That good thing - Better, the good word Jeremiah 29:10, with reference to the promise already given Jeremiah 23:5-6. This intimates, 1. 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. Jeremiah 33:19-26 further present two special messages from God, in the form of supplements, which guarantee the eternal continuance of these institutions. As a king that shall protect his subjects from all injury. Sermon Jeremiah 33:14-16 Time of Fulfillment The Rev. 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. And his salvation encompasses not just Judah and Jerusalem, but the whole world. 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. Jeremiah 33:14-26 14-26 To crown the blessings God has in store, here is a promise of the Messiah. Salem Media Group. 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. 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. Ed. God told Jeremiah that He has not rejected them. ], "Days are coming" (Heb. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 33:1-13. Psalms 110:4) and are yet to be fulfilled in the reign of Messiah on earth." pp. Ultimately, they are combined in the highest sense in Christ (cf. Though the promise may sometimes work slowly towards an accomplishment, it works surely. They are those who have been loosed from their sins and cleansed in the blood of Christ. Future days would come, the Lord promised, when He would fulfill His promises concerning the restoration of all Israel. Last week on Christ the King Sunday, we heard about the reforms of the great King Josiah. 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. 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. 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! 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. Help us purchase electrical generators for churches. Jeremiah 33:14-15 record Gods promises for the future restoration of the community. They are those who experienced the new birth (Revelation 20:5). 3. 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. Promises are given, not to do away, but to quicken and encourage prayer. Jeremiah 33:14. 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. ." 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. 17 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying . This then is the import and the proper application of this doctrine. The days will come, though they are long in coming. On the meaning of this promise, see the remarks on Jeremiah 23:5-6. Nevertheless, we believe that the words are also literally true when properly understood. After he has cleansed them from their sin, he will bring them back and they will rebuild the city to Gods glory (6-9). 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. before spoken of: or rather, "that best word" F23; the Hast thou not seen what this people have spoken, saying, 'The two families which the Lord hath chosen, these He hath rejected?' "God, I consecrate my life to You." 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). The before is explanatory. In the midst of despair, hope erupts. 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. (u) "verbum bonum", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Cocceius. The Lord began to speak to me about the month of October. Amen." Read full chapter Jeremiah 33:14 in all English translations Jeremiah 32 Jeremiah 34 New International Version (NIV) - Calvin.). Destitution does not have the last word. The institution of the priesthood is certainly not represented in the law as a covenant; it consisted merely in the choice of Aaron and his sons as priests by God, Exodus 28:1. 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. Though it is likely that this particular section of Jeremiahs prophecy is a later addition (33:14-26 is lacking in the Septuagint), in its current literary context, the promises are spoken to address a dire situation. Jeremiah 33:25. Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. 23583 Coordinates: 314641N 35149E / 31. 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."). Some think that they pass under the hand of him that telleth them that they may be tithed, Leviticus 27:32. Jeremiah 33:22. For over a year the Babylonians besieged the city. "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. Verse 1. 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.". Language often breaks down as an inadequate vehicle for the conveyance of the thoughts of God; and so we believe is the case here. 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. Because of his imprisonment, Jeremiah may not know what is happening in and around the city. Orthodox rabbi and Jewish mystic. Jeremiahs many prophecies of judgmentprophecies that have landed him in prisonare coming true. And this mode of speaking is fitly adopted as to the promises of God; for they seem for a time to he dormant without any effect, or seem to disappear or vanish away. And if we accept one (verse 17) as fulfilled prophecy, should we not also accept the other (verse 18)? show to the prophet, ( Jeremiah In this prophecy, too, mention is made of the priests alone. 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. is only a more sonorous expression for . meant by the houses of Judah and Israel; for these phrases, as 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. 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. 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. Christ is here prophesied of, 1. 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? 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. The worst has not yet happened, but it is inevitable. 2. 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. 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. People will not need priests as mediators between them and God, because God himself will deal with their sins. It follows . All might seem lost, but God still is faithful. After this reassurance, God encourages Jeremiah to ask for further revelations of his plans for his people (3:1-3). The blessing promised to the people in the "good word" culminates in the promise, Jeremiah 33:15., that the Lord will cause a righteous sprout to spring up for David. and my people they have despised, so that they are no longer a nation before them. The Davidic dynasty and the Levitical priesthood will work together in perfect harmony, and worship will ascend to God perpetually (17-18). 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. Or, "are coming" {t}; future times are respected; yet such as However, its meaning sometimes is to establish, and sometimes to rouse, (90) so as to make that to appear which was before hidden. 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. I. hinneh yamim baim) has appeared 16 times so far in Jeremiah referring to coming judgment on Judah and the surrounding nations. 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. Verse Jeremiah 33:14. But the burnt offerings were offerings of consecration where you would bring a lamb unto the priest and they would butcher it. 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. Any reasonable person can see that the city is doomed. So God's promises now of restoration of the nation of Israel. Marcus Aurelius, As a rightful King. 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. This section consists of a small collection of messianic prophecies. are adverbs, "day and night," for "the regular alternation of day and night." Then we may take the comfort of what we have when God has had his dues out of it. 10 million Ukrainians without power because of Russia. 459-461 of Clark's Translation) have shown the utter worthlessness of these reasons, and Graf also has defended the genuineness of the passage. They are the songs, the prayers, the charities, the good deeds, the faithful lives of true Christians. 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 ). "And the word of Jahveh came unto Jeremiah, saying: Jeremiah 33:20. Has God turned off Israel? They had gone astray and had willingly become embroiled in the practices and perversions of their pagan neighbours. 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. He it is that imparts righteousness to her, for he is made of God to us righteousness, and she, by bearing that name, professes to have her whole righteousness, not from herself, but from him. 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. (Note: Continebatur autem salus populi duabus istis partibus. 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. The priesthood formed the medium of approach for the people into divine favour. But God calls it his good word, because he had promised to be the deliverer of his people. Behar, BeHar, Be-har, or B'har ( Hebrew for "on the mount," the fifth word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 32nd weekly Torah portion ( , parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the ninth in the Book of Leviticus.The parashah tells the laws of the Sabbatical year ( , Shmita) and limits on debt . But Israel did not maintain its loyalty to God. 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. (1-2) Salvation to Israel in the last days. 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. forever: Yeshua, Jesus, God saves. And that is a theologically sound way of reading this passage from Jeremiah. It may be read, more agreeably to the original, This is he who shall call her, The Lord our righteousness. Ezra 1:8; Ezra 2:2; also Ezra 2:40-54; Ezra 8:15-20). the spiritual welfare and prosperity of the church; but this is Although his prophecies of the Messiah are not as extensive as those of Isaiah, Jeremiah nevertheless often spoke of the coming of the Messiah. 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 same proclamation is given today to us, inheritors of Jeremiahs task. This, though a song of old, yet, being sung upon this fresh occasion, will be a new song. 12 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 a habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down. This is not in and of itself bad: we are Christian preachers, after all. Glorious promise of God. (Spoiler Alert: Its always Jesus.) 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. Hence he says, The days shall come; for it behoved the faithful to look farther than to their present condition. Their nobles have sent their lads for water; We are called to speak a word of hope and promise in a world often filled with fear and uncertainty, even despair. The Lukan travel narrative (chapters 9-19) begins with a notice of Jesus' resolve to go to Jerusalem and his inhospitable reception by a . thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. THE RIGHTEOUS BRANCH; THE MESSIAH. t "venientes", Montanus, Schmidt. There was peaceful cooperation between them and together they helped to reestablish Israel (Zechariah 6:13). 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