jeremiah 33:14 commentary

But they are wasting their time, as the city is going to be destroyed (4-5).Nevertheless, God will not forsake his people. 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. 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."). It's going to happen. "If ye shall break my covenant with the day,then also will my covenant with Davidbe broken." And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first. 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. God has a plan. Wasn't Christ sacrificed once and for all? God told Jeremiah that He has not rejected them. But God says, "Call unto Me, and I will answer thee.". Jeremiah 33:14-20The New Revised Standard Version. (Revelation 1:5,6, KJV). And now, in this passage, Jeremiah speaks of the restoration not simply of daily life (as momentous as that is), but also of one of the chief signs of Gods favor, the restoration of the Davidic line. 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. 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 Tree of Life Version. "The predicted restoration (the days are coming) is not, however, to be looked for in the immediate time of the return from the Captivity. 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. They had gone astray and had willingly become embroiled in the practices and perversions of their pagan neighbours. "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. Yes, for our sins. ], "Days are coming" (Heb. 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. 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. . Jeremiah 33:19. 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? The limitation of language itself has been frequently mentioned in my series of commentaries. See also Kaiser, "Evidence from . 1 Kings 8:56. 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? The before is explanatory. A righteous Branch will spring up. A resource for the whole church from Luther Seminary, The recent rise in acts of anti-Semitism in the United States. Psalm 25:1-10 appears three times in the Revised Common Lectionary. , to cause to sprout of grow, corresponds to the figure of the , under which the Messiah is represented in both passages. God has said, "I'm going to do it. 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). On the meaning of this promise, see the remarks on Jeremiah 23:5-6. Jeremiah was a sensitive man who wore his heart on his sleeve. 23583 Coordinates: 314641N 35149E / 31. Because of his imprisonment, Jeremiah may not know what is happening in and around the city. ], The restoration of Davids dynasty and the legitimate priesthood 33:14-26. "Judah mourns, And her gates languish; They mourn for the land, And the cry of Jerusalem has gone up. But during the Kingdom Age, there will be offerings in Jerusalem. These divine arrangements in nature are called a covenant; because God, after the flood, gave a pledge that they should uninterruptedly continue, in a covenant made with the human race; cf. 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. [Note: Jeremiah 33:11 is the closing part of the benediction used in the modern Jewish wedding ceremony.] 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). 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. You say, "Well, I've been praying about 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. This is a prophet imprisoned by his own government because he keeps prophesying doom. The assistant pastor quite sure of himself said, "I'll do much of my socializing in groups, there is safety in numbers.". 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. This word of tenacious hope is spoken to counteract all of the life-sapping, despair-inducing evidence to the contrary. Amen." Christ is our Lord God, our righteousness, our sanctification, and our redemption. 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. So here is God's invitation, challenge to Jeremiah, "Call unto Me." 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. 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. and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not ( Jeremiah 33:3 ). They are those who experienced the new birth (Revelation 20:5). The house of David might be cut down, but God is able to bring life out of death. Despite their sin, they are still the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and they are still his people (23-26). Jeremiah 23 PARAGRAPH DIVISIONS OF MODERN TRANSLATIONS (The parentheses represent poetic literary units) READING CYCLE THREE (see introductory section) FOLLOWING THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR'S INTENT AT PARAGRAPH LEVEL This is a study guide commentary,which means that you are responsible for your own interpretation of the Bible. That which was before said to be the name of Christ (says Mr. Gataker) is here made the name of Jerusalem, the city of the Messiah, the church of Christ. Wait a minute. his person and office: that I will perform that good thing u "verbum bonum", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Cocceius. This prophecy parallels that of Jeremiah 23:1-8. attention, and even as calling for admiration. Jeremiah knew he had been called to preach a tough message. All will admit the total impropriety of associating a name like that with the literal earthly Jerusalem. The descendant of David who will execute justice and righteousness in the land is the one for whom we wait in this Advent season. Oddly enough, Jeremiah was in prison for telling King Zedekiah the exact message God instructed him to share. It may be read, more agreeably to the original, This is he who shall call her, The Lord our righteousness. It follows . Is God through with Israel? 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. In the remaining nine occurrences of the phrase in the book, it points to a time of future blessing for Israel. 