In the cities of Judah there will be joy, in the pastures there will be peace, and in the temple there will be the sound of praise to God (10-13).Once more a king of the dynasty of David will rule over Israel, and Jerusalem will be the city of Gods salvation. I. 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. Nam sacerdos erat quasi medius inter Deum et populum, rex autem representabat Dei personam. 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. Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them ( Jeremiah 33:24-26 ). The narrative lectionary is a four-year cycle of readings Read more. 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. 4. So God's promises now of restoration of the nation of Israel. He is not a man that He should lie. You say, "Well, I've been praying about it." We'll be going there for big barbecues and having a great time as we offer the sacrifices and as we sit and eat with the Lord in that glorious fellowship with Him. This promise of the Messiah we had before (Jeremiah 23:5; Jeremiah 23:5), and there it came in as a confirmation of the promise of the shepherds whom God would set over them, which would make one think that the promise here concerning the shepherds and their flocks, which introduces it, is to be understood figuratively. God tells Jeremiah that he has not. 16 In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness. 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. God will fulfill His promises for He is 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.. It follows . 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 . 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. These New Testament passages clear up completely any problems that are alleged to appear in these verses. AMEN. [Note: Feinberg, p. 591. 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. 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. So he's talking about when Christ comes again and establishes the kingdom that God is going to cause the nation Israel to be again in the land and to be nurtured by the Lord. positive used for the superlative, as frequent in the Hebrew They are described in Hebrews. This promise is, Jeremiah 33:17, further confirmed by the renewal of that which the Lord had given King David, through Nathan the prophet, 2 Samuel 7:12-16, and that, too, in the form in which David himself had expressed it in his address to Solomon, shortly before his death, 1 Kings 2:4, and in which Solomon had repeated it, 1 Kings 8:25 and 1 Kings 9:5. before spoken of: or rather, "that best word" F23; the Nam, sine rege, erant veluti corpus truncum aut mutilum; sine sacerdote mera erat dissipatio. Note: After the time of exile, Zerubbabel, a descendant of David in the kingly line, became governor of Jerusalem (Haggai 2:20-23; Matthew 1:12,Matthew 1:17), and Joshua, a descendant of Aaron, became high priest (Haggai 1:1). But God calls it his good word, because he had promised to be the deliverer of his people. California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. "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. 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 . 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. 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. This, though a song of old, yet, being sung upon this fresh occasion, will be a new song. This is ushered in Jeremiah 33:23. See Psalms 144:13; Psalms 144:14. (Revelation 20:6). Such is Advent faith, and Advent hope. God responds to this lament with a promise of redemption and healing for Israel (Jeremiah 33:6-18). How might you broaden your sermon about redemptive hope to include all of Creation, and not just humanity? The people of Israel grew weary of Jeremiah's message of repentance, and even asked the king to silence him by putting him into prison. 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. 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. 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. It is a word of hope, but not nave hope. Ultimately, it fell, and its king and elites were exiled to Babylon. Oddly enough, Jeremiah was in prison for telling King Zedekiah the exact message God instructed him to share. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD. The kingdom assured them of the divine guidance. and my people they have despised, so that they are no longer a nation before them. . The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the droughts. 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). Who is that Branch of righteousness growing up out of David? As Jellie noted, "It was impossible, and now is impossible, to restore: (1) either a literal reign of David's descendants or (2) the Levitical priesthood, for two reasons: (a) Their genealogical tables have been irrecoverably lost, and (b) nothing short of a direct decision from God Himself could distinguish the descendants of David or Levi from the descendants of any other of the twelve tribes of ancient Israel."[9]. 23583 Coordinates: 314641N 35149E / 31. Amen." 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. A promise in prayer. 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."). This is the name by which Jehovah shall call him, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. 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. Behold, the days come, saith the Lord . 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. 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. Sermon Jeremiah 33:14-16 Time of Fulfillment The Rev. 