6. Though thou art as beautiful as Gilead, and as majestic in Mine eyes (before Me) as the summit of Lebanon, yet surely (the Hebrew is a formula of swearing to express certainly: " If I do not make thee . . . believe Me not ever hereafter": so "as truly as I live," Numbers 14:28 ; "surely," Numbers 14:35 ). The mention of Gilead may allude not only to its past beauty, but covertly also to its desolation by the judgment on Israel; a warning now to Judah and the house of David. "Lebanon" is appropriately mentioned, as the king's house was built of its noble cedars. cities —not other cities, but the different parts of the city of Jerusalem ( 2 Samuel 12:27 ; 2 Kings 10:25 ) [MAURER]. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-7" class="com-number"
Pericope (part_of)
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pericope/per-jer-22-001
절 (explains)
Source
source-manifest/jfb— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)- evidence_grade: T_theological