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. Hence he says, The days shall come; for it behoved the faithful to look farther than to their present condition. God chose, but He's cast them off. But the Babylonians destroyed Davids city, burned Solomons temple, and took Davids heirs into exile. 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 . Such is the word of promise and hope in this text. Orthodox rabbi and Jewish mystic. 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. So the meal offering, the same thing. 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 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. It is promised that the country, which had lain long depopulated, shall be replenished and stocked again. Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse. That has been fully taken care of. One of the chief tragedies of the Babylonian Exile, of course, was the end of the Davidic dynasty. 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. Only in a limited and preliminary way were these promises fulfilled in Zerubbabel and Sheshbazzar after the Captivity (cf. King Josiah was one of the most celebrated rulers of Judah's history. 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." Jeremiah 33:23. 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. 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. 16 In those . Explanation and Commentary of Jeremiah 33:3 Jeremiah heard this Word from the Lord while he was confined. This is no contradiction, because the New Jerusalem is the Church of God, completely identified with the True Israel who is Jesus Christ, a truth which becomes crystal clear in the New Testament. 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. Language often breaks down as an inadequate vehicle for the conveyance of the thoughts of God; and so we believe is the case here. And thats exactly what happened. "As an Advent text, this passage not only calls us to reflect on the faithfulness of God in the past as He worked in Israel?s history, especially as that faithfulness worked out in the Coming of Jesus the Christ. . Jeremiah 33:14-26 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. A promise in prayer. Happy New Year! 2. ( Jeremiah 33:20-24 ). Then we may take the comfort of what we have when God has had his dues out of it. "Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great and hidden things, which you do not know" (Jeremiah 33:3). (1-2) Salvation to Israel in the last days. But how about the plurality that seems to be here implied? Therefore the perpetual sacrifices mentioned here refer not to burnt offerings, etc, but to "spiritual sacrifices," as indicated in the above paragraph. miah 33:14-16 Commentary on First Reading by Kathryn Schifferdecker. Furthermore, it should be particularly noted that this chapter says nothing at all about any "succession" of Davidic kings, or any series of such rulers, but that he shall have "a son to reign upon his throne." Tafsiran/Catatan. i. Last week on Christ the King Sunday, we heard about the reforms of the great King Josiah. Jeremiah 31 - The Glory of the New Covenant A. 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. Lectionary Commentary, Jeremiah 33:14-16, 1st Sunday of Advent (Year C), by Dennis Bratcher at Christian Resource Institute. After he has cleansed them from their sin, he will bring them back and they will rebuild the city to Gods glory (6-9). They are demolishing houses and palaces in order to obtain materials to strengthen the city walls against the enemys battering rams. : 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 the best of all; this is the better thing provided for saints 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. The wise senior pastor however . They are described in Hebrews. 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). "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. Ed. Civil and religious power will work together for the good of his people as God intended (19-22).When God punishes Israel and Judah, some people claim that he has rejected them. Instead of priests alone being able to approach God, all will know God. Christ and salvation by him; that mercy promised to the fathers; This designation of Jerusalem as "Jehovah Our Righteousness" makes it mandatory to read "Jerusalem" here as "The New Jerusalem." But taken together, the verses tip us toward a sense of kinship, a promise of God which is fulfilled in multiple ways and which includes ever more than we could possibly imagine. They are those who have been loosed from their sins and cleansed in the blood of Christ. 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 ). 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. Also, read the description of the New Jerusalem in Revelation's last two chapters. For I will turn their captivity, and take pity on them.". The worst has not yet happened, but it is inevitable. So God's promises now of restoration of the nation of Israel. In the change from to in Jeremiah 33:14, we must not, with Hengstenberg, seek a real difference; for in Jeremiah these prepositions often interchange without any difference of meaning, as in Jeremiah 11:2; Jeremiah 18:11; Jeremiah 23:35, etc. 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. 17 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying . The Lord began to speak to me about the month of October. And we are made the righteousness of God in him. And it's just an offering of fellowship with God as I just give my life to You, God, and the eating of it signifies that oneness with God and the fellowshipping with God. "The opening movement assigns to Jeremiah, while still imprisoned, a vision of the future based upon the elements in the siege. 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. That is certainly the reason this passage is one of the lectionary readings for the first Sunday in Advent. Behold, the days come, saith the Lord This is the 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.