So God never broke His covenant. Much of this chapter is challenged by the critics who point out that Jeremiah 33:14-26 are missing from the LXX, and that the apparent prophecies of the endless succession of a Davidic line of kings and a restoration and perpetual continuity of the Levitical priesthood with its countless sacrifices are totally contrary to other . We are called to speak a word of hope and promise in a world often filled with fear and uncertainty, even despair. Why are they having sacrifices after Christ has returned? is only a more sonorous expression for . Explanation and Commentary of Jeremiah 33:3 Jeremiah heard this Word from the Lord while he was confined. the Jews themselves allow, show that the words belong to the 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. miah 33:14-16 Commentary on First Reading by Kathryn Schifferdecker. God has a plan. (Spoiler Alert: Its always Jesus.) We'll be going there for big barbecues and having a great time as we offer the sacrifices and as we sit and eat with the Lord in that glorious fellowship with Him. The narrative lectionary is a four-year cycle of readings Read more. 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). 10 million Ukrainians without power because of Russia. That has been fully taken care of. 93. It is promised that the people who were long in sorrow shall again be filled with joy. In the midst of impending doom, a sign of hope is enacted. As a rightful King. Happy New Year! GLENN PEASE Follow PASTOR Advertisement Recommended Joel 3 commentary GLENN PEASE 233 views 138 slides Jeremiah 37 commentary GLENN PEASE 121 views 71 slides 10. destruction of jerusalem chucho1943 That son is the Son of God, the Messiah. Notice that Jeremiah 33:17. says that, from the time this prophecy was given, David would not lack a descendant to sit on the throne not of the house of Judah, but of the house of Israel. It is worth noting, however, the circumstances in which the prophecy was first spoken and heard. Last week on Christ the King Sunday, we heard about the reforms of the great King Josiah. For God declares, that his promise would not be void, as its effects would shortly be evident, even when his mercy was known by the ten tribes and by the kingdom of Judah. See Hosea 1:10, c. Hosea 2:15, c. Hosea 6:11, c. Amos 9:14, c., and Jeremiah 3:12, c. The end of the captivity has been foretold by Micah, Micah 7:9, &c. Zephaniah, Zephaniah 3:10, c. and by Jeremiah, Jeremiah 16:15 Jeremiah 23:3; Jeremiah 29:10; Jeremiah 32:37. Burnt-offering, meat-offering, and sin-offering are the three species of sacrifice which were to be brought, according to the law, as in Jeremiah 17:26. are adverbs, "day and night," for "the regular alternation of day and night." show to the prophet, ( Jeremiah 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. Help us purchase electrical generators for churches. Verses 12-13 While there are no invading armies on the doorstep (at least not in the North American context), many parishioners will resonate with the fear and hopelessness of Jeremiahs original audience. He formed it, to establish it, and therefore it shall be established till those things be introduced which cannot be shaken, but shall remain for ever. 1176. 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. 17 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying . And if we accept one (verse 17) as fulfilled prophecy, should we not also accept the other (verse 18)? The continuity of a succession of rulers on the literal throne of David and the perpetual ministrations of the Levitical order in their offerings of burnt-offerings, etc., represented to the Jew the full and perpetual restoration of his national life, along with freedom from oppressive foreign rule, and restoration of all the rights and privileges of his holy religion: Furthermore, it was impossible for the Jewish mind to have comprehended such marvelous blessings apart from such promises as are found in these five verses. The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the droughts. But they are wasting their time, as the city is going to be destroyed (4-5).Nevertheless, God will not forsake his people. They are demolishing houses and palaces in order to obtain materials to strengthen the city walls against the enemys battering rams. Jeremiah 33:15-16 contain a beautiful promise, but also a twofold danger for Christian pastors. Here also must "the good word" be taken in the same general meaning; for our verse forms the transition from the promise of the restoration and blessing of Israel in the future (Jeremiah 33:6-13) to the special promise of the renewal and completion of the Davidic monarchy (Jeremiah 33:15.). Jeremiah 33:14-20The New Revised Standard Version. Jeremiah was a sensitive man who wore his heart on his sleeve. 1. Ye are awry, he says, and not my word. (Ezekiel 18:25), But here the goodness of the word is to be taken for the deliverance of the people; for when God shakes the despisers of his Law with terror, his word is called evil on account of its effect. Verse Jeremiah 33:14. 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. If you just call upon the Lord, He will show you great and mighty things. Such is the word of promise and hope in this text. In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness. 4 for thus The meaning of the Prophet is, that God would at length render evident the power of his word, by fulfilling it. That the Prophet then might still support these, he bids them to extend their thoughts to a future time; and he had prefixed, as we have before seen, seventy years. The Targum explains verses Jeremiah 33:14, Jeremiah 33:15, and Jeremiah 33:16 of the Messiah. After centuries of idolatry and oppressive practices of Judean kings and elite, God withdrew the divine protective power, and the unrelenting armies of Babylon laid siege to Jerusalem. The Jewish Messiah, the Christian Messiah July 10, 2021 Prophecies by Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Amos, and others about a messianic figure who assists in . Many good words or promises are made before, concerning the spiritual welfare and prosperity of the church; but this is the best of all; this is the better thing provided for saints under the Gospel dispensation, and promised to them, who are meant by the houses of Judah and Israel; for these phrases, as the Jews themselves allow, show that the words belong to the times of the Messiah; and which God, that is true and cannot lie, and who is faithful, that has promised, and is able to perform, will do. "Transparent gold" is an impossibility. Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth. It follows . "Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins, in his own blood, and made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. 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. A branch will sprout. 14 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. He is not a man that He should lie. Jeremiah was in prison, and the Lord appeared to him a second time (Jer. Ed. The worst has not yet happened, but it is inevitable. Jeremiah 33:14-16 NIV " 'The days are coming,' declares the LORD, 'when I will fulfill the good promise I made to the people of Israel and Judah. 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. 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. 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. Furthermore, it should be particularly noted that this chapter says nothing at all about any "succession" of Davidic kings, or any series of such rulers, but that he shall have "a son to reign upon his throne." This word of tenacious hope is spoken to counteract all of the life-sapping, despair-inducing evidence to the contrary. And his salvation encompasses not just Judah and Jerusalem, but the whole world. pp. Jeremiah 33:14 Commentaries: 'Behold, days are coming,' declares the LORD, 'when I will fulfill the good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and the house of Judah. Voices of praise unto the Lord as they come into the temple again offering the sacrifices of praise. If you but trust in God to guide you ELW 769, H82 635, GG 816, NCH 410, UMH 142 O come, o come, Emmanuel ELW 257, H82 56, GG 88, NCH 116, UMH 211, Stir up your power, O Lord, and come, Carl Schalk, Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Capital University. . The recent rise in acts of anti-Semitism in the United States make this a danger we must take seriously. And exactly what are those spiritual sacrifices? 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. 10 Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast, 11 The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. "God, I consecrate my life to You." This intimates, 1. But that, through the mention simply of Judah and its capital, the ten tribes are not to be excluded from participation in the coming prosperity, may be seen even from Jeremiah 33:14, where "the good word" is referred to Israel and Judah, and still more plainly from Jeremiah 33:24, Jeremiah 33:26, where this promise is made sure to the whole seed of Israel. December 2, 2012. Then also shall my covenant with David my servant be broken, so that he shall not have a son to reign upon his throne, and with the Levites, the priests, my ministers. Commentary on Jeremiah 33:14-18 Last week on Christ the King Sunday, we heard about the reforms of the great King Josiah. As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, nor the sand of the sea measured, so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites who serve me. [Note: Jeremiah 33:11 is the closing part of the benediction used in the modern Jewish wedding ceremony.] "The predicted restoration (the days are coming) is not, however, to be looked for in the immediate time of the return from the Captivity. It was now desolate, without man and without beast; but, after their return, the pastures shall again be clothed with flocks,Psalms 65:13. (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. But taken together, the verses tip us toward a sense of kinship, a promise of God which is fulfilled in multiple ways and which includes ever more than we could possibly imagine. Jeremiah 33:14-18 (Jeremiah 33:14) 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. Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, Consider thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? In other words, he did not act like a proper Pharisee so he cannot be the Messiah. laid down his life for the sheep, preferable to the shepherds When God renders punishment on Israel and Judah, some hold the notion that He has rejected them. The literal interpretation which sees here a promise, not of One Davidic King alone, namely the Messiah, "but a series of Davidic descendants to occupy the throne of David"[8] is incorrect. 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. And how about those "sacrifices" which are to be offered perpetually? King Josiah was one of the most celebrated rulers of Judah's history. Also, read the description of the New Jerusalem in Revelation's last two chapters. Similarly, in chapter 33, the prophet speaks of the coming restoration, the restoration of normal, everyday life. These blessings come in their fulness only through Jesus Christ, the messianic Son of David, the Great High Priest (Matthew 22:42-44; Acts 13:33-34; Hebrews 4:14; Hebrews 10:11-18). Jesus himself presses his followers for this very connection in our optional Gospel reading for today, Mark 8:27-29. They shall never want one to bring and prepare an offering before the Lord. his person and office: that I will perform that good thing They are those who experienced the new birth (Revelation 20:5). Amen. Want one to bring and prepare an offering before the Lord that to. 33:16 of the coming restoration, the prophet speaks of the Lord as they come into temple. 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