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Jeremiah
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“At that time,” says the LORD, “they will bring the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of his princes, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves. See also: Ezekiel 6:51 Kings 13:2Ezekiel 37:1They will spread them before the sun, the moon, and all the army of the sky, which they have loved, which they have served, after which they have walked, which they have sought, and which they have worshiped. They will not be gathered or be buried. They will be like dung on the surface of the earth. See also: Deuteronomy 4:192 Kings 23:5Zephaniah 1:5Death will be chosen rather than life by all the residue that remain of this evil family, that remain in all the places where I have driven them,” says the LORD of Armies. See also: Revelation 9:6Jeremiah 29:14Jeremiah 23:8“Moreover you shall tell them, ‘The LORD says: “‘Do men fall, and not rise up again? Does one turn away, and not return? See also: Proverbs 24:16Micah 7:8Jeremiah 3:1Why then have the people of Jerusalem fallen back by a perpetual backsliding? They cling to deceit. They refuse to return. See also: Jeremiah 9:6Zechariah 7:11Jeremiah 5:3I listened and heard, but they didn’t say what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, saying, “What have I done?” Everyone turns to his course, as a horse that rushes headlong in the battle. See also: Psalms 14:2Ezekiel 18:282 Peter 3:9Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times. The turtledove, the swallow, and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people don’t know the LORD’s law. See also: Isaiah 1:3Jeremiah 5:4-5Proverbs 6:6-8“‘How do you say, “We are wise, and the LORD’s law is with us”? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has made that a lie. See also: Isaiah 10:1-2John 9:41Job 5:12-13The wise men are disappointed. They are dismayed and trapped. Behold, they have rejected the LORD’s word. What kind of wisdom is in them? See also: Psalms 119:98-100Jeremiah 6:15Job 5:12Therefore I will give their wives to others and their fields to those who will possess them. For everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely. See also: Jeremiah 6:12-13Ezekiel 33:31Titus 1:11They have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, “Peace, peace,” when there is no peace. See also: Jeremiah 6:14Ezekiel 13:10-16Lamentations 2:14Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed. They couldn’t blush. Therefore they will fall among those who fall. In the time of their visitation they will be cast down, says the LORD. See also: Jeremiah 3:3Psalms 52:7Isaiah 3:9“‘I will utterly consume them, says the LORD. No grapes will be on the vine, no figs on the fig tree, and the leaf will fade. The things that I have given them will pass away from them.’” See also: Matthew 21:19Joel 1:7Psalms 1:3-4“Why do we sit still? Assemble yourselves! Let’s enter into the fortified cities, and let’s be silent there; for the LORD our God has put us to silence, and given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD. See also: Jeremiah 23:15Jeremiah 9:15Lamentations 3:19We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold, dismay! See also: Jeremiah 14:19Micah 1:121 Thessalonians 5:3The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan. The whole land trembles at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they have come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it, the city and those who dwell therein.” See also: Judges 5:22Judges 18:291 Corinthians 10:28“For, behold, I will send serpents, adders among you, which will not be charmed; and they will bite you,” says the LORD. See also: Ecclesiastes 10:11Psalms 58:4-5Deuteronomy 32:24Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! My heart is faint within me. See also: Jeremiah 6:24Isaiah 22:4Lamentations 5:17Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land that is very far off: “Isn’t the LORD in Zion? Isn’t her King in her?” “Why have they provoked me to anger with their engraved images, and with foreign idols?” See also: Isaiah 39:3Revelation 2:1Isaiah 13:5“The harvest is past. The summer has ended, and we are not saved.” See also: Luke 13:25Matthew 25:1-12Proverbs 10:5For the hurt of the daughter of my people, I am hurt. I mourn. Dismay has taken hold of me. See also: Jeremiah 14:17Nahum 2:10Joel 2:6Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then isn’t the health of the daughter of my people recovered? See also: Jeremiah 46:11Genesis 37:25Jeremiah 51:8
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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)16 notes
Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity
Jeremiah 8:1
Ver. 1. Graves. They might suppose that they would find treasures in them, as the tombs of Semiramis, Cyrus, &c. were thus enriched. This inhumanity seems to have taken place before the last siege. Bar. ii. 24. C.
Quæque carent ventis et solibus ossa Quirini
Nefas videre dissipabit insoleas. Hor. epod. 16.
--- Cruelty and avarice cause persecutors to act thus. W.
↑ 1Jeremiah 8:4
Ver. 4. Again. Why then do not the people strive to repent?
↑ 4Jeremiah 8:7
Ver. 7. Stork. These birds retire at the approach of winter to warmer climates.
In Poland swallows plunge into marshes, like frogs. If instinct teach them to do so, for their preservation, is it not strange that men should be so inconsiderate?
↑ 7Jeremiah 8:8
Ver. 8. Falsehood. The impostors have deceived you, and they are themselves taken prisoners.
C.
↑ 8Jeremiah 8:9
Ver. 9. Them. Those who understand, and do not observe the law, are not wise.
W.
↑ 9Jeremiah 8:10
Ver. 10. Others. Idumeans, &c. Yet most part of the land remained uncultivated.
C. --- The rest, to v. 13. "they will collect their fruits, says," &c. is supplied by Grabe. H.
↑ 10Jeremiah 8:12
Ver. 12. They are. Or, "are they?" &c. S. Jer. --- No, they are too hardened. C. vi.
14.
↑ 12Jeremiah 8:13
Ver. 13. Gather into Jerusalem, to be butchered. C. --- Away. They are now in the greatest distress. H. --- This probably happened a little before the last siege. C. xiv.
↑ 13Jeremiah 8:14
Ver. 14. Silent, in utter destruction. 1 K. ii. 9. We cannot be in a worse condition.
↑ 14Jeremiah 8:16
Ver. 16. Dan, by which the Chaldees must pass. C. iv. 15. Many have hence inferred that antichrist will be the serpent (v. 17.) of the tribe of Dan. Gen. xlix.
17. C.
↑ 16Jeremiah 8:17
Ver. 17. Charm. The Chaldees will not be moved to pity (M.) by any words. W.
↑ 17Jeremiah 8:18
Ver. 18. Me. God, Jeremias, the people, or rather Jerusalem bewails her children. C.
↑ 18Jeremiah 8:19
Ver. 19. Sion. Thus the people complain, (M.) or God answers them that they had no reason to have recourse to idols for protection. C.
↑ 19Jeremiah 8:20
Ver. 20. Saved. Our hopes of redress are vanished. We must still pine away for want of food. H.
--- The siege continues, though we had been assured it would shortly be terminated. C. --- It commenced January 30, A. 3414. Soon after Nabuchodonosor went to meet Pharao, and having defeated him, returned about June, A. 3415, and after 390 days took the city, 27th of July, A.
3416. Usher C. xxxix. 2. C. Ezec. iv. 5. H.
↑ 20Jeremiah 8:21
Ver. 21. I. Jeremias. M. --- The prophet continues to speak in the next chap.
↑ 21Jeremiah 8:22
Ver. 22. Balm, ( resina) "turpentine," (C.) which was much used. Dioscor. i. 66.
--- Galaad was famous for the best. C. xlvi. 11. Gen. xxxvii. 25. --- Closed? Have I not sent prophets? But they will not be healed. C.
↑ 22License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses