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It is noteworthy, that although Shimei was spared by David at this time, his disobedience later is rewarded with death. 1 Kings 2:8, David charges Solomon with these words "...you must not let him (Shimei) go unpunished; you are a wise man and will know how to deal with him to bring his grey head down to Sheol in blood."
Matt Drywood [Hamilton Book Road (Can)] Comment added in 2003 Reply to Matt
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1. And it was told <5046>(8714) Joab <3097>, Behold, the king <4428> weepeth <1058>(8802) and mourneth <56>(8691) for Absalom <53>.
2. And the victory <8668> that day <3117> was turned into mourning <60> unto all the people <5971>: for the people <5971> heard <8085>(8804) say <559>(8800) that day <3117> how the king <4428> was grieved <6087>(8738) for his son <1121>.
3. And the people <5971> gat <935>(8800) them by stealth <1589>(8691) that day <3117> into the city <5892>, as people <5971> being ashamed <3637>(8737) steal away <1589>(8691) when they flee <5127>(8800) in battle <4421>.
4. But the king <4428> covered <3813>(8804) his face <6440>, and the king <4428> cried <2199>(8799) with a loud <1419> voice <6963>, O my son <1121> Absalom <53>, O Absalom <53>, my son <1121>, my son <1121>!
5. And Joab <3097> came <935>(8799) into the house <1004> to the king <4428>, and said <559>(8799), Thou hast shamed <3001>(8689) this day <3117> the faces <6440> of all thy servants <5650>, which this day <3117> have saved <4422>(8764) thy life <5315>, and the lives <5315> of thy sons <1121> and of thy daughters <1323>, and the lives <5315> of thy wives <802>, and the lives <5315> of thy concubines <6370>;
6. In that thou lovest <157>(8800) thine enemies <8130>(8802), and hatest <8130>(8800) thy friends <157>(8802). For thou hast declared <5046>(8689) this day <3117>, that thou regardest neither princes <8269> nor servants <5650>: for this day <3117> I perceive <3045>(8804), that if <3863> Absalom <53> had lived <2416>, and all we had died <4191>(8801) this day <3117>, then it had pleased thee well <3477> <5869>.
7. Now therefore arise <6965>(8798), go forth <3318>(8798), and speak <1696>(8761) comfortably <3820> unto thy servants <5650>: for I swear <7650>(8738) by the LORD <3068>, if thou go not forth <3318>(8802), there will not tarry <3885>(8799) one <376> with thee this night <3915>: and that will be worse <7489>(8804) unto thee than all the evil <7451> that befell <935>(8804) thee from thy youth <5271> until now.
8. Then the king <4428> arose <6965>(8799), and sat <3427>(8799) in the gate <8179>. And they told <5046>(8689) unto all the people <5971>, saying <559>(8800), Behold, the king <4428> doth sit <3427>(8802) in the gate <8179>. And all the people <5971> came <935>(8799) before <6440> the king <4428>: for Israel <3478> had fled <5127>(8804) every man <376> to his tent <168>.
9. And all the people <5971> were at strife <1777>(8737) throughout all the tribes <7626> of Israel <3478>, saying <559>(8800), The king <4428> saved <5337>(8689) us out of the hand <3709> of our enemies <341>(8802), and he delivered <4422>(8765) us out of the hand <3709> of the Philistines <6430>; and now he is fled <1272>(8804) out of the land <776> for Absalom <53>.
10. And Absalom <53>, whom we anointed <4886>(8804) over us, is dead <4191>(8804) in battle <4421>. Now therefore why speak <2790>(8688) ye not a word of bringing <7725> <0> the king <4428> back <7725>(8687)?
11. And king <4428> David <1732> sent <7971>(8804) to Zadok <6659> and to Abiathar <54> the priests <3548>, saying <559>(8800), Speak <1696>(8761) unto the elders <2205> of Judah <3063>, saying <559>(8800), Why are ye the last <314> to bring <7725> <0> the king <4428> back <7725>(8687) to his house <1004>? seeing the speech <1697> of all Israel <3478> is come <935>(8804) to the king <4428>, even to his house <1004>.
12. Ye are my brethren <251>, ye are my bones <6106> and my flesh <1320>: wherefore then are ye the last <314> to bring back <7725>(8687) the king <4428>?
13. And say <559>(8799) ye to Amasa <6021>, Art thou not of my bone <6106>, and of my flesh <1320>? God <430> do <6213>(8799) so to me, and more <3254>(8686) also, if thou be not captain <8269> of the host <6635> before <6440> me continually <3117> in the room <8478> of Joab <3097>.
14. And he bowed <5186>(8686) the heart <3824> of all the men <376> of Judah <3063>, even as the heart of one <259> man <376>; so that they sent <7971>(8799) this word unto the king <4428>, Return <7725>(8798) thou, and all thy servants <5650>.
15. So the king <4428> returned <7725>(8799), and came <935>(8799) to Jordan <3383>. And Judah <3063> came <935>(8804) to Gilgal <1537>, to go <3212>(8800) to meet <7125>(8800) the king <4428>, to conduct <5674> <0> the king <4428> over <5674>(8687) Jordan <3383>.