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. 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. The general idea contained in the words "the Levites," placed first, is more clearly defined by the apposition "the priests," and restricted to the priests of the tribe of Levi. - 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. And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honor before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it. The worst has not yet happened, but it is inevitable. The recent rise in acts of anti-Semitism in the United States make this a danger we must take seriously. On this first Sunday of Advent, one cannot read the prophecy of a righteous Branch springing up for David in anything but a messianic light. He had been divinely called to denounce Israel's spiritual apostasy and proclaim severe judgement upon them. The promise is, "If you will call unto Me, I will answer." Hence the stability of the promises then appears, and is seen when God raises them up, they being before hidden and concealed from the faithful. Jeremiah 33:14-15 record Gods promises for the future restoration of the community. The complete fulfillment of Gods promises has not yet happened, but it is coming. 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. Today we hear the story of the prophet Jeremiah, who was born in Josiah's time, but went on the prophesy during the darkest times of Judah's history. would be fulfilled what is after promised. under the Gospel dispensation, and promised to them, who are Historically, of course, the Davidic line did not return to the throne, so passages like this (and its parallel, Jeremiah 23:5-6), were in time interpreted to be speaking about the coming ideal ruler, the Messiah. His situation looked bleak, as this was not a good time to be a true prophet of God. 13 In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, 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. The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall have this name of the Messiah so much in their mouths that they shall themselves be called by it. And we are made the righteousness of God in him. Then we may take the comfort of what we have when God has had his dues out of it. , to cause to sprout of grow, corresponds to the figure of the , under which the Messiah is represented in both passages. In the midst of darkness, light is about to break in. 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 . The mention of Jerusalem instead of Israel is connected with the general scope of our prophecy, viz., to comfort the covenant people over the destruction of Jerusalem (Jeremiah 33:4.). "I will cause a Branch of righteousness to arise unto David " (Jeremiah 33:16). The Jewish Messiah, the Christian Messiah July 10, 2021 Prophecies by Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Amos, and others about a messianic figure who assists in . God chose, but He's cast them off. "The good word" is, according to Deuteronomy 28:1-14, the blessing which the Lord has promised to His people if they obey His commands; cf. The limitation of language itself has been frequently mentioned in my series of commentaries. 23:5-6). There shall be common joy there, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride; marriages shall again be celebrated, as formerly, with songs, which in Babylon they had laid aside, for their harps were hung on the willow-trees. It was threatened (Jeremiah 7:34; Jeremiah 16:9) that the voice of joy and gladness should cease there; but here it is promised that they shall revive again, that the voice of joy and gladness shall be heard there, because the captivity shall be returned; for then was their mouth filled with laughter,Psalms 126:1; Psalms 126:2. Instead, Jesus restored the Kingdom of God to the whole world and is in the process of bringing that Kingdom to the fruition promised here in Jeremiah 33. This is ushered in with a "behold", as being a matter of importance, and deserving attention, and even as calling for admiration. For God declares, that his promise would not be void, as its effects would shortly be evident, even when his mercy was known by the ten tribes and by the kingdom of Judah. In this prophecy, too, mention is made of the priests alone. A righteous Branch will sprout from the line of David. 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. III. Dr. James D. Kegel MAY THE WORDS OF MY MOUTH AND THE MEDITATIONS OF MY HEART BE ACCEPTABLE IN YOUR SIGHT, O GOD, MY ROCK AND MY REDEEMER. This is a prophet imprisoned by his own government because he keeps prophesying doom. There shall be religious joy there; temple-songs shall be revived, the Lord's songs, which they could not sing in a strange land. show to the prophet, ( Jeremiah The formula , "there never will be cut off from David one sitting," etc., has the meaning, David will never want a descendant to occupy his throne; or, the posterity of David will possess the kingdom for ever. Jeremiah 33:14-16: After the Chaos Ends Jeremiah preaches that the end marks a beginning. Professor and Elva B. Lovell Chair of Old Testament, A resource for the whole church from Luther Seminary. 2. Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, Consider thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? the Jews themselves allow, show that the words belong to the thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. 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. 