nissi (Exodus 17:15), and Jerusalem Jehovah-shammah (Ezekiel 48:35), intimating that they glory in Jehovah as present with them and their banner, so here the city is called The Lord our righteousness, because they glory in Jehovah as their righteousness. He afterwards speaks of the kingdom of Israel, and of the kingdom of Judah, to intimate that he would be merciful to the whole people, though the ten tribes had been for a long time separated from the tribe of Judah, and from the half tribe of Benjamin, as it has been stated elsewhere. The house of David might be cut down, but God is able to bring life out of death. Marcus Aurelius, The seed of Jacob, in their beginning, gloried in this, that they were shepherds (Genesis 47:3), and so they shall now be again, giving themselves wholly to that innocent employment, causing their flocks to lie down (Jeremiah 33:12; Jeremiah 33:12) and to pass under the hands of him that telleth them (Jeremiah 33:13; Jeremiah 33:13); for, though their flocks are numerous, they are not numberless, nor shall they omit to number them, that they may know if any be missing and may seek after it. "Through him (Christ) then let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips that make confession to his name. So God never broke His covenant. and my people they have despised, so that they are no longer a nation before them. Though the promise may sometimes work slowly towards an accomplishment, it works surely. Jeremiah 1:1-16 - The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, 2 to whom the word of . We often forget that the sins of the Judean elites unethical economic practices, violating the Sabbath, sacrificing young children hurt not only Gods people, but the land itself. God of the promised Messiah, as we wait for the fulfillment of your promise, we watch, we listen, and we open our hearts for your Word. 269), "Nothing can be so preposterous and unreasonable as to find in this passage, Jeremiah 33:19-26, or in Jeremiah 30-33 generally, additions by a later prophet."). In the remaining nine occurrences of the phrase in the book, it points to a time of future blessing for Israel. For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel; Neither shall the priests and the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meal offerings, and to do sacrifice continually ( Jeremiah 33:16-18 ). Jeremiah 33:14-26 14-26 To crown the blessings God has in store, here is a promise of the Messiah. the Jews themselves allow, show that the words belong to the We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse. See Psalms 144:13; Psalms 144:14. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD ( Jeremiah 33:4-11 ). The kingdom assured them of the divine guidance. No sooner does anything appear than it is swept away, and another comes in its place. "Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will perform the good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and the house of Judah. Jeremiah 33:14-18 (Jeremiah 33:14) The days are surely coming, says the LORD, when I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah. This designation of Jerusalem as "Jehovah Our Righteousness" makes it mandatory to read "Jerusalem" here as "The New Jerusalem." But that, through the mention simply of Judah and its capital, the ten tribes are not to be excluded from participation in the coming prosperity, may be seen even from Jeremiah 33:14, where "the good word" is referred to Israel and Judah, and still more plainly from Jeremiah 33:24, Jeremiah 33:26, where this promise is made sure to the whole seed of Israel. Notice there's no mention here of sin offerings. Wasn't Christ sacrificed once and for all? As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me. As certainly as night follows day and day follows night, God will fulfil his covenant promises to the dynasty of David and the tribe of Levi. Jeremiah 33:14-20The New Revised Standard Version. 4. The promise is, "If you will call unto Me, I will answer." All the sacrifices were intended for the praise of God, but this seems to be meant of the spiritual sacrifices of humble adorations and joyful thanksgivings, the calves of our lips (Hosea 14:2), which shall please the Lord better than an ox of bullock. This then relates to the apprehensions of men when he says, I will rouse, or establish, my good word, He afterwards adds, which I have spoken; by which clause he confirms the doctrine of Jeremiah, for he shews that he was its author, and that Jeremiah brought nothing from himself, but faithfully testified of his mercy and of the liberation of the people according to the commission he had received. The narrative lectionary is a four-year cycle of readings Read more. God has said, "I'm going to do it. As a righteous king, righteous in enacting laws, waging wars, and giving judgment, righteous in vindicating those that suffer wrong and punishing those that do wrong: He shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. In the midst of darkness, light is about to break in. It shall not be a habitation of beggars, who have nothing, but of shepherds and husbandmen, men of substance, with good stocks upon the ground they have returned to. which I have promised unto the his person and office: that I will perform that good thing The preacher should also acknowledge, however, that like Jeremiah, he or she speaks these words in a time when many are experiencing great loss: loss of job, of security, of home. And his salvation encompasses not just Judah and Jerusalem, but the whole world. Jeremiah now shews why God had promised that there would be a quiet habitation for shepherds, so that no one would by force take away their flocks. To these must be added Movers, who takes Jeremiah 33:18, Jeremiah 33:21-25 as later interpolations, and Hitzig, who treats the whole passage as a series of separate additions made in a later age. Ed. Now this is after he has been calling. Commentary on Jeremiah 33:14-26 (Read Jeremiah 33:14-26) To crown the blessings God has in store, here is a promise of the Messiah. But instead of pitting the traditions against each other, perhaps there is a kinship-rope knotting us together in the final two verses of this text: the first (Jeremiah 33:17) a promise for a king of the line of David, the second (verse 18) a promise that there shall also be no end to the line of Levitical priests before [God]. While we might claim the Messiah in our tradition, we can never lay claim to the Levitical birthright or Priestly office that this verse lifts up. Jeremiahs many prophecies of judgmentprophecies that have landed him in prisonare coming true. 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