16. And Shimei <8096> the son <1121> of Gera <1617>, a Benjamite <1145>, which was of Bahurim <980>, hasted <4116>(8762) and came down <3381>(8799) with the men <376> of Judah <3063> to meet <7125>(8800) king <4428> David <1732>.
17. And there were a thousand <505> men <376> of Benjamin <1145> with him, and Ziba <6717> the servant <5288> of the house <1004> of Saul <7586>, and his fifteen <2568> <6240> sons <1121> and his twenty <6242> servants <5650> with him; and they went over <6743>(8804) Jordan <3383> before <6440> the king <4428>.
18. And there went over <5674>(8804) a ferry boat <5679> to carry over <5674>(8687) the king's <4428> household <1004>, and to do <6213>(8800) what he thought <5869> good <2896>. And Shimei <8096> the son <1121> of Gera <1617> fell down <5307>(8804) before <6440> the king <4428>, as he was come over <5674>(8800) Jordan <3383>;
19. And said <559>(8799) unto the king <4428>, Let not my lord <113> impute <2803>(8799) iniquity <5771> unto me, neither do thou remember <2142>(8799) that which thy servant <5650> did perversely <5753>(8689) the day <3117> that my lord <113> the king <4428> went out <3318>(8804) of Jerusalem <3389>, that the king <4428> should take <7760>(8800) it to his heart <3820>.
20. For thy servant <5650> doth know <3045>(8804) that I have sinned <2398>(8804): therefore, behold, I am come <935>(8804) the first <7223> this day <3117> of all the house <1004> of Joseph <3130> to go down <3381>(8800) to meet <7125>(8800) my lord <113> the king <4428>.
21. But Abishai <52> the son <1121> of Zeruiah <6870> answered <6030>(8799) and said <559>(8799), Shall not Shimei <8096> be put to death <4191>(8714) for this, because he cursed <7043>(8765) the LORD'S <3068> anointed <4899>?
22. And David <1732> said <559>(8799), What have I to do with you, ye sons <1121> of Zeruiah <6870>, that ye should this day <3117> be adversaries <7854> unto me? shall there any man <376> be put to death <4191>(8714) this day <3117> in Israel <3478>? for do not I know <3045>(8804) that I am this day <3117> king <4428> over Israel <3478>?
23. Therefore the king <4428> said <559>(8799) unto Shimei <8096>, Thou shalt not die <4191>(8799). And the king <4428> sware <7650>(8735) unto him.
24. And Mephibosheth <4648> the son <1121> of Saul <7586> came down <3381>(8804) to meet <7125>(8800) the king <4428>, and had neither <3808> dressed <6213>(8804) his feet <7272>, nor trimmed <6213>(8804) his beard <8222>, nor washed <3526>(8765) his clothes <899>, from the day <3117> the king <4428> departed <3212>(8800) until the day <3117> he came <935>(8804) again in peace <7965>.
25. And it came to pass, when he was come <935>(8804) to Jerusalem <3389> to meet <7125>(8800) the king <4428>, that the king <4428> said <559>(8799) unto him, Wherefore wentest <1980>(8804) not thou with me, Mephibosheth <4648>?
26. And he answered <559>(8799), My lord <113>, O king <4428>, my servant <5650> deceived <7411>(8765) me: for thy servant <5650> said <559>(8804), I will saddle <2280>(8799) me an ass <2543>, that I may ride <7392>(8799) thereon, and go <3212>(8799) to the king <4428>; because thy servant <5650> is lame <6455>.
27. And he hath slandered <7270>(8762) thy servant <5650> unto my lord <113> the king <4428>; but my lord <113> the king <4428> is as an angel <4397> of God <430>: do <6213>(8798) therefore what is good <2896> in thine eyes <5869>.
28. For all of my father's <1> house <1004> were but <3808> dead <4194> men <582> before my lord <113> the king <4428>: yet didst thou set <7896>(8799) thy servant <5650> among them that did eat <398>(8802) at thine own table <7979>. What right <6666> therefore have <3426> I yet to cry <2199>(8800) any more unto the king <4428>?
29. And the king <4428> said <559>(8799) unto him, Why speakest <1696>(8762) thou any more of thy matters <1697>? I have said <559>(8804), Thou and Ziba <6717> divide <2505>(8799) the land <7704>.
30. And Mephibosheth <4648> said <559>(8799) unto the king <4428>, Yea, let him take <3947>(8799) all, forasmuch <310> as <834> my lord <113> the king <4428> is come again <935>(8804) in peace <7965> unto his own house <1004>.
31. And Barzillai <1271> the Gileadite <1569> came down <3381>(8804) from Rogelim <7274>, and went over <5674>(8799) Jordan <3383> with the king <4428>, to conduct <7971>(8763) him over Jordan <3383>.
32. Now Barzillai <1271> was a very <3966> aged <2204>(8804) man, even fourscore <8084> years <8141> old <1121>: and he had provided the king <4428> of sustenance <3557>(8773) while he lay <7871> at Mahanaim <4266>; for he was a very <3966> great <1419> man <376>.
