Jeremiah 30

Jeremiah 30:1

THe word that came] Chap. 1. 2. & 2. 1.

Jeremiah 30:2

Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book] That they may remain upon record, as a monument to posteritie: as to comfort and strengthen the faithfull during the time of the captivitie; so to give assurance to ensuing ages, that it had been foretold.

Jeremiah 30:3

I will bring again the captivitie of my people] Chap. 27. 22. & 29. 10. 14.

Jeremiah 30:5

We have heard a voice of trembling] When the Medes and Persians had now invaded the State of Babylon; and had struck a grievous terrour into the Chaldeans. Isaiah 13:8. Or rather, when the Chaldeans approached Jerusalem, and filled all there with fear and dread. Chap. 6. 24.

of fear and not of peace] Or, there is fear and not peace. or, prosperitie. Chap. 29. 11.

Jeremiah 30:6

see whether a man doth travail with child] Heb. a male. Isaiah 66:7.

wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loyns] Chap. 46. 5.

as a woman in travail] Chap. 4. 31. & 49. 22, 24.

all faces are turned into palenesse] Joe 2:6.

Jeremiah 30:7

Alas, for that day] Joel 2. 11. Amos 5:18. Zeph. 1. 14, &c.

is great] A day of great affliction. Joe 2:31.

Jeremiah 30:8

it shall come to passe in that day] When I shall visit Babylon. Chap. 27. 7.

I will break his yoke from off thy neck] The King of Babylons. Chap. 27. 2, 6. & 28. 4, 11.

strangers shall no more serve themselves of him] Make thy people to serve them. Chap. 27. 7. Or, shall no more serve him; the King of Babylon.

Jeremiah 30:9

David their king] The Messias; who should come of the stock of David; and sit on the throne of David for ever. David and his kingdom, being types of Christ, and of the spirituall and eternall kingdom of Christ. Ezekiel 34:23. & Ezekiel 37:24. Hosea 3:5. Matthew 1:1. Romans 1:3. Luk. 1. 32, 33.

I will raise up unto them] Acts 2:30. & 3. 22, 26. & 13. 23, 33.

Jeremiah 30:10

fear thou not] Isaiah 41:13. & Isaiah 43:5. & Isaiah 44:2. Chap. 46. 27.

I will save thee from afarre] Or, bring thee safe as Zechariah 8:7-8. Acts 27:44.

none shall make him afraid] Leviticus 26:6. Ezekiel 34:28.

Jeremiah 30:11

I am with thee] Chap. 15. 20.

I will correct thee] In another sort, in milder manner, then I mean to deal with thine enemies. Isa. 26. 14, 19. & 27. 7, 8.

in measure] Psalms 6:1. Chap. 10. 24. & 46. 28. Heb. judgement. Chap. 10. 24.

will not leave thee altogether unpunished] Heb. acquiting acquite. Chap. 25. 29.

Jeremiah 30:12

Thy bruise] Heb. breach. Chap. 6. 14. & 14. 17.

is incurable] By any humane help. God onely can cure it. Chap. 15. 18. Hosea 5:13. & Hosea 6:1. Micah 1:9.

Jeremiah 30:13

that thou mayest be bound up] Heb. for binding up. or, pressing. See Isaiah 1:6.

thou hast no healing medicines] Chap. 46. 11.

Jeremiah 30:14

All thy lovers have forgotten thee] The Assyrians and Egyptians, whom thou entertainest with presents, will all fall from thee, and fail thee in thine affliction. 2 Chron. 28. 21. Chap. 2. 18, 36. Chap. 12. 6. Hosea 12:1. Amos 9:8.

I have wounded thee] Heb. struck. or, smitten. 1 Kings 20:37.

with the wound] Heb. stroke; or, blow. Chap. 10. 19. & 14. 17.

of an enemy] A grievous one; such as enemies are wont to strike enemies with. Job 13:24. & Job 16:9. & Job 19:11. See the like phrase, Isaiah 62:5.

with the chastisement of a cruel one] Such as cruel and hardhearted people are wont to inflict. Job 30:21.

