Time is like a river and its current is swift. Jeremiah 33:14-15 record Gods promises for the future restoration of the community. 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). A branch will sprout. Some texts describe it as polluting Gods land (see Numbers 35) or even being the very reason for the exile, that the land might recover and heal (see also Ezekiel 36). As a righteous king, righteous in enacting laws, waging wars, and giving judgment, righteous in vindicating those that suffer wrong and punishing those that do wrong: He shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. These are Christians, called by the apostle Peter "a royal priesthood" (1Peter 2:9), and of whom the prophecy declares that "They live and reign with Jesus Christ a thousand years!" t "venientes", Montanus, Schmidt. Any reasonable person can see that the city is doomed. They are those who experienced the new birth (Revelation 20:5). A righteous Branch will spring up. Sermon Jeremiah 33:14-16 Time of Fulfillment The Rev. Behold, the days come that I will perform that good thing, In those days will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up to David, And this is the name wherewith ye shall be called, The Lord our righteousness. They had gone astray and had willingly become embroiled in the practices and perversions of their pagan neighbours. instead of does not change the sense. The designation of the priests as "the Levites" corresponds, accordingly, to the kings of the family of David. the Jews themselves allow, show that the words belong to the Genesis 9:9 with Genesis 8:22. "Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great and hidden things, which you do not know" (Jeremiah 33:3). For nearly four hundred years, descendants of David had occupied the throne of Judah, and God had promised that it would always be so (2 Samuel 7; Psalm 89). A similar image is found in Isaiah 11:1A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. The image is one of hope and unexpected joy: new life springing up from what looks like a dead stump. . There shall be heard in their private houses, and in the cities of Judah, as well as in the temple, the voice of those that shall say, Praise the Lord of hosts. 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 . before spoken of: or rather, "that best word" F23; the ii. Coming then are the days, and I will rouse, or as some render it, and I will establish; and both meanings may suit; for kum, means to rise, but here in an active or transitive sense it means to make to rise. A righteous Branch will spring up. God shows him that the people of Jerusalem are desperate. We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. That good thing - Better, the good word Jeremiah 29:10, with reference to the promise already given Jeremiah 23:5-6. 1. We find this literally fulfilled at their return out of Babylon, Ezra 3:11. Wait a minute. The danger is when such readings lead us to discard the Old Testament as irrelevant after Christ, and with it the people of faith who still claim it as ultimate testimony: namely, the Jews. Similarly, in chapter 33, the prophet speaks of the coming restoration, the restoration of normal, everyday life. This is no contradiction, because the New Jerusalem is the Church of God, completely identified with the True Israel who is Jesus Christ, a truth which becomes crystal clear in the New Testament. Maybe so, but that saving act of God is not readily apparent in Jeremiahs or Judahs current situation, dreading the imminent arrival of enemy armies. 1 moreover the word of the lord came unto jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying, 2 thus saith the lord the maker thereof, the lord that formed it, to establish it; the lord is his name; 3 call unto me, and i will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. Commentary on Acts 15:1-6. Jeremiah 33:15-16 contain a beautiful promise, but also a twofold danger for Christian pastors. In short, the true application of prophetic truth is, that we never lay hold on, and really embrace the promises of God, except we look forward to the days that are coming, that is, except we patiently wait for the time prefixed by God: and further, except our faith leans on the promises, when they seem to he dormant, it is not firm, and has no roots or foundations; for as the root which nourishes the tree is not seen, but lies hid in the earth, and as the foundation of a house is not visible to our eyes, so ought our faith to be in like manner founded, and to drive deep roots into Gods promises, so that its firmness may not be in the air, nor have a visible surface, but a hidden foundation. under the Gospel dispensation, and promised to them, who are But it is unlikely that "the good word" refers to the "sprout" of David, which is expressly promised in Jeremiah 23:5., and repeated here, Jeremiah 33:15.; for here a like promise to the Levites follows, while there is none in Jeremiah 23, and it is here so closely linked with the promise regarding David, that it must be viewed as a portion of the "good word." "Through him (Christ) then let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips that make confession to his name. 3. He's already promised this then. laid down his life for the sheep, preferable to the shepherds JEREMIAH 33. Yet now, in the midst of catastrophe, the prophet finally speaks words of promise! 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. This is one of the ways we as Christians make sense of verse 17 with its promise that Never shall there be an end to [the line of] David, a man sitting upon the throne of the house of Israel. The discrepancy between the recorded promises of God in Jeremiahs time and the lack of an Israelite king in Jesus time is perhaps one of the reasons why Luke and Matthew took such pains to record the parentage of Jesus through King David. with a "behold", as being a matter of importance, and deserving From the captivity to Christ is one of the famous periods, Matthew 1:17. Jeremiah was a sensitive man who wore his heart on his sleeve. Nam, sine rege, erant veluti corpus truncum aut mutilum; sine sacerdote mera erat dissipatio. How about all of those "kings" and "priests" which are promised here? And just who are these? All rights reserved. One of the chief tragedies of the Babylonian Exile, of course, was the end of the Davidic dynasty. Though it is likely that this particular section of Jeremiahs prophecy is a later addition (33:14-26 is lacking in the Septuagint), in its current literary context, the promises are spoken to address a dire situation. The same proclamation is given today to us, inheritors of Jeremiahs task. Thus saith Jahveh: If my covenant with day and night doth not exist, if I have not appointed the laws of heaven and earth, Jeremiah 33:26. Note: After the time of exile, Zerubbabel, a descendant of David in the kingly line, became governor of Jerusalem (Haggai 2:20-23; Matthew 1:12,Matthew 1:17), and Joshua, a descendant of Aaron, became high priest (Haggai 1:1). Has God turned off Israel? Jeremiah 33:14 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord Or, "are coming" {t}; future times are respected; yet such as would quickly come; five or six hundred years more, and then would be fulfilled what is after promised. 