33. And the king <4428> said <559>(8799) unto Barzillai <1271>, Come thou over <5674>(8798) with me, and I will feed <3557>(8773) thee with me in Jerusalem <3389>.
34. And Barzillai <1271> said <559>(8799) unto the king <4428>, How long <3117> have I to live <8141> <2416>, that I should go up <5927>(8799) with the king <4428> unto Jerusalem <3389>?
35. I am this day <3117> fourscore <8084> years <8141> old <1121>: and can I discern <3045>(8799) between good <2896> and evil <7451>? can thy servant <5650> taste <2938>(8799) what <834> I eat <398>(8799) or what <834> I drink <8354>(8799)? can I hear <8085>(8799) any more the voice <6963> of singing men <7891>(8802) and singing women <7891>(8802)? wherefore then should thy servant <5650> be yet a burden <4853> unto my lord <113> the king <4428>?
36. Thy servant <5650> will go <5674> <0> a little way <4592> over <5674>(8799) Jordan <3383> with the king <4428>: and why should the king <4428> recompense <1580>(8799) it me with such a reward <1578>?
37. Let thy servant <5650>, I pray thee, turn back again <7725>(8799), that I may die <4191>(8799) in mine own city <5892>, and be buried by the grave <6913> of my father <1> and of my mother <517>. But behold thy servant <5650> Chimham <3643>; let him go over <5674>(8799) with my lord <113> the king <4428>; and do <6213>(8798) to him what shall seem good <2896> <5869> unto thee.
38. And the king <4428> answered <559>(8799), Chimham <3643> shall go <5674>(8799) over with me, and I will do <6213>(8799) to him that which shall seem good <2896> <5869> unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require <977>(8799) of me, that will I do <6213>(8799) for thee.
39. And all the people <5971> went over <5674>(8799) Jordan <3383>. And when the king <4428> was come over <5674>(8804), the king <4428> kissed <5401>(8799) Barzillai <1271>, and blessed <1288>(8762) him; and he returned <7725>(8799) unto his own place <4725>.
40. Then the king <4428> went on <5674>(8799) to Gilgal <1537>, and Chimham <3643> went on <5674>(8804) with him: and all the people <5971> of Judah <3063> conducted <5674>(8689)(8675) <5674>(8686) the king <4428>, and also half <2677> the people <5971> of Israel <3478>.
41. And, behold, all the men <376> of Israel <3478> came <935>(8802) to the king <4428>, and said <559>(8799) unto the king <4428>, Why have our brethren <251> the men <376> of Judah <3063> stolen thee away <1589>(8804), and have brought <5674>(8686) the king <4428>, and his household <1004>, and all David's <1732> men <582> with him, over Jordan <3383>?
42. And all the men <376> of Judah <3063> answered <6030>(8799) the men <376> of Israel <3478>, Because the king <4428> is near of kin <7138> to us: wherefore then be ye angry <2734>(8804) for this matter <1697>? have we eaten <398>(8804) at all <398>(8800) of the king's <4428> cost? or hath he given <5375>(8765) us any gift <5379>?
43. And the men <376> of Israel <3478> answered <6030>(8799) the men <376> of Judah <3063>, and said <559>(8799), We have ten <6235> parts <3027> in the king <4428>, and we <589> have also more right in David <1732> than ye: why then did ye despise <7043>(8689) us, that our advice <1697> should not be first <7223> had in bringing back <7725>(8687) our king <4428>? And the words <1697> of the men <376> of Judah <3063> were fiercer <7185>(8799) than the words <1697> of the men <376> of Israel <3478>.
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FAITHFUL TO THE END
"Teenage rebellion, sexual immorality, anger, violence - and that's just Christians." So begins an ad on Christian radio for a course on how to counsel people from their problems. But it is also a very sad reflection on the state of people in the church - whatever church - in these last days. In 1 Timothy 4, Paul gave Timothy a list of things to watch out for happening among believers in the last days. Some of those things may be done in secret, but it does happen and we have been warned that it will happen. It was the same when Jeremiah lived in the last days of Judah in the land. The prophets, the men who all the people were looking up to for direction, were prophesying lies by Baal, leading the people astray, committing adultery, strengthening the hands of evildoers and encouraging wickedness.
But we must stay faithful to the Lord and faithful to his word even when everyone around us is going astray. We are living in the last days so let us not get carried away with the crowd and caught out doing evil. Remain faithful and true to the Lord and he will faithfully reward us at the return of Christ.
Robert Prins [Auckland - Pakuranga - (NZ)] Comment added in 2002 Reply to Robert
We have the lesson of both the true shepherd, and the false shepherd being used by the prophet in the opening verses as he points forward to the return of the good shepherd to gather both Judah and Israel from the four corners of the earth.
John Wilson [Toronto West (Can)] Comment added in 2005 Reply to John
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1. Woe <1945> be unto the pastors <7462>(8802) that destroy <6>(8764) and scatter <6327>(8688) the sheep <6629> of my pasture <4830>! saith <5002>(8803) the LORD <3068>.
