Jer 15:1-3, 34:17, 43:11, Eze 6:12 | JFB | STEP | 1. Moses ... Samuel-- eminent in intercessions ( , ; ; ). be toward-- could not be favorably inclined toward them. out of my sight-- God speaks as if the people were present before Him, along with Jeremiah.

‏ Jeremiah 15:1-3

CHAPTER 15 Jr 15:1-21. God's Reply to Jeremiah's Intercessory Prayer.

1. Moses ... Samuel--eminent in intercessions (Ex 32:11, 12; 1Sa 7:9; Psa 99:6).

be toward--could not be favorably inclined toward them.

out of my sight--God speaks as if the people were present before Him, along with Jeremiah.

2. death--deadly plague (Jr 18:21; 43:11; Eze 5:2, 12; Zec 11:9).

3. appoint--(Le 26:16).

kinds--of punishments.

‏ Jeremiah 34:17

17. not ... proclaiming liberty--Though the Jews had ostensibly emancipated their bond-servants, they virtually did not do so by revoking the liberty which they had granted. God looks not to outward appearances, but to the sincere intention.

I proclaim a liberty--retribution answering to the offense (Mt 7:2; 18:32, 33; Ga 6:7; Jas 2:13). The Jews who would not give liberty to their brethren shall themselves receive "a liberty" calamitous to them. God will manumit them from His happy and safe service (Psa 121:3), which is real "liberty" (Psa 119:45; Joh 8:36; 2Co 3:17), only to pass under the terrible bondage of other taskmasters, the "sword," &c.

to be removed--The Hebrew expresses agitation (see on Jr 15:4). Compare De 28:25, 48, 64, 65, as to the restless agitation of the Jews in their ceaseless removals from place to place in their dispersion.

‏ Jeremiah 43:11

11. such as are for death to death--that is, the deadly plague. Some he shall cause to die by the plague arising from insufficient or bad food; others, by the sword; others he shall lead captive, according as God shall order it (see on Jr 15:2).

‏ Ezekiel 6:12

12. He that is far off--namely, from the foe; those who in a distant exile fear no evil.

he that remaineth--he that is left in the city; not carried away into captivity, nor having escaped into the country. Distinct from "he that is near," namely, those outside the city who are within reach of "the sword" of the foe, and so fall by it; not by "famine," as those left in the city.