And his salvation encompasses not just Judah and Jerusalem, but the whole world. And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me. Jeremiah 33:14 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord Or, "are coming" {t}; future times are respected; yet such as would quickly come; five or six hundred years more, and then would be fulfilled what is after promised. (See notes on this above). 2. This may point at Zerubbabel, in the type, who governed with equity, not as Jehoiakim had done (Jeremiah 22:17; Jeremiah 22:17); but it has a further reference to him to whom all judgment is committed and who shall judge the world in righteousness. We have rejected the device which would remove this passage from God's Word; and the best explanation of the true meaning, as we see it, is that of Payne Smith. Or, "are coming" {t}; future times are respected; yet such as In this chapter in Jeremiah, the stunning reversal of fortune that God promises is not only for Israels benefit, but for the land itself. Jeremiah 33:22. Explanation and Commentary of Jeremiah 33:3 Jeremiah heard this Word from the Lord while he was confined. : 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 16 In those days Judah will be saved 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. Happy New Year! Jeremiah 33:25. Jeremiah 31 - The Glory of the New Covenant A. meant by the houses of Judah and Israel; for these phrases, as Burnt-offering, meat-offering, and sin-offering are the three species of sacrifice which were to be brought, according to the law, as in Jeremiah 17:26. Yet now, in the midst of catastrophe, the prophet finally speaks words of promise! The continuity of a succession of rulers on the literal throne of David and the perpetual ministrations of the Levitical order in their offerings of burnt-offerings, etc., represented to the Jew the full and perpetual restoration of his national life, along with freedom from oppressive foreign rule, and restoration of all the rights and privileges of his holy religion: Furthermore, it was impossible for the Jewish mind to have comprehended such marvelous blessings apart from such promises as are found in these five verses. Grace Evangelical Church Buzzsprout-10942767 Mon, 11 Jul 2022 14:00:00 -0500 737 Dr. Young, DJY, Grace Evangelical, Grace Evan, Germantown, Memphis, Collierville, Bible, Jeremiah, Church, God full false Wednesday Night | The Exquisite Beauty of Christ and His Bride: Part 3 | Jim Umlauf But from this manner of speaking, a useful doctrine may be deduced: for we are thus reminded that the promises of God are not always so manifest, that their effect or accomplishment is evident to us, but on the contrary they may appear to be dead and void. The Jews say that in the days of the Messiah all sacrifices shall cease but the sacrifice of praise, and to those days this promise has a further reference. The everlasting love of Yahweh for Israel. . The wealth of the country, after their return. A righteous Branch will spring up. God tells Jeremiah that he has not. A righteous Branch will spring up. 1 Kings 8:56. As a rightful King. - Calvin.). Ye are awry, he says, and not my word. (Ezekiel 18:25), But here the goodness of the word is to be taken for the deliverance of the people; for when God shakes the despisers of his Law with terror, his word is called evil on account of its effect. "Transparent gold" is an impossibility. (Revelation 1:5,6, KJV). 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. Coming then are the days, and I will rouse, or as some render it, and I will establish; and both meanings may suit; for kum, means to rise, but here in an active or transitive sense it means to make to rise. It may be helpful here to pause over the verse 16 word saved for a moment. In the midst of impending doom, a sign of hope is enacted. The recent rise in acts of anti-Semitism in the United States make this a danger we must take seriously. Verses 12-13 "The predicted restoration (the days are coming) is not, however, to be looked for in the immediate time of the return from the Captivity. Behold, the days come, saith the Lord,. Or, "are coming" t; future times are respected; yet such as would quickly come; five or six hundred years more, and then would be fulfilled what is after promised. They are those who have been loosed from their sins and cleansed in the blood of Christ. which I have promised unto the Imprisoned for angering the king by speaking Gods truth to royal power (Jeremiah 32:3-5), Jeremiah has been lamenting to the Lord that the city will fall, and that God will do nothing to help. But God calls it his good word, because he had promised to be the deliverer of his people. 2. 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). Hence the stability of the promises then appears, and is seen when God raises them up, they being before hidden and concealed from the faithful. Jeremiah 33:14-15 record Gods promises for the future restoration of the community. 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 ). Show us signs of your presence: a light in the darkness, a voice in the silence, and a stirring deep within us. Jeremiah is not someone who looks at the world through rose-colored glasses. This, though a song of old, yet, being sung upon this fresh occasion, will be a new song. When God renders punishment on Israel and Judah, some hold the notion that He has rejected them. 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. As Jellie noted, "It was impossible, and now is impossible, to restore: (1) either a literal reign of David's descendants or (2) the Levitical priesthood, for two reasons: (a) Their genealogical tables have been irrecoverably lost, and (b) nothing short of a direct decision from God Himself could distinguish the descendants of David or Levi from the descendants of any other of the twelve tribes of ancient Israel."