Jeremiah 33

Jeremiah 33:1

MOrever the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah] And the word of the Lord was to Jeremiah. as Chap. 1. 2, 4.

the second time] After that message, which he had before related. Chap. 32. 1, 2, 6.

shut up in the court of the prison] See Chap 32. 2.

Jeremiah 33:2

the maker thereof] The maker of Jerusalem: who will also restore it. Isaiah 22:11. & Isaiah 37:26. Or, the doer; the author and effecter of the restitution of it promised; Chap. 32. 37, 44. and again now assured. Vers. 6 &c. Isaiah 46:11.

the LORD is his name] Or, whose name is Jehovah. Psalms 83:18.

Jeremiah 33:3

Call unto me] Either, thou, my prophet: or, ye my people. Isaiah 42:9. & Isaiah 46:10. & 48. 3-7.

great and mightie things] Or, hidden. Job 42:2. Isaiah 48:6.

Jeremiah 33:4

which are thrown down] Either by the assaults and engins of the enemy: Chap. 32. 24. or, to raise fortifications and means of defence against the enemy. Isaiah 22:10.

by] Or, for.

the mounts] Or, engins. Isaiah 37:33. Chap. 6. 6.

Jeremiah 33:5

They come to fight with the Chaldeans] Those that repair to the citie: or, that come to aid you from forein parts. Chap. 32. 5.

to fill them with the dead bodies of men] To make meat for the Chaldeans; to satiate with slaughter their blood-thirsty minds: or, to fill the trenches made by them, and the works raised by you, with the carcasses of the slain. See Chap. 9. 1.

whom I have slain] See Chap 25. 33.

I have hid my face from this citie] In displeasure. Psalms 27:9. Isaiah 57:17. the ground of all adversitie; as his favour the cause of all true prosperitie. Psal. 30 5, 7.

Jeremiah 33:6

Behold] In the midst of his threatnings, he yet mentioneth mercy, and giveth comfort. Isaiah 57:18. Hab. 3. 2.

I will bring it health and cure] Heb. cause recovery to go up. or, to come unto it. Chap. 30. 17.

will reveal unto them] Or, shew them Psalms 85:7.

the abundance of peace and truth] Or, firm and sure prosperitie. Isaiah 39:8. Chap. 14. 13.

Jeremiah 33:7

the captivitie of Judah] Or, captives. Chap. 24. 5. & 32. 44.

will build them] Establish, and cause them to thrive and prosper. Chap. 12. 16.

as at the first] Vers. 11.

Jeremiah 33:8

I will cleanse them from all their iniquitie] Ezekiel 36:25.

I will pardon all their iniquities] Chap. 31. 34. Micah 7:18. As if no true joy, or sound comfort could be in ought, without remission of sinnes, and reconcilement to God. Psalms 25:18. & 40. 4, 10. & 103. 3. Ecclesiastes 9:7.

Jeremiah 33:9

it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour] The Church thus restored is Gods honour and glory. Chap. 13. 11.

they shall fear and tremble] 1 Chron. 13. 17. 2 Chronicles 20:29. Esther 8:17.

Jeremiah 33:10

which ye say shall be desolate] Chap. 32. 43.

without man and without beast] Chap. 4. 25. & 12. 4. & 50. 3. & 51. 62.

Jeremiah 33:11

The voyce of joy, &c.] Chap. 7. 34. & 16. 9.

Praise the LORD of hosts, for the LORD is good] A solemn form prescribed the Levites, to praise God with. 1 Chronicles 16:41. Psalms 105:1. & Psalms 106:1. & Psalms 107:1. & 118. 1. & 136. 1. Isaiah 12:4.

bring the sacrifice of praise] Chap. 17. 26.

the captivity] Or, captives. vers. 7.

as at the first] Chap. 30. 20. vers. 7. Amos 5:21.

Jeremiah 33:12

in this place which is desolate] Or, to be made desolate. vers. 10.

an habitation of Shepheards causing their flocks to lye down] A sign of peaceable times, when the Shepheards may quietly attend their sheep, without disturbance to either. Chap. 31. 24.

Jeremiah 33:13

In the cities of the mountaines] All the countrey of Judah and Benjamin shall again be inhabited. Chap. 17. 26. & 32. 44.

of the south] Or, upland. Judges 1:15.

and in the land of Benjamin] Or, both in. as Genesis 36:24.

shall the flocks passe again under the hands of him that telleth them] Passe under the rod, to be told, or tithed; as they go quietly in and out. Leviticus 27:32. Ezekiel 20:37. John 10:3; John 10:10; John 10:12.