2. Therefore thus saith <559>(8804) the LORD <3068> God <430> of Israel <3478> against the pastors <7462>(8802) that feed <7462>(8802) my people <5971>; Ye have scattered <6327>(8689) my flock <6629>, and driven them away <5080>(8686), and have not visited <6485>(8804) them: behold, I will visit <6485>(8802) upon you the evil <7455> of your doings <4611>, saith <5002>(8803) the LORD <3068>.
3. And I will gather <6908>(8762) the remnant <7611> of my flock <6629> out of all countries <776> whither I have driven <5080>(8689) them, and will bring them again <7725>(8689) to their folds <5116>; and they shall be fruitful <6509>(8804) and increase <7235>(8804).
4. And I will set up <6965>(8689) shepherds <7462>(8802) over them which shall feed <7462>(8804) them: and they shall fear <3372>(8799) no more, nor be dismayed <2865>(8735), neither shall they be lacking <6485>(8735), saith <5002>(8803) the LORD <3068>.
5. Behold, the days <3117> come <935>(8802), saith <5002>(8803) the LORD <3068>, that I will raise <6965>(8689) unto David <1732> a righteous <6662> Branch <6780>, and a King <4428> shall reign <4427>(8804) and prosper <7919>(8689), and shall execute <6213>(8804) judgment <4941> and justice <6666> in the earth <776>.
6. In his days <3117> Judah <3063> shall be saved <3467>(8735), and Israel <3478> shall dwell <7931>(8799) safely <983>: and this is his name <8034> whereby he shall be called <7121>(8799), THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS <3072>.
7. Therefore, behold, the days <3117> come <935>(8802), saith <5002>(8803) the LORD <3068>, that they shall no more say <559>(8799), The LORD <3068> liveth <2416>, which brought up <5927>(8689) the children <1121> of Israel <3478> out of the land <776> of Egypt <4714>;
8. But, The LORD <3068> liveth <2416>, which brought up <5927>(8689) and which led <935>(8689) the seed <2233> of the house <1004> of Israel <3478> out of the north <6828> country <776>, and from all countries <776> whither I had driven <5080>(8689) them; and they shall dwell <3427>(8804) in their own land <127>.
9. Mine heart <3820> within <7130> me is broken <7665>(8738) because of the prophets <5030>; all my bones <6106> shake <7363>(8804); I am like a drunken <7910> man <376>, and like a man <1397> whom wine <3196> hath overcome <5674>(8804), because <6440> of the LORD <3068>, and because of the words <1697> of his holiness <6944>.
10. For the land <776> is full <4390>(8804) of adulterers <5003>(8764); for because <6440> of swearing <423> the land <776> mourneth <56>(8804); the pleasant places <4999> of the wilderness <4057> are dried up <3001>(8804), and their course <4794> is evil <7451>, and their force <1369> is not right.
11. For both prophet <5030> and priest <3548> are profane <2610>(8804); yea, in my house <1004> have I found <4672>(8804) their wickedness <7451>, saith <5002>(8803) the LORD <3068>.
12. Wherefore their way <1870> shall be unto them as slippery <2519> ways in the darkness <653>: they shall be driven on <1760>(8735), and fall <5307>(8804) therein: for I will bring <935>(8686) evil <7451> upon them, even the year <8141> of their visitation <6486>, saith <5002>(8803) the LORD <3068>.
13. And I have seen <7200>(8804) folly <8604> in the prophets <5030> of Samaria <8111>; they prophesied <5012>(8694) in Baal <1168>, and caused my people <5971> Israel <3478> to err <8582>(8686).
14. I have seen <7200>(8804) also in the prophets <5030> of Jerusalem <3389> an horrible thing <8186>: they commit adultery <5003>(8800), and walk <1980>(8800) in lies <8267>: they strengthen <2388>(8765) also the hands <3027> of evildoers <7489>(8688), that none <376> doth return <7725>(8804) from his wickedness <7451>: they are all of them unto me as Sodom <5467>, and the inhabitants <3427>(8802) thereof as Gomorrah <6017>.
15. Therefore thus saith <559>(8804) the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635> concerning the prophets <5030>; Behold, I will feed <398>(8688) them with wormwood <3939>, and make them drink <8248>(8689) the water <4325> of gall <7219>: for from the prophets <5030> of Jerusalem <3389> is profaneness <2613> gone forth <3318>(8804) into all the land <776>.
16. Thus saith <559>(8804) the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>, Hearken <8085>(8799) not unto the words <1697> of the prophets <5030> that prophesy <5012>(8737) unto you: they make you vain <1891>(8688): they speak <1696>(8762) a vision <2377> of their own heart <3820>, and not out of the mouth <6310> of the LORD <3068>.
17. They say <559>(8802) still <559>(8800) unto them that despise <5006>(8764) me, The LORD <3068> hath said <1696>(8765), Ye shall have peace <7965>; and they say <559>(8804) unto every one that walketh <1980>(8802) after the imagination <8307> of his own heart <3820>, No evil <7451> shall come <935>(8799) upon you.
18. For who hath stood <5975>(8804) in the counsel <5475> of the LORD <3068>, and hath perceived <7200>(8799) and heard <8085>(8799) his word <1697>? who hath marked <7181>(8689) his word <1697>, and heard <8085>(8799) it?