[9]. Here is a further prediction of the happy state of Judah and Jerusalem after their glorious return out of captivity, issuing gloriously at length in the kingdom of the Messiah. that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah; or, "that good word" (u); that gracious word concerning Christ and salvation by him; that mercy promised to the fathers; that good thing that came out of Nazareth: the good Shepherd that laid down his life for the sheep, preferable to the shepherds before spoken of: or rather, "that best word" (w); the positive used for the superlative, as frequent in the Hebrew language. Why are they having sacrifices after Christ has returned? The difference made in the repetition of that promise is really unimportant. Jeremiah 13-14 - Speaking Through Signs A. Therefore the perpetual sacrifices mentioned here refer not to burnt offerings, etc, but to "spiritual sacrifices," as indicated in the above paragraph. God chose, but He's cast them off. 3. The kingdom assured them of the divine guidance. Well, Christ himself said of the Twelve Apostles, "Ye shall sit upon twelve thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel" (Matthew 19:28), a reference, of course, to the spiritual authority of the Apostles in God's Church. At the same time, as I have already said, whether God offers to us his favor and mercy, or denounces vengeance on the unbelieving, his word is ever good and right, though it may not be pleasant. Nam sacerdos erat quasi medius inter Deum et populum, rex autem representabat Dei personam. By this, God's own people received a pledge for the re-establishment and renovation of the kingdom of God. From the captivity to Christ is one of the famous periods, Matthew 1:17. This is ushered in with a "behold", as being a matter of importance, and deserving attention, and even as calling for admiration. This prophecy parallels that of Jeremiah 23:1-8. 14 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. 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. These New Testament passages clear up completely any problems that are alleged to appear in these verses. house of Israel and to the house of Judah; is only a more sonorous expression for . This is a prophet imprisoned by his own government because he keeps prophesying doom. Psalms 110:4) and are yet to be fulfilled in the reign of Messiah on earth." . Sermons on Jeremiah 30-33 Alan Carr - Jeremiah 32:1-15 The Prison Of His Purposes Alan Carr - Jeremiah 32:16-27 The God of the Impossible Steven Cole - Jeremiah 32:1-25 - The Man Who Bought Property In A War Zone Charles Simeon - Jeremiah 30:10, 11.God's gracious Designs towards his chosen People In fact, this promise helps us see the breadth of the hope promised by God to David and his line, which includes all who put their hope in the Branch. "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. Lectionary Commentary, Jeremiah 33:14-16, 1st Sunday of Advent (Year C), by Dennis Bratcher at Christian Resource Institute. 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? On the meaning of this promise, see the remarks on Jeremiah 23:5-6. 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 World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers. 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. would quickly come; five or six hundred years more, and then The Davidic dynasty and the Levitical priesthood will work together in perfect harmony, and worship will ascend to God perpetually (17-18). Jeremiah 33:14-16: After the Chaos Ends Jeremiah preaches that the end marks a beginning. This if betokens the impossible; man cannot alter the arrangement in nature for the regular alternation of day and night. It was now desolate, without man and without beast; but, after their return, the pastures shall again be clothed with flocks,Psalms 65:13. But careful listeners will hear that when God promises to raise up a true ruler, the ultimate actions of this king are justice and righteousness for the whole land, not just the people. This promise concerned the whole priesthood in the person of Phinehas, and the Levites also, inasmuch as the Levites were given to the priests; hence there is mention made in Malachi 2:4, Malachi 2:8, of a covenant with Levi. 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. 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. Note, Nothing is more the praise and honour of a people than to have God the glory of it, the glory both of the power and of the goodness by which it is effected; they shall praise him both as the Lord of hosts and as the God who is good and whose mercy endures for ever. To that end, our congregants benefit from finding links between the two, to see the completeness of the story which the original New Testament authors saw themselves. The covenant with David consisted in the promise that his kingdom should endure for ever (see Jeremiah 33:17); that with the Levites, in the eternal possession of the right to the priesthood. Salem Media Group. Notice there's no mention here of sin offerings. Yes, for our sins. It is amazing that "Jehovah Our Righteousness," which is given there as the name of the Righteous Branch (The Messiah), appears here as the name of Jerusalem. " 'In those days and at that time I will make a righteous Branch sprout from David's line; he will do what is just and right in the land. The Lukan travel narrative (chapters 9-19) begins with a notice of Jesus' resolve to go to Jerusalem and his inhospitable reception by a . And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first. Behold the days come See Jeremiah 52:5; Jeremiah 31:31. 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. No more sin offerings--that has been complete. 2. And Jeremiah in this 33 rd chapter reminds us that even in the midst of life's worst woes, even in a time of collapsing securities and the disorientation that always results, God has a word. 114-16; and Jensen, p. Both of these pillars were broken with the destruction of Jerusalem and of the temple; the theocracy the appeared to have ceased to exist. The promises of God seemed to have come to an end. A promise in prayer. Commentary on Jeremiah 33:14-18 Last week on Christ the King Sunday, we heard about the reforms of the great King Josiah. Jeremiah 33:14-16. Only in a limited and preliminary way were these promises fulfilled in Zerubbabel and Sheshbazzar after the Captivity (cf. All rights reserved. The limitation of language itself has been frequently mentioned in my series of commentaries. (90) So is the Vulg., suscitabo, I will awake, or rouse; and also the Sept. and the Targ. 33:1). Jeremiah was a sensitive man who wore his heart on his sleeve. Jeremiah 33:14. Ezra 1:8; Ezra 2:2; also Ezra 2:40-54; Ezra 8:15-20). The preacher would do well to speak about that historical situation so that the words of promise and hope are heard in all their power. Language often breaks down as an inadequate vehicle for the conveyance of the thoughts of God; and so we believe is the case here. 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. People will not need priests as mediators between them and God, because God himself will deal with their sins. Many good words or promises are made before, concerning Jeremiah 33:14-26 View this passage in NIV (Bible Gateway) A senior pastor who told his handsome new assistant pastor to avoid the dangers of immorality in the ministry. In the midst of despair, hope erupts. See Hosea 1:10, c. Hosea 2:15, c. Hosea 6:11, c. Amos 9:14, c., and Jeremiah 3:12, c. The end of the captivity has been foretold by Micah, Micah 7:9, &c. 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