The Prophecies of Jeremiah (Volume 23-24); With a Sketch of His Life and Times (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXVI INTRODUCTORY "I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be My people."--Jre. xxxi. I. IN this third book an attempt is made to present a general view of Jeremiah's teaching on the subject with which he was most preoccupied--the political and religious fortunes of Judah. Certain1 chapters detach themselves from the rest, and stand in no obvious connection with any special incident of the prophet's life. These are the main theme of this book, and have been dealt with in the ordinary method of detailed exposition. They have been treated separately, and not woven into the continuous narrative, partly because we thus obtain a more adequate emphasis upon important aspects of their teaching, but chiefly because their date and occasion cannot be certainly determined. With them other sections have been associated, on account of the connection of subject. Further material for a synopsis of Jeremiah's teaching has been collected from chapters xxi.--xlix. generally, supplemented by brief references to the previous chapters. Inasmuch as the prophecies of our book do not form an ordered 1 xxx xxxi., and, in part, xxxiii. Brief, in order not to trespass more than is absolutely necessary upon the ground covered by the previous Expositor's Bibli volume treatise on dogmatic theology, but were uttered with regard to individual conduct and critical events, topics are not exclusively dealt with in a single section, but are referred to at intervals throughout. Moreover, as both the individuals and the crises were very much alike, ideas and phrases are constantly reappearing, so that there is an exceptionally large amount of repetition in the Book of Jeremiah. The method we have adopted avoids some of the difficulties which would arise if we ...