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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Be astonished O, ye heavens at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD. For my people have committed two evils they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. If a man should change for the better, his selfishness might be a little excuse for...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD. For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold-no water. To go away from the flowing fountain to the stagnant waters of a cistern, is great...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled? The young lions roared upon him and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant. Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head. Hast thou not procured this unto thyself in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Is Israel a servant? is he a home born slave? why is he spoiled? God made him to be his son, not his slave; but Israel went aside from God, and so became a slave, being carried away into captivity by the very nation whose gods the chosen people worshipped.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant. Also the children of Noph and Tuhapanes have broken the crown of thy head. The Israelites went and worshipped idols, and then the very nations whose gods they worshipped invaded the land, and broke the crown of their head, or made...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Hast thou not procured this-unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way? You who are depressed in soul, you who have grown spiritually poor, you who are in great trouble of heart, listen: “Hast thou not procured this unto thyself?” Didst thou not make the rod for thine own back by going away from thy God?...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river? For instead of going to the fountain of living waters, they were hoping to be helped by the Egyptians or helped by the Assyrians. Just as there are some Christians who try to drink the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? “The waters of the Nile;” or, as it may be read, “the waters of that muddy river.” The Israelites had suffered so much during their long captivity in Egypt, that one would have thought they would never have wanted to go near the house of bondage again: “What hast thou...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts. A very solemn passage. May we lay it to heart. Not only is there guilt in our sin for which we shall...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shalt reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts. For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress;...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot. Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me? For though thou wash...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
So is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets, Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us. Some men never pray except in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah. Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD. In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. “If you will not hear it, see it.” Jer_2:31. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee? “Do you not see,” says the Lord to these rebellious people, “how much I have done for you? Have you forgotten the numberless mercies...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number. The very beauty of a believer — his glorious dress — is his God. Then can we ever forget him; or all the precious things of the covenant of grace which he so freely bestows upon us? Can we — can we — have fallen so low as to forget the God...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways. Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these. God’s ancient people had so completely turned away from him, and wandered so far from him, that they had practiced all...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. The most guilty people are often the most self-righteous. The sinful nation, which ought to have pleaded guilty, here says, “Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me.” Jer_2:35. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned. That...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria. First they trusted to Assyria to save them; and when that broken reed failed them, then they trusted to Egypt; and in a similar fashion, we go from one false hope to another, — from one carnal confidence to another, gadding about...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: Thou shalt go forth as a captive, with thine hands bound above thy head; or, like one in great pain or sorrow, thou shalt hold thine hands to thy head. Jer_2:37. For the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them. May God, in his mercy, save all of us...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? God himself seems here to be at a non plus. His people had gone away from him, they had acted unfaithfully to him, they had joined themselves unto other gods. The case was a very difficult...