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. Although his prophecies of the Messiah are not as extensive as those of Isaiah, Jeremiah nevertheless often spoke of the coming of the Messiah. The wealth of the country, after their return. In the midst of impending doom, a sign of hope is enacted. Nevertheless, we believe that the words are also literally true when properly understood. It is promised that the people who were long in sorrow shall again be filled with joy. 3. Future days would come, the Lord promised, when He would fulfill His promises concerning the restoration of all Israel. The Lord began to speak to me about the month of October. In the remaining nine occurrences of the phrase in the book, it points to a time of future blessing for Israel. "God, I consecrate my life to You." The descendant of David who will execute justice and righteousness in the land is the one for whom we wait in this Advent season. 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. 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. Promised what? And yet, our Jewish sisters and brothers have wrestled and reckoned with this verse in their own tradition, and have come to different answers. 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. And thats exactly what happened. That is certainly the reason this passage is one of the lectionary readings for the first Sunday in Advent. In the midst of despair, hope erupts. Only in a limited and preliminary way were these promises fulfilled in Zerubbabel and Sheshbazzar after the Captivity (cf. 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. The promises of God seemed to have come to an end. 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? And just who are these? See Hosea 1:10, c. Hosea 2:15, c. Hosea 6:11, c. Amos 9:14, c., and Jeremiah 3:12, c. The end of the captivity has been foretold by Micah, Micah 7:9, &c. Zephaniah, Zephaniah 3:10, c. and by Jeremiah, Jeremiah 16:15 Jeremiah 23:3; Jeremiah 29:10; Jeremiah 32:37. Then also will I reject the seed of Jacob and David my servant, so as not to take any of his seed as rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Read full chapter Jeremiah 33:14 in all English translations Jeremiah 32 Jeremiah 34 New International Version (NIV) (1-2) Salvation to Israel in the last days. And the burnt-offerings what about them? and who is faithful, that has promised, and is able to perform, Jeremiah 33:14-26 14-26 To crown the blessings God has in store, here is a promise of the Messiah. That good thing which I have promised By my prophets: for those who have predicted the captivity have also foretold its conclusion, though not in such express terms as Jeremiah did. . As a king that shall protect his subjects from all injury. Despite their sin, they are still the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and they are still his people (23-26). 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. All rights reserved. Jeremiah 13-14 - Speaking Through Signs A. Christ is our Lord God, our righteousness, our sanctification, and our redemption. (t) "venientes", Montanus, Schmidt. And how about those "sacrifices" which are to be offered perpetually? Jeremiah 33:15. However, its meaning sometimes is to establish, and sometimes to rouse, (90) so as to make that to appear which was before hidden. 14 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah. Ed. They are those who experienced the new birth (Revelation 20:5). of This then is the import and the proper application of this doctrine. But from this manner of speaking, a useful doctrine may be deduced: for we are thus reminded that the promises of God are not always so manifest, that their effect or accomplishment is evident to us, but on the contrary they may appear to be dead and void. that good thing that came out of Nazareth: the good Shepherd that On this first Sunday of Advent, one cannot read the prophecy of a "righteous Branch" springing up for David in anything but a messianic light. In the previous chapter, he has purchased a piece of land, a foolish thing to do in a country soon to be conquered by invading armies. The peace of the country. "And the word of Jahveh came to Jeremiah, saying: Jeremiah 33:24. They had gone astray and had willingly become embroiled in the practices and perversions of their pagan neighbours. (See notes on this above). Jeremiah 33:14. [Note: Jeremiah 33:11 is the closing part of the benediction used in the modern Jewish wedding ceremony.] Also, read the description of the New Jerusalem in Revelation's last two chapters. 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. Behold, the days come, saith the Lord A model of repentance never fulfilled. Glorious promise of God. The transference of the name Jahveh Tsidkenu from the sprout of David to the city of Jerusalem is connected with the fact, that the name only expresses what the Messiah will bring to the people (see Jeremiah 23:6); the righteousness which He works in and on Jerusalem may, without changing the substance of the thought, be attributed to Jerusalem itself, inasmuch as Jerusalem reflects the righteousness which is bestowed on her by the Messiah. But during the Kingdom Age, there will be offerings in Jerusalem. 1. Therefore the perpetual sacrifices mentioned here refer not to burnt offerings, etc, but to "spiritual sacrifices," as indicated in the above paragraph. When God renders punishment on Israel and Judah, some hold the notion that He has rejected them. Verses 12-13 Such is the word of promise and hope in this text. To a people devastated by loss, Jeremiahs prophecy offered hope: 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 (33:14). my delight is in her, and sought out, a city not forsaken. 