19. Behold, a whirlwind <5591> of the LORD <3068> is gone forth <3318>(8804) in fury <2534>, even a grievous <2342>(8711) whirlwind <5591>: it shall fall grievously <2342>(8799) upon the head <7218> of the wicked <7563>.
20. The anger <639> of the LORD <3068> shall not return <7725>(8799), until he have executed <6213>(8800), and till he have performed <6965>(8687) the thoughts <4209> of his heart <3820>: in the latter <319> days <3117> ye shall consider <995>(8709) it perfectly <998>.
21. I have not sent <7971>(8804) these prophets <5030>, yet they ran <7323>(8804): I have not spoken <1696>(8765) to them, yet they prophesied <5012>(8738).
22. But if they had stood <5975>(8804) in my counsel <5475>, and had caused my people <5971> to hear <8085>(8686) my words <1697>, then they should have turned <7725>(8686) them from their evil <7451> way <1870>, and from the evil <7455> of their doings <4611>.
23. Am I a God <430> at hand <7138>, saith <5002>(8803) the LORD <3068>, and not a God <430> afar off <7350>?
24. Can any <376> hide <5641>(8735) himself in secret places <4565> that I shall not see <7200>(8799) him? saith <5002>(8803) the LORD <3068>. Do not I fill <4392> heaven <8064> and earth <776>? saith <5002>(8803) the LORD <3068>.
25. I have heard <8085>(8804) what the prophets <5030> said <559>(8804), that prophesy <5012>(8737) lies <8267> in my name <8034>, saying <559>(8800), I have dreamed <2492>(8804), I have dreamed <2492>(8804).
26. How long shall this be <3426> in the heart <3820> of the prophets <5030> that prophesy <5012>(8737) lies <8267>? yea, they are prophets <5030> of the deceit <8649> of their own heart <3820>;
27. Which think <2803>(8802) to cause my people <5971> to forget <7911>(8687) my name <8034> by their dreams <2472> which they tell <5608>(8762) every man <376> to his neighbour <7453>, as their fathers <1> have forgotten <7911>(8804) my name <8034> for Baal <1168>.
28. The prophet <5030> that hath a dream <2472>, let him tell <5608>(8762) a dream <2472>; and he that hath my word <1697>, let him speak <1696>(8762) my word <1697> faithfully <571>. What is the chaff <8401> to the wheat <1250>? saith <5002>(8803) the LORD <3068>.
29. Is not my word <1697> like <3541> as a fire <784>? saith <5002>(8803) the LORD <3068>; and like a hammer <6360> that breaketh <6327> <0> the rock <5553> in pieces <6327>(8787)?
30. Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets <5030>, saith <5002>(8803) the LORD <3068>, that steal <1589>(8764) my words <1697> every one <376> from his neighbour <7453>.
31. Behold, I am against the prophets <5030>, saith <5002>(8803) the LORD <3068>, that use <3947>(8802) their tongues <3956>, and say <5001>(8799), He saith <5002>(8803).
32. Behold, I am against them that prophesy <5012>(8737) false <8267> dreams <2472>, saith <5002>(8803) the LORD <3068>, and do tell <5608>(8762) them, and cause my people <5971> to err <8582>(8686) by their lies <8267>, and by their lightness <6350>; yet I sent <7971>(8804) them not, nor commanded <6680>(8765) them: therefore they shall not profit <3276>(8686) this people <5971> at all <3276>(8687), saith <5002>(8803) the LORD <3068>.
33. And when this people <5971>, or the prophet <5030>, or a priest <3548>, shall ask <7592>(8799) thee, saying <559>(8800), What is the burden <4853> of the LORD <3068>? thou shalt then say <559>(8804) unto them, What burden <4853>? I will even forsake <5203>(8804) you, saith <5002>(8803) the LORD <3068>.
34. And as for the prophet <5030>, and the priest <3548>, and the people <5971>, that shall say <559>(8799), The burden <4853> of the LORD <3068>, I will even punish <6485>(8804) that man <376> and his house <1004>.
35. Thus shall ye say <559>(8799) every one <376> to his neighbour <7453>, and every one <376> to his brother <251>, What hath the LORD <3068> answered <6030>(8804)? and, What hath the LORD <3068> spoken <1696>(8765)?
36. And the burden <4853> of the LORD <3068> shall ye mention <2142>(8799) no more: for every man's <376> word <1697> shall be his burden <4853>; for ye have perverted <2015>(8804) the words <1697> of the living <2416> God <430>, of the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635> our God <430>.
37. Thus shalt thou say <559>(8799) to the prophet <5030>, What hath the LORD <3068> answered <6030>(8804) thee? and, What hath the LORD <3068> spoken <1696>(8765)?
38. But <518> since ye say <559>(8799), The burden <4853> of the LORD <3068>; therefore thus saith <559>(8804) the LORD <3068>; Because ye say <559>(8800) this word <1697>, The burden <4853> of the LORD <3068>, and I have sent <7971>(8799) unto you, saying <559>(8800), Ye shall not say <559>(8799), The burden <4853> of the LORD <3068>;
39. Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly <5377>(8800) forget <5382>(8804) you, and I will forsake <5203>(8804) you, and the city <5892> that I gave <5414>(8804) you and your fathers <1>, and cast you out of my presence <6440>:
40. And I will bring <5414>(8804) an everlasting <5769> reproach <2781> upon you, and a perpetual <5769> shame <3640>, which shall not be forgotten <7911>(8735).
