Jeremiah 8

Jeremiah 8:6

TO his course] to an unbridled licence of doing all manner of evil.

Jeremiah 8:7

In the heaven] that is to say, in the air The judgement] that is to say, their punishments which hovered over their heads, of which he gave them expresse warnings and evident tokens.

Jeremiah 8:8

We are wise] and yet doe not regard these things which are so plaine and needfull Of the scribes] namely, of the Doctors and interpreters of the Lw; according to whose opinions, publike judgements were ordered, and they oftentimes perverted through their prevarication, Psal. 94. 20. Isaiah 10:1.

Jeremiah 8:9

The wise men] that is to say, those great Doctors, puft up with the conceit of their owne wisedome, shall not thereby escape my judgements.

Jeremiah 8:13

There shall be no] that is to say, I will send them scarcity and famine, and that little which they gather, shall be taken away by their enemies.

Jeremiah 8:14

Why do ye] a representation of the Jews generall terrour upon the Chaldeans comming, determining to forsake the field, and retire into strong holds without any further resistance, hoping that way to avoid this inundation, but all in vain, for all shall be taken and laid waste, vers. 16.

Jeremiah 8:16

The snorting of his] namely, of the Chaldeans Armie From Dan] which was the border of the countrey north-ward, from whence the Chaldeans came They are come] according to the manner of Prophets, things to come are set downe as if they had already been.

Jeremiah 8:17

Serpents] that is to say, mortall enemies, against which there is no defence nor help.

Jeremiah 8:18

When I] the Italian, O my comfort; the Prophets words, being wounded with sorrow by reason of these calamities; as if he should say, Where shall I have any comfort? Or, O God, I turn to thee, who art mine onely comfort in this mine affliction.

Jeremiah 8:19

Behold] that is to say, I doe now set before mine eyes the complaints and outcries of the people that shall be led away into the first Babylonian captivity, when they shall feele the continuation and fulnesse of those miseries at the last siege of the City under Zedekiah. Is not the Lord] that is to say, How is it possible that this extream ruine should sall uponJerusalem, seeing that the Lord is there present in his Temple, and that there is a King of the seed of David, to whom was promised a perpetuall Kingdom? Why have they] the Lords answer, by an admiration on the other side.

Jeremiah 8:20

The harvest] namely, the season wherein we hoped for some case and deliverance.

Jeremiah 8:22

Is there no] is it possible that in the Church, which is as it were a storehose of all spirituall remedies, there should be no means to cure the peoples sins, and deliver them from these desolations? as in Gilead grew a basome good to make plaisters and salves for all sores and wounds, Genesis 37:25.