Jeremiah 33:14

which I have promised unto the house of Israel, &c.] Or, concerning. Chap. 27. 4.

to the house of Judah] Heb. of. or, upon.

Jeremiah 33:15

will I cause the branch of righteousnesse to grow up unto David] Or, a most righteous branch, &c. I will send the Messias, of the seed of David. Isaiah 11:1. & Isaiah 4:2. Chap. 23. 5. of whom the Jewes themselves acknowledge this prophecie to be meant.

execute judgement and righteousnesse] As David did, who was a type of him. 1 Chronicles 18:14.

Jeremiah 33:16

shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem, &c.] Israel. Chap. 23. 6. both expressions intending the same thing, the Church.

shall dwell safely] Or, be inhabited in safety. as Chap. 30. 18. & 46. 26.

this is the name wherewith she shall be called] Or, he that shall call her, is, &c. Either, Christ; who calleth her, to wit, home unto God and to faith in him, shall so be called: Or, the Church of Christ, and one with Christ, shall so be called; as by that title given to her and born by her, professing from whom she hath her righteousnesse; even from Christ, who is her Lord God, and made righteousnesse to her by God. 1 Corinthians 1:30. See Chap. 23. 6.

The LORD our righteousnesse] Or, The Lord is our righteousnesse. as Ezekiel 48:35. Heb. Jehovah sidkenu.

Jeremiah 33:17

David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne, &c.] Heb. There shall not be cut off from David. 2 Chron. 6. 16. as Chap. 35. 19. Fulfilled in Christ. Luk. 1. 32, 33.

Jeremiah 33:18

to offer burnt-offerings] Meant especially of spirituall sacrifices, typified by those under the Law. Isaiah 56:7. 1 Pet. 2. 5, 9.

Jeremiah 33:20

If you can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, &c.] Isaiah 54:9. Chap. 31. 36. vers. 25.

Jeremiah 33:21

to reign upon his throne] Or, to reign sitting upon his throne. Isaiah 9:7. Zechariah 6:13.

the priests, my ministers] That there should not be a perpetuall succession of them also. Eph. 4 11, 13.

Jeremiah 33:22

the host of heaven cannot be numbred, &c.] Genesis 13:15. & Genesis 15:5. & Genesis 22:17.Chap. 31. 37.

will I multiply the seed of David] The seed of the faithfull. Psl. 22. 30. Isai. 53. 8, 10. Revelation 7:9.

Jeremiah 33:24

Considerest thou not] Heb. Seest. Psalms 119:159. Chap. 2. 31.

what this people] Either the unbeleeving Jewes; or the Chaldeans and other enemies of Gods people. Chap. 50. 7.

have spoken] Or, do speak.

The two families] Judah and Benjamin. vers. 13. Or, Israel, (the ten tribes) and Judah. Chap. 31. 15.

which the Lord hath chosen] Or, did sometime choose.

he hath even cast them off] Or, he hath now cast them off.

thus they have despised] Or, do despise my people. See Isaiah 54:6.

that they should be no more a nation before them] Or, so that they are no more a nation in their account. Heb. from being. as Psalms 69:23.

Jeremiah 33:25

If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth] Or, If my covenant, abide not day and night (that is, constantly and perpetually. 1 Chron. 9. 33. Psalms 1:2. Chap. 9. 1.) or, concerning day and night, (the constant entercourse of either. vers. 20.) and the ordinances concerning heaven and earth, (for the course of the one to do service to the other. Chap. 31. 35, 36.) which I have setled, be not; that is, do not continue and abide. Psalms 119:91. See Chap. 17. 8.

Or, If I have not setled (so as that it cannot be altered. Vers. 20.) my covenant concerning day and night; and, or, even the ordinances of heaven and earth: the course that I have appointed for the office of the one; Gen. 1. 14-16. and the safety and benefit of the other. Genesis 1:9. Chap. 5. 22, 24. & 31. 35. or, those courses that I have set for such distinction of times to be continued by the motion of the heavens, for the use of the creatures below on earth. Psal. 74. 16, 17. & 104. 19-23.

Jeremiah 33:26

to be rulers] Fulfilled, partly in Zerubbabel and his successors; Ezra 2:2. Zechariah 2:4. but principally in Christ. Luke 1:33. Vers. 15.

over the seed of Abraham, &c.] The body of the faithfull. Psalms 105:6. Galatians 3:16; Galatians 3:29.

will cause their captivity] Or, captives to return. Vers. 11.