Jeremiah 14:19

“Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? etc.] The prophet, though forbid, proceeds to prayers and expostulations on account of this people, the people of the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin: or, “in rejecting hast thou rejected Judah?”f308 from being a nation, from being under thy care and protection? hast thou cast them away, and wilt thou suffer them to go into captivity as the ten tribes? what! Judah, whom the Lord hath chosen, and where was his dwelling place? what! Judah, from whom the chief ruler, the Messiah, was to come? what! Judah, from whom the sceptre was not to depart, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, till Shiloh came? and, what! wilt thou reject, and utterly reject, this tribe,…”

“The people plead with God, Jeremiah being forbidden to do so. no healing-- (Jer 15:18). peace . . . no good-- (Jer 8:15).”

“A second (compare Jeremiah 14:7-9) earnest intercession, acknowledging the wickedness of the nation, but appealing to the covenant and to God’s Almighty power. Lothed - More exactly, “hath thrown away as worthless.” Jeremiah 14:20 Our wickedness, and - Omit and. National sin is the sin of the fathers, perpetuated generation after generation by the children. Jeremiah 14:21 This verse is in the original very emphatic, and consists of a series of broken ejaculations: “Abhor not for thy name’s sake! Disgrace - lightly esteem” in Deuteronomy 32:15 - “not the throne of thy glory! Remember! Break not etc. with us!” The throne of Yahweh’s glory is Jerusalem. Jeremiah 14:22 None of the idols of the…”

“14:19-22 Despite the Lord’s command to the contrary (14:11), Jeremiah prayed for God to mitigate the disaster that was occurring and the greater disaster to come.”

“utterly: Jer 6:30, Jer 15:1; Kg2 17:19, Kg2 17:20; Psa 78:59, Psa 80:12, Psa 80:13, Psa 89:38; Lam 5:22; Rom 11:1-6 hath: Jer 12:8; Zac 11:8, Zac 11:9 no healing: Jer 8:22, Jer 15:18; Ch2 36:16; Lam 2:13 we: Jer 8:15; Job 30:26; Lam 4:17; Th1 5:3 Jeremiah 14:20”

“Renewed supplication and repeated rejection of the same. - Jer 14:19. "Hast thou then really rejected Judah? or doth thy soul loathe Zion? Why hast Thou smitten us, so that there is no healing for us? We look for peace, and there is no good; for the time of healing, and behold terror! Jer 14:20. We know, Jahveh, our wickedness, the iniquity of our fathers, for we have sinned against Thee. Jer 14:21. Abhor not, for Thy name's sake; disgrace not the throne of Thy glory; remember, break not Thy covenant with us! Jer 14:22. Are there among the vain gods of the Gentiles givers of rain, or will the heavens give showers? Art not Thou (He), Jahveh our God? and we hope in Thee, for Thou hast made all…”