(t) "venientes", Montanus, Schmidt. The industry of the country, and their return to their original plainness and simplicity, from which, in the corrupt ages, they had sadly degenerated. As this covenant of nature cannot be broken by men, so also the covenant of grace of the Lord with David and the Levites cannot be broken, i.e., annulled. or, "that good word" F21; that gracious word concerning Happy New Year! Nevertheless, he has purchased the land as a pledge, as earnest of Gods redemption: For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Houses and fields and vineyards shall again be bought in this land (32:15). 23583 Coordinates: 314641N 35149E / 31. Last week on Christ the King Sunday, we heard about the reforms of the great King Josiah. A righteous Branch will spring up. The public worship of God shall be diligently and constantly attended upon: They shall bring the sacrifice of praise to the house of the Lord. . If you just call upon the Lord, He will show you great and mighty things. (1-6) The droughts upon Judah. 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. Verses 12-13 Such is Advent faith, and Advent hope. the Jews themselves allow, show that the words belong to the Any reasonable person can see that the city is doomed. 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. , to cause to sprout of grow, corresponds to the figure of the , under which the Messiah is represented in both passages. In the cities of Judah there will be joy, in the pastures there will be peace, and in the temple there will be the sound of praise to God (10-13).Once more a king of the dynasty of David will rule over Israel, and Jerusalem will be the city of Gods salvation. Yet now, in the midst of catastrophe, the prophet finally speaks words of promise! Language often breaks down as an inadequate vehicle for the conveyance of the thoughts of God; and so we believe is the case here. Ezra 1:8; Ezra 2:2; also Ezra 2:40-54; Ezra 8:15-20). Any reasonable person can see that the city is doomed. w "Verbum optimum", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Schmidt. God of the promised Messiah, as we wait for the fulfillment of your promise, we watch, we listen, and we open our hearts for your Word. This is not in and of itself bad: we are Christian preachers, after all. But Israel did not maintain its loyalty to God. 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 if betokens the impossible; man cannot alter the arrangement in nature for the regular alternation of day and night. He's already promised this then. They sang together in praising the Lord, because he is good, for his mercy endures for ever. hinneh yamim baim) has appeared 16 times so far in Jeremiah referring to coming judgment on Judah and the surrounding nations. 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 righteous Branch will spring up. This section consists of a small collection of messianic prophecies. 1. The confirmations of these promises, which follow them in Jeremiah 33:19-26, are each introduced by separate headings, perhaps not merely to render them more prominent, but because the Lord revealed them separately to the prophet; but it by no means follows from this that they are later additions, without any connection. and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not ( Jeremiah 33:3 ). "Ye (Christians) are a spiritual house, a royal (or holy) priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ" (1Peter 2:5). (Note: The portion contained within Jeremiah 33:14-26 is wanting in the lxx; for this reason, and chiefly because of the promise of the eternal duration, not merely of the royal house of David, but also of the Levitical priests, and their innumerable increase, J. D. Michaelis and Jahn have considered it spurious. It's going to happen. We claim the Old Testament as well as the New as our Holy Scripture. Glorious promise of God. Jeremiah 33:14-16. Then we may take the comfort of what we have when God has had his dues out of it. The house of David might be cut down, but God is able to bring life out of death. 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. II. The worst has not yet happened, but it is inevitable. This is the This is ushered in of is only a more sonorous expression for . show to the prophet, ( Jeremiah Although his prophecies of the Messiah are not as extensive as those of Isaiah, Jeremiah nevertheless often spoke of the coming of the Messiah. 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. Verse Jeremiah 33:14. 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." This then is the import and the proper application of this doctrine. under the Gospel dispensation, and promised to them, who are To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, "I will cause a Branch of righteousness to arise unto David ". After this reassurance, God encourages Jeremiah to ask for further revelations of his plans for his people (3:1-3). 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! pp. 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. 2. 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. The streets of Jerusalem will soon be filled with the corpses of her people (33:4-5), and the prophet Jeremiah himself is imprisoned by King Zedekiah (33:1). He imparts righteousness to his church, for he is made of God to us righteousness; and believers are made the righteousness of God in him. There was peaceful cooperation between them and together they helped to reestablish Israel (Zechariah 6:13). The peace of the country. As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me. "Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great and hidden things, which you do not know" (Jeremiah 33:3). It may be helpful here to pause over the verse 16 word saved for a moment. In Jeremiah 33:14 it is designated as the establishment, i.e., the realization, of the good word which the Lord has spoken concerning Israel and Judah. Because of his imprisonment, Jeremiah may not know what is happening in and around the city. 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). Thus saith Jahveh, If ye shall be able to break my covenant (with) the day and my covenant (with) the night, so that there shall not be day and night in their proper time, Jeremiah 33:21. A resource for the whole church from Luther Seminary, The recent rise in acts of anti-Semitism in the United States. 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. God chose, but He's cast them off. Note, It is the prudence of those who have ever so much of the world to keep an account of what they have. Bible > Jeremiah > Chapter 33 > Verse 14 eBibles Free Downloads Audio Jeremiah 33:14 Context Crossref Comm Hebrew Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version In the remaining nine occurrences of the phrase in the book, it points to a time of future blessing for Israel. For nearly four hundred years, descendants of David had occupied the throne of Judah, and God had promised that it would always be so (2 Samuel 7; Psalm 89). This is the name by which Jehovah shall call him, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. house of Israel and to the house of Judah; What does Jeremiah 33:14-18 mean? 