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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Jeremiah 11:16 - 11:16
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called thy name - made thee.
olive - (Psa 52:8; Rom 11:17). The “olive” is chosen to represent the adoption of Judah by the free grace of God, as its oil is the image of richness (compare Psa 23:5; Psa 104:15).
with ... noise of ... tumult - or, “at the noise,” etc., namely, at the tumult of the invading army (Isa 13:4) [Maurer]. Or, rather, “with the sound of a mighty voice,” namely, that of God, that is, the thunder; thus there is no confusion of metaphors. The tree stricken with lightning has “fire kindled upon it, and the branches are broken,” at one and the same time [Houbigant].