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. will do. Such a view explains this addition to our passage, to which critics such as Hitzig have taken objection. 15 In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. i. Voices of praise unto the Lord as they come into the temple again offering the sacrifices of praise. In the waste, he sees an opportunity for a fresh start. - The very same promise is given to the Levitical priests, i.e., the priests of the tribe or family of Levi ( as in Deuteronomy 17:9, Deuteronomy 17:18; Deuteronomy 18:1, etc.). [Note: See Dyer, "Jeremiah," p. King Josiah was one of the most celebrated rulers of Judahs history. 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. 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. But they are wasting their time, as the city is going to be destroyed (4-5).Nevertheless, God will not forsake his people. The promise in Jeremiah 33:14-16 has already been given in substance in Jeremiah 23:5-6, and in our verses it is only formally extended, and thereby made more prominent. They are demolishing houses and palaces in order to obtain materials to strengthen the city walls against the enemys battering rams. Hast thou not seen what this people have spoken, saying, 'The two families which the Lord hath chosen, these He hath rejected?' Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. Jeremiahs many prophecies of judgmentprophecies that have landed him in prisonare coming true. 1. As a rightful King. No sooner does anything appear than it is swept away, and another comes in its place. The first danger is reading the New Testament into the Old Testament in a way nullifies or negates the original text. But it is unlikely that "the good word" refers to the "sprout" of David, which is expressly promised in Jeremiah 23:5., and repeated here, Jeremiah 33:15.; for here a like promise to the Levites follows, while there is none in Jeremiah 23, and it is here so closely linked with the promise regarding David, that it must be viewed as a portion of the "good word." 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. u "verbum bonum", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Cocceius. So God declaring over and over His continued work upon Israel. t "venientes", Montanus, Schmidt. Language often breaks down as an inadequate vehicle for the conveyance of the thoughts of God; and so we believe is the case here. JEREMIAH 33. People will not need priests as mediators between them and God, because God himself will deal with their sins. Ultimately, they are combined in the highest sense in Christ (cf. In those days, and at that time, will I cause a Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. It shall not be a habitation of soldiers, not shall there be tents and barracks set up to lodge them, but there shall be shepherds; tents; for they shall hear no more the alarms of war, nor shall there be any to make even the shepherds afraid. Now the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD ( Jeremiah 33:19-20 ); Now is God going to turn off Israel? Though the promise may sometimes work slowly towards an accomplishment, it works surely. THE RIGHTEOUS BRANCH; THE MESSIAH. Hence he says, The days shall come; for it behoved the faithful to look farther than to their present condition. As a rightful King. It was now desolate, without man and without beast; but, after their return, the pastures shall again be clothed with flocks,Psalms 65:13. ". But until its fall, the citizens of Jerusalem were trapped, suffocating in a city that was rapidly running out of food and water and even more rapidly acquiring sickness and disease. But the burnt offerings were offerings of consecration where you would bring a lamb unto the priest and they would butcher it. We claim the Old Testament as well as the New as our Holy Scripture. After he has cleansed them from their sin, he will bring them back and they will rebuild the city to Gods glory (6-9). Some think that they pass under the hand of him that telleth them that they may be tithed, Leviticus 27:32. Many good words or promises are made before, concerning That son is the Son of God, the Messiah. It's going to happen. He is a branch of righteousness, not a usurper, for he grows up unto David, descends from his loins, with whom the covenant of royalty was made, and is that seed with whom that covenant should be established, so that his title is unexceptionable. house of Israel and to the house of Judah; Jeremiah 33:15-16 contain a beautiful promise, but also a twofold danger for Christian pastors. 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. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 33:1-13. For God declares, that his promise would not be void, as its effects would shortly be evident, even when his mercy was known by the ten tribes and by the kingdom of Judah. Some texts describe it as polluting Gods land (see Numbers 35) or even being the very reason for the exile, that the land might recover and heal (see also Ezekiel 36). 