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CH.11 One thing that we must not overlook as we read this account of the olive tree, is that there is only one olive tree. The olive tree represents both Jew and Gentile: Bond and free: Male and female. There is no national difference, no social difference, no sexual difference; we all share the same hope; The Hope of Israel; Heirs of the promises made to Abraham.
John Wilson [Toronto West (Can)] Comment added in 2006 Reply to John
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1. Brethren <80>, my <1699> heart's <2588> desire <2107> and <2532> prayer <1162> to <4314> God <2316> for <5228> Israel <2474> is <2076>(5748), that <3303> <1519> they might be saved <4991>.
2. For <1063> I bear <3140> <0> them <846> record <3140>(5719) that <3754> they have <2192>(5719) a zeal <2205> of God <2316>, but <235> not <3756> according <2596> to knowledge <1922>.
3. For <1063> they being ignorant <50>(5723) of God's <2316> righteousness <1343>, and <2532> going about <2212>(5723) to establish <2476>(5658) their own <2398> righteousness <1343>, have <5293> <0> not <3756> submitted themselves <5293>(5648) unto the righteousness <1343> of God <2316>.
4. For <1063> Christ <5547> is the end <5056> of the law <3551> for <1519> righteousness <1343> to every one <3956> that believeth <4100>(5723).
5. For <1063> Moses <3475> describeth <1125>(5719) the righteousness <1343> which <3588> is of <1537> the law <3551>, That <3754> the man <444> which doeth <4160>(5660) those things <846> shall live <2198>(5695) by <1722> them <846>.
6. But <1161> the righteousness <1343> which is of <1537> faith <4102> speaketh <3004>(5719) on this wise <3779>, Say <2036>(5632) not <3361> in <1722> thine <4675> heart <2588>, Who <5101> shall ascend <305>(5695) into <1519> heaven <3772>? (that <5124> is <5123>(5748), to bring <2609> <0> Christ <5547> down <2609>(5629) from above:)
7. Or <2228>, Who <5101> shall descend <2597>(5695) into <1519> the deep <12>? (that <5124> is <5123>(5748), to bring up <321> <0> Christ <5547> again <321>(5629) from <1537> the dead <3498>.)
8. But <235> what <5101> saith it <3004>(5719)? The word <4487> is <2076>(5748) nigh <1451> thee <4675>, even in <1722> thy <4675> mouth <4750>, and <2532> in <1722> thy <4675> heart <2588>: that <5124> is <5123>(5748), the word <4487> of faith <4102>, which <3739> we preach <2784>(5719);
9. That <3754> if <1437> thou shalt confess <3670>(5661) with <1722> thy <4675> mouth <4750> the Lord <2962> Jesus <2424>, and <2532> shalt believe <4100>(5661) in <1722> thine <4675> heart <2588> that <3754> God <2316> hath raised <1453>(5656) him <846> from <1537> the dead <3498>, thou shalt be saved <4982>(5701).
10. For <1063> with the heart <2588> man believeth <4100>(5743) unto <1519> righteousness <1343>; and <1161> with the mouth <4750> confession is made <3670>(5743) unto <1519> salvation <4991>.
11. For <1063> the scripture <1124> saith <3004>(5719), Whosoever <3956> believeth <4100>(5723) on <1909> him <846> shall <2617> <0> not <3756> be ashamed <2617>(5701).
12. For <1063> there is <2076>(5748) no <3756> difference <1293> between <5037> the Jew <2453> and <2532> the Greek <1672>: for <1063> the same <846> Lord <2962> over all <3956> is rich <4147>(5723) unto <1519> all <3956> that call upon <1941>(5734) him <846>.
13. For <3956> <1063> whosoever <3739> <302> shall call upon <1941>(5672) the name <3686> of the Lord <2962> shall be saved <4982>(5701).
14. How <4459> then <3767> shall they call on <1941>(5698) him in <1519> whom <3739> they have <4100> <0> not <3756> believed <4100>(5656)? and <1161> how <4459> shall they believe in <4100>(5692) him of whom <3739> they have <191> <0> not <3756> heard <191>(5656)? and <1161> how <4459> shall they hear <191>(5692) without <5565> a preacher <2784>(5723)?
15. And <1161> how <4459> shall they preach <2784>(5692), except <3362> they be sent <649>(5652)? as <2531> it is written <1125>(5769), How <5613> <3739> beautiful <5611> are the feet of them <4228> that preach the gospel <2097>(5734) of peace <1515>, and bring glad tidings <2097>(5734) of good things <18>!
16. But <235> they have <5219> <0> not <3756> all <3956> obeyed <5219>(5656) the gospel <2098>. For <1063> Esaias <2268> saith <3004>(5719), Lord <2962>, who <5101> hath believed <4100>(5656) our <2257> report <189>?