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? Jeremiah 33:20. On this first Sunday of Advent, one cannot read the prophecy of a righteous Branch springing up for David in anything but a messianic light. By him Judah shall be saved from wrath and the curse, and, being so saved, Jerusalem shall dwell safely, quiet from the fear of evil, and enjoying a holy security and serenity of mind, in a dependence upon the conduct of this prince of peace, this prince of their peace. All the sacrifices were intended for the praise of God, but this seems to be meant of the spiritual sacrifices of humble adorations and joyful thanksgivings, the calves of our lips (Hosea 14:2), which shall please the Lord better than an ox of bullock. Behold, the days come that I will perform that good thing, In those days will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up to David, And this is the name wherewith ye shall be called, The Lord our righteousness. 15 "'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. language. There shall be common joy there, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride; marriages shall again be celebrated, as formerly, with songs, which in Babylon they had laid aside, for their harps were hung on the willow-trees. But God calls it his good word, because he had promised to be the deliverer of his people. In the Lord have I righteousness and strength,Isaiah 45:24. Amen. 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. The descendant of David who will execute justice and righteousness in the land is the one for whom we wait in this Advent season. Behold, the days come, saith the Lord Ultimately, it fell, and its king and elites were exiled to Babylon. anointing glory of god prophetic prophetic word rene picota unity Sep 14, 2022. 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 16 In those days Judah will be saved Every one concluded now that the country would lie for ever desolate, that no beasts would be found in the land of Judah, no inhabitant in the streets of Jerusalem, and consequently there would be nothing but universal and perpetual melancholy (Jeremiah 33:10; Jeremiah 33:10); but, though weeping may endure for a time, joy will return. God will fulfill His promises for He is Yes, yes, I know that we all celebrate the New Year on January 1, but because we are Christians, and because we still attend church on Sunday . A promise in prayer. As a rightful King. All might seem lost, but God still is faithful. Then also will I reject the seed of Jacob and David my servant, so as not to take any of his seed as rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. forever: Yeshua, Jesus, God saves. Jeremiah 33:14 Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will fulfill the gracious promise that I have spoken to the house of Israel and the house of Judah. But the Babylonians destroyed Davids city, burned Solomons temple, and took Davids heirs into exile. They are those who experienced the new birth (Revelation 20:5). The nation never experienced fully all the blessings that Jeremiah pictures in this chapter. pp. Leaving this verse out of your sermon could run the risk of leaving your people with the mistaken impression that God privileges the Christian tradition over the Jewish one. It was now desolate, without man and without beast; but, after their return, the pastures shall again be clothed with flocks,Psalms 65:13. Jeremiah 33:19. Christ is our Lord God, our righteousness, our sanctification, and our redemption. Chapter 33 1 Jeremiah was still confined to the Court of the Guard when the word of Yahweh came to him a second time, as follows, 2 'Yahweh who made the earth, who formed it and set it firm -- Yahweh is his name -- says this, 3 "Call to me and I will answer you; I will tell you great secrets of which you know nothing. attention, and even as calling for admiration. 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. The meaning of the Prophet is, that God would at length render evident the power of his word, by fulfilling it. It is worth noting, however, the circumstances in which the prophecy was first spoken and heard. These are Christians, called by the apostle Peter "a royal priesthood" (1Peter 2:9), and of whom the prophecy declares that "They live and reign with Jesus Christ a thousand years!" Orthodox rabbi and Jewish mystic. Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth. Who is that Branch of righteousness growing up out of David? In the previous chapter, he has purchased a piece of land, a foolish thing to do in a country soon to be conquered by invading armies. Israel sat on a trade route between two massive empires, Egypt and Babylon/Assyria (roughly modern-day Iraq). "God, I consecrate my life to You." The Hebrew word for saved is yasha . Five hundred years after God saved the Judeans from their Babylonian exile, a child would be born, and his parents would name him Yeshua, or Jesus, meaning God saves.. But the burnt offerings were offerings of consecration where you would bring a lamb unto the priest and they would butcher it. People will not need priests as mediators between them and God, because God himself will deal with their sins. 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. Is God through with Israel? Oddly enough, Jeremiah was in prison for telling King Zedekiah the exact message God instructed him to share. Both the king and the city will be true expressions of Gods righteousness (14-16; cf. 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. 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. It was threatened (Jeremiah 7:34; Jeremiah 16:9) that the voice of joy and gladness should cease there; but here it is promised that they shall revive again, that the voice of joy and gladness shall be heard there, because the captivity shall be returned; for then was their mouth filled with laughter,Psalms 126:1; Psalms 126:2. III. "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. 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. God responds to this lament with a promise of redemption and healing for Israel (Jeremiah 33:6-18). 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. And his salvation encompasses not just Judah and Jerusalem, but the whole world. Now this is after he has been calling. . 3. positive used for the superlative, as frequent in the Hebrew It may be read, more agreeably to the original, This is he who shall call her, The Lord our righteousness. He is not a man that He should lie. ], "Days are coming" (Heb. would quickly come; five or six hundred years more, and then See Psalms 144:13; Psalms 144:14. Instead of priests alone being able to approach God, all will know God. 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. Jeremiah 33:14-16 EXEGESIS: JEREMIAH 30-33. We are called to speak a word of hope and promise in a world often filled with fear and uncertainty, even despair. Wait a minute. i. The Jewish Messiah, the Christian Messiah July 10, 2021 Prophecies by Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Amos, and others about a messianic figure who assists in . 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. 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. The Davidic dynasty and the Levitical priesthood will work together in perfect harmony, and worship will ascend to God perpetually (17-18). 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 ). 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