2. To these must be added Movers, who takes Jeremiah 33:18, Jeremiah 33:21-25 as later interpolations, and Hitzig, who treats the whole passage as a series of separate additions made in a later age. Or, "are coming" {t}; future times are respected; yet such as 1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying, 2 Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the LORD is his name; 3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. In this prophecy, too, mention is made of the priests alone. This prophecy parallels that of Jeremiah 23:1-8. Amen." Who is that Branch of righteousness growing up out of David? Notice there's no mention here of sin offerings. 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. : Yoh 3:14-18) Perjanjian Lama: Kejadian Keluaran Imamat Bilangan Ulangan Yosua Hakim-hakim Rut 1 Samuel 2 Samuel 1 Raja-raja 2 Raja-raja 1 Tawarikh 2 Tawarikh Ezra Nehemia Ester Ayub Mazmur Amsal Pengkhotbah Kidung Agung Yesaya Yeremia Ratapan Yehezkiel Daniel Hosea Yoel Amos Obaja Yunus Mikha Nahum Habakuk Zefanya Hagai Zakharia Maleakhi The Jews say that in the days of the Messiah all sacrifices shall cease but the sacrifice of praise, and to those days this promise has a further reference. In the midst of impending doom, a sign of hope is enacted. The prophetic word from God was realized in the person of Jesus Christ, the person that the disciples, the apostles, and the early Christian authors believed was the Davidic king who would sit on the throne of Israel nay, the throne of heaven! 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. is only a more sonorous expression for . Lectionary Commentary, Jeremiah 33:14-16, 1st Sunday of Advent (Year C), by Dennis Bratcher at Christian Resource Institute. A resource for the whole church from Luther Seminary, The recent rise in acts of anti-Semitism in the United States. ". "At the same time," says the LORD, "I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be My people." Thus says the LORD: "The people who survived the sword Found grace in the wilderness How might you broaden your sermon about redemptive hope to include all of Creation, and not just humanity? Amen. That is certainly the reason this passage is one of the lectionary readings for the first Sunday in Advent. Ezra 1:8; Ezra 2:2; also Ezra 2:40-54; Ezra 8:15-20). The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall have this name of the Messiah so much in their mouths that they shall themselves be called by it. To crown all these blessings which God has in store for them, here is a promise of the Messiah, and of that everlasting righteousness which he should bring in (Jeremiah 33:15; Jeremiah 33:16), and probably this is that good thing, that great good thing, which in the latter days, days that were yet to come, God would perform, as he had promised to Judah and Israel, and to which their return out of captivity and their settlement again in their own land was preparatory. This is a prophet imprisoned by his own government because he keeps prophesying doom. Imprisoned for angering the king by speaking Gods truth to royal power (Jeremiah 32:3-5), Jeremiah has been lamenting to the Lord that the city will fall, and that God will do nothing to help. 23:5-6). (w) "Verbum optimum", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Schmidt. Such is Advent faith, and Advent hope. Behold, the days come, saith the Lord . If you just call upon the Lord, He will show you great and mighty things. Here is a further prediction of the happy state of Judah and Jerusalem after their glorious return out of captivity, issuing gloriously at length in the kingdom of the Messiah. All the sacrifices were intended for the praise of God, but this seems to be meant of the spiritual sacrifices of humble adorations and joyful thanksgivings, the calves of our lips (Hosea 14:2), which shall please the Lord better than an ox of bullock. Hence the stability of the promises then appears, and is seen when God raises them up, they being before hidden and concealed from the faithful. 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). But God's promise was true. In the previous chapter, he has purchased a piece of land, a foolish thing to do in a country soon to be conquered by invading armies. 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. Jeremiah 33:14. "If ye shall break my covenant with the day,then also will my covenant with Davidbe broken." or, "that good word" F21; that gracious word concerning And the burnt-offerings what about them? All might seem lost, but God still is faithful. Therefore the perpetual sacrifices mentioned here refer not to burnt offerings, etc, but to "spiritual sacrifices," as indicated in the above paragraph. Although his prophecies of the Messiah are not as extensive as those of Isaiah, Jeremiah nevertheless often spoke of the coming of the Messiah. In those days, and at that time, will I cause a Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. This then relates to the apprehensions of men when he says, I will rouse, or establish, my good word, He afterwards adds, which I have spoken; by which clause he confirms the doctrine of Jeremiah, for he shews that he was its author, and that Jeremiah brought nothing from himself, but faithfully testified of his mercy and of the liberation of the people according to the commission he had received. The industry of the country, and their return to their original plainness and simplicity, from which, in the corrupt ages, they had sadly degenerated. 459-461 of Clark's Translation) have shown the utter worthlessness of these reasons, and Graf also has defended the genuineness of the passage. The priesthood formed the medium of approach for the people into divine favour. 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, 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. This is the name by which Jehovah shall call him, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. 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. The narrative lectionary is a four-year cycle of readings Read more. Both of these pillars were broken with the destruction of Jerusalem and of the temple; the theocracy the appeared to have ceased to exist. would be fulfilled what is after promised. The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the droughts. To a people devastated by loss, Jeremiahs prophecy offered hope: 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 (33:14). The general idea contained in the words "the Levites," placed first, is more clearly defined by the apposition "the priests," and restricted to the priests of the tribe of Levi. 269), "Nothing can be so preposterous and unreasonable as to find in this passage, Jeremiah 33:19-26, or in Jeremiah 30-33 generally, additions by a later prophet."). 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