Jeremiah 30:15

Why criest thou for thine affliction] Heb. thy breach. vers. 12. What cause hast thou to complain of thine affliction and sufferings; when thou sufferest nothing, but what thou hast procured to thy self by the multitude of thy sinnes? Lamentations 3:39. Mic. 7. 9. See Chap. 15. 18.

thy sorrow is, incurable] Or, that thy sorrow is incurable. vers 12.

Jeremiah 30:16

Therefore] Or, Notwithstanding. as the word is used, Isaiah 30:18. Chap. 16. 14. Otherwise this verse must depend upon that which was spoken, vers. 10. & 11. and the words between must all go as included in a parenthesis.

all they that devoure thee shall be devoured] Though God correct his sometime somewhat severely for their manifold sinnes and excesses: yet when they are humbled for them, and amended by his chastisements, he will burn the rods, wherewith he chastised them. Isa. 10. 5-12. & 33. 1. Exodus 23:22. Isaiah 41:11.

they that spoil thee] Heb. tread on thee.

shall be a spoil] Heb. treading. Isaiah 42:22.

Jeremiah 30:17

I will restore health unto thee] Heb. cause recovery to go up; Chap. 8. 22. & 33. 6. or, to come, unto thee, or, upon thee; as Ezekiel 37:6.

they called thee an outcast] Thine enemies thought that thou wast utterly cast off for ever. Isaiah 62:4.

This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after] In way of derision alluding to the word from whence the name Zion cometh; which signifieth a dry or wast place; Psalms 63:1. & Psalms 107:35. Chap. 2. 6. & 50. 12. as if it were a place not worth looking after.

Jeremiah 30:18

the citie shall be builded upon her own heap] Or, little hill. Joshua 11:13. or, where before was nothing but a ruinous heap. Deuteronomy 13:16. Isaiah 25:2.

the palace shall remain after the manner thereof] The Kings court; or Gods house the Temple; or both with the citie; shall be restored to that beautie, that they were in before they were sacked and destroyed by the Chaldeans. Or, shall be frequented and inhabited, as in times past it had been.

shall remain] Heb. shall sit, or, inhabite. See Isaiah 13:20.

Jeremiah 30:19

out of them shall proceed thanksgiving] The people restored, shall with praise and thanksgiving acknowledge this benefit. Isaiah 12:1. & Isaiah 26:1. & Isaiah 35:10. & 51. 11. Chap. 33. 11.

they shall not be small] Or, of small account. Psalms 119:141.

Jeremiah 30:20

shall be as aforetime] Chap. 33. 11. Lamentations 5:21.

I will punish] Heb. visit. Chap. 29. 32.

Jeremiah 30:21

their nobles] Heb. noble; or, honourable one. Isaiah 10:34. 2 Chron. 23. 20.

shall be of themselves] Strangers shall no more tyrannise over them: but they shall have a ruler of their own. Deuteronomy 17:15. Fulfilled in Zerubbabel; but chiefly in Christ; of whom he was a type. Ephesians 5:30.

from the midst of them] Or, among them. as Chap. 29. 8. & 39-5.

he shall approch unto me] And my people by him. Heb. 4. 15, 16. & 10. 21, 22.

who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me] Who dare take this office upon him, but he whom I have assigned thereunto? Hebrews 5:4. See Isaiah 53:7.

Jeremiah 30:22

ye shall be my people, &c.] Chap. 24. 7. & 31. 33. & 32. 38.

Jeremiah 30:23

the whirlwind of the LORD] See Chap. 23. 19, 20.

a continuing whirlwind] Heb. cutting; as with a saw. 1 Kings 7:9. or, sojourning. Lamentations 4:15. or, affrighting. Job 19:29. or, gathering it self together. Isaiah 54:15.

it shall fall] Or, remain Lamentations 4:6.

upon the head of the wicked] Of the enemies of God and his Church.

Jeremiah 30:24

The fierce anger, &c.] Chap. 4. 8.

in the latter dayes ye shall consider it] Heb. Posteritie of dayes. Chap. 48. 47. When this deliverer is sent: and your deliverance by him effected. Chap. 23. 20.