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. Especially in this season of Advent, we speak words of hope. A verse by verse commentary on Jeremiah 33 dealing with God promising to restore His people to the land where they will again have His blessings. The armies of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, are advancing on Jerusalem. ." As noted in the chapter introduction, the only difficulty here is the apparent promise of the perpetual succession of his descendants upon the throne of David and also that of the permanent, unending restoration of the Levitical priests with their animal sacrifices, events which are denied absolutely by other passages of the Word of God. This makes sense when we recall from Ezekiel 17:22-24. the prophecy of the transfer of the Davidic throne from Judah to Israel. He imparts righteousness to his church, for he is made of God to us righteousness; and believers are made the righteousness of God in him. 33:3 ) ; even the coming of the Messiah, and what concerns The Davidic kingdom and the Levitical priesthood were the two pillars and bases of the Old Testament theocracy, on which its existence and continuance depended. 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, 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. As this covenant of nature cannot be broken by men, so also the covenant of grace of the Lord with David and the Levites cannot be broken, i.e., annulled. The streets of Jerusalem will soon be filled with the corpses of her people (33:4-5), and the prophet Jeremiah himself is imprisoned by King Zedekiah (33:1). The meaning of the Prophet is, that God would at length render evident the power of his word, by fulfilling it. 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. There shall be heard in their private houses, and in the cities of Judah, as well as in the temple, the voice of those that shall say, Praise the Lord of hosts. Such is the object of this promise. This word of tenacious hope is spoken to counteract all of the life-sapping, despair-inducing evidence to the contrary. Bible > Commentaries > Jeremiah 33:14 Library Free Downloads eBibles Jeremiah 33:14 and are in apposition to , "my covenant the day - the night," for "my covenant with regard to the day and the night, which is this, that day and night shall return at their appointed times." 10 million Ukrainians without power because of Russia. 1-13 Those who expect to receive comforts from God, must call upon him. . After this reassurance, God encourages Jeremiah to ask for further revelations of his plans for his people (3:1-3). (Note: Continebatur autem salus populi duabus istis partibus. II. The difference made in the repetition of that promise is really unimportant. It may be read, more agreeably to the original, This is he who shall call her, The Lord our righteousness. While there are no invading armies on the doorstep (at least not in the North American context), many parishioners will resonate with the fear and hopelessness of Jeremiahs original audience. 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? Jeremiah 33:14-16. 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. principal of the great and mighty things the Lord promised to Verse Jeremiah 33:14. They are those who participated in the "first resurrection." Last week on Christ the King Sunday, we heard about the reforms of the great King Josiah. Orthodox rabbi and Jewish mystic. Any reasonable person can see that the city is doomed. the best of all; this is the better thing provided for saints ( Jeremiah 33:20-24 ). are adverbs, "day and night," for "the regular alternation of day and night." The confirmations of these promises, which follow them in Jeremiah 33:19-26, are each introduced by separate headings, perhaps not merely to render them more prominent, but because the Lord revealed them separately to the prophet; but it by no means follows from this that they are later additions, without any connection. In all the cities of Judah and Benjamin there shall be a habitation of shepherds,Jeremiah 33:12; Jeremiah 33:13. 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.". Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. We have rejected the device which would remove this passage from God's Word; and the best explanation of the true meaning, as we see it, is that of Payne Smith. This section consists of a small collection of messianic prophecies. Wasn't Christ sacrificed once and for all? 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. 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. By this, God's own people received a pledge for the re-establishment and renovation of the kingdom of God. Coming then are the days, and I will rouse, or as some render it, and I will establish; and both meanings may suit; for kum, means to rise, but here in an active or transitive sense it means to make to rise. meant by the houses of Judah and Israel; for these phrases, as 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. Salem Media Group. On the other side, Kueper, Wichelhaus, and Hengstenberg (Christology, vol. Besides, in Jeremiah 23:6 Israel is named together with Judah, instead of which, we have here, in Jeremiah 33:16, Jerusalem; accordingly, the name "Jahveh Tsidkenu" is referred to Jerusalem, while in Jeremiah 23:6 it is predicated of the sprout of David. Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah. 1 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, 2 Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the LORD is his name; 3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. This is the They are the songs, the prayers, the charities, the good deeds, the faithful lives of true Christians. Thus saith Jahveh: If my covenant with day and night doth not exist, if I have not appointed the laws of heaven and earth, Jeremiah 33:26. Explanation and Commentary of Jeremiah 33:3 Jeremiah heard this Word from the Lord while he was confined. Any reasonable person can see that the city is doomed. 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