17. So then <686> faith <4102> cometh by <1537> hearing <189>, and <1161> hearing <189> by <1223> the word <4487> of God <2316>.
18. But <235> I say <3004>(5719), Have <191> <0> they not <3378> heard <191>(5656)? Yes verily <3304>, their <846> sound <5353> went <1831>(5627) into <1519> all <3956> the earth <1093>, and <2532> their <846> words <4487> unto <1519> the ends <4009> of the world <3625>.
19. But <235> I say <3004>(5719), Did <1097> <0> not <3378> Israel <2474> know <1097>(5627)? First <4413> Moses <3475> saith <3004>(5719), I <1473> will provoke <3863> <0> you <5209> to jealousy <3863>(5692) by <1909> them that are no <3756> people <1484>, and by <1909> a foolish <801> nation <1484> I will anger <3949>(5692) you <5209>.
20. But <1161> Esaias <2268> is very bold <662>(5719), and <2532> saith <3004>(5719), I was found <2147>(5681) of them that sought <2212>(5723) me <1691> not <3361>; I was made <1096>(5633) manifest <1717> unto them that asked <1905> <0> not <3361> after <1905>(5723) me <1691>.
21. But <1161> to <4314> Israel <2474> he saith <3004>(5719), All <3650> day long <2250> I have stretched forth <1600>(5656) my <3450> hands <5495> unto <4314> a disobedient <544>(5723) and <2532> gainsaying <483>(5723) people <2992>.
1. I say <3004>(5719) then <3767>, <3361> Hath <683> <0> God <2316> cast away <683>(5662) his <848> people <2992>? God forbid <3361> <1096>(5636). For <1063> I <1473> also <2532> am <1510>(5748) an Israelite <2475>, of <1537> the seed <4690> of Abraham <11>, of the tribe <5443> of Benjamin <958>.
2. God <2316> hath <683> <0> not <3756> cast away <683>(5662) his <848> people <2992> which <3739> he foreknew <4267>(5656). <2228> Wot ye <1492>(5758) not <3756> what <5101> the scripture <1124> saith <3004>(5719) of <1722> Elias <2243>? how <5613> he maketh intercession <1793>(5719) to God <2316> against <2596> Israel <2474>, saying <3004>(5723),
3. Lord <2962>, they have killed <615>(5656) thy <4675> prophets <4396>, and <2532> digged down <2679>(5656) thine <4675> altars <2379>; and I <2504> am left <5275>(5681) alone <3441>, and <2532> they seek <2212>(5719) my <3450> life <5590>.
4. But <235> what <5101> saith <3004>(5719) the answer of God <5538> unto him <846>? I have reserved <2641>(5627) to myself <1683> seven thousand <2035> men <435>, who <3748> have <2578> <0> not <3756> bowed <2578>(5656) the knee <1119> to the image of Baal <896>.
5. Even so <3779> then <3767> at <1722> this present <3568> time <2540> also <2532> there is <1096>(5754) a remnant <3005> according <2596> to the election <1589> of grace <5485>.
6. And <1161> if <1487> by grace <5485>, then is it no more <2089> <3765> of <1537> works <2041>: otherwise <1893> grace <5485> is <1096>(5736) no more <2089> <3765> grace <5485>. But <1161> if <1487> it be of <1537> works <2041>, then is it <2076>(5748) no more <2089> <3765> grace <5485>: otherwise <1893> work <2041> is <2076>(5748) no more <2089> <3765> work <2041>.
7. What <5101> then <3767>? Israel <2474> hath <2013> <0> not <3756> obtained <2013>(5627) that <5127> which <3739> he seeketh for <1934>(5719); but <1161> the election <1589> hath obtained it <2013>(5627), and <1161> the rest <3062> were blinded <4456>(5681)
8. (According as <2531> it is written <1125>(5769), God <2316> hath given <1325>(5656) them <846> the spirit <4151> of slumber <2659>, eyes <3788> that they should <991> <0> not <3361> see <991>(5721), and <2532> ears <3775> that they should <191> <0> not <3361> hear <191>(5721);) unto <2193> this <4594> day <2250>.
9. And <2532> David <1138> saith <3004>(5719), Let <1096> <0> their <846> table <5132> be made <1096>(5676) a snare <1519> <3803>, and <2532> a trap <1519> <2339>, and <2532> a stumblingblock <1519> <4625>, and <2532> a recompence <1519> <468> unto them <846>:
10. Let <4654> <0> their <846> eyes <3788> be darkened <4654>(5682), that they may <991> <0> not <3361> see <991>(5721), and <2532> bow down <4781>(5657) their <846> back <3577> alway <1275>.
11. I say <3004>(5719) then <3767>, <3361> Have they stumbled <4417>(5656) that <2443> they should fall <4098>(5632)? God forbid <3361> <1096>(5636): but <235> rather through their <846> fall <3900> salvation <4991> is come unto the Gentiles <1484>, for to <1519> provoke <3863> <0> them <846> to jealousy <3863>(5658).
12. Now <1161> if <1487> the fall <3900> of them <846> be the riches <4149> of the world <2889>, and <2532> the diminishing <2275> of them <846> the riches <4149> of the Gentiles <1484>; how <4214> much more <3123> their <846> fulness <4138>?
13. For <1063> I speak <3004>(5719) to you <5213> Gentiles <1484>, inasmuch as <1909> <3745> <3303> I <1473> am <1510>(5748) the apostle <652> of the Gentiles <1484>, I magnify <1392>(5719) mine <3450> office <1248>:
14. If by any means <1513> <4458> I may provoke to emulation <3863>(5661) them which are my <3450> flesh <4561>, and <2532> might save <4982>(5661) some <5100> of <1537> them <846>.
15. For <1063> if <1487> the casting away <580> of them <846> be the reconciling <2643> of the world <2889>, what <5101> shall the receiving <4356> of them be, but <1508> life <2222> from <1537> the dead <3498>?
16. For <1161> if <1487> the firstfruit <536> be holy <40>, the lump <5445> is also <2532> holy: and <2532> if <1487> the root <4491> be holy <40>, so <2532> are the branches <2798>.
17. And <1161> if some <1536> of the branches <2798> be broken off <1575>(5681), and <1161> thou <4771>, being <5607>(5752) a wild olive tree <65>, wert graffed in <1461>(5681) among <1722> them <846>, and <2532> with <4791> <0> them <1096>(5633) partakest <4791> of the root <4491> and <2532> fatness <4096> of the olive tree <1636>;
18. Boast <2620> <0> not <3361> against <2620>(5737) the branches <2798>. But <1161> if <1487> thou boast <2620>(5736), thou <4771> bearest <941>(5719) not <3756> the root <4491>, but <235> the root <4491> thee <4571>.
19. Thou wilt say <2046>(5692) then <3767>, The branches <2798> were broken off <1575>(5681), that <2443> I <1473> might be graffed in <1461>(5686).
20. Well <2573>; because of unbelief <570> they were broken off <1575>(5681), and <1161> thou <4771> standest <2476>(5758) by faith <4102>. Be <5309> <0> not <3361> highminded <5309>(5720), but <235> fear <5399>(5732)(5737):
21. For <1063> if <1487> God <2316> spared <5339>(5662) not <3756> the natural <5449> branches <2798> <2596>, take heed lest <4458> <3381> <0> he <5339> <0> also <3381> spare <5339>(5667) not <3761> thee <4675>.
22. Behold <1492>(5657) therefore <3767> the goodness <5544> and <2532> severity <663> of God <2316>: on <1909> them which fell <4098>(5631) <3303>, severity <663>; but <1161> toward <1909> thee <4571>, goodness <5544>, if <1437> thou continue <1961>(5661) in his goodness <5544>: otherwise <1893> thou <4771> also <2532> shalt be cut off <1581>(5691).
23. And <1161> they <1565> also <2532>, if <3362> <0> they abide <1961>(5661) not <3362> still in unbelief <570>, shall be graffed in <1461>(5701): for <1063> God <2316> is <2076>(5748) able <1415> to graff <1461> <0> them <846> in <1461>(5658) again <3825>.
24. For <1063> if <1487> thou <4771> wert cut <1581>(5648) out of <1537> the olive tree which is wild <65> by <2596> nature <5449>, and <2532> wert graffed <1461>(5681) contrary to <3844> nature <5449> into <1519> a good olive tree <2565>: how much <4214> more <3123> shall these <3778>, which be the natural <2596> <5449> branches, be graffed into <1461>(5701) their own <2398> olive tree <1636>?
25. For <1063> I would <2309>(5719) not <3756>, brethren <80>, that ye <5209> should be ignorant <50>(5721) of this <5124> mystery <3466>, lest <3363> ye should be <5600>(5753) wise <5429> in <3844> your own conceits <1438>; that <3754> blindness <4457> in <575> part <3313> is happened <1096>(5754) to Israel <2474>, until <891> <3739> the fulness <4138> of the Gentiles <1484> be come in <1525>(5632).
26. And <2532> so <3779> all <3956> Israel <2474> shall be saved <4982>(5701): as <2531> it is written <1125>(5769), There shall come <2240>(5692) out of <1537> Sion <4622> the Deliverer <4506>(5740), and <2532> shall turn away <654>(5692) ungodliness <763> from <575> Jacob <2384>:
27. For <2532> this <3778> is my <3844> <1700> covenant <1242> unto them <846>, when <3752> I shall take away <851>(5643) their <846> sins <266>.
28. As concerning <2596> <3303> the gospel <2098>, they are enemies <2190> for your sakes <1223> <5209>: but <1161> as touching <2596> the election <1589>, they are beloved <27> for <1223> <0> the fathers <3962>' sakes <1223>.
29. For <1063> the gifts <5486> and <2532> calling <2821> of God <2316> are without repentance <278>.
30. For <1063> as <5618> <2532> ye <5210> in times past <4218> have not believed <544>(5656) God <2316>, yet <1161> have <1653> <0> now <3568> obtained mercy <1653>(5681) through <5130> their unbelief <543>:
31. Even so <3779> have <544> <0> these <3778> also <2532> now <3568> not believed <544>(5656), that <2443> through your <5212> mercy <1656> they <846> also <2532> may obtain mercy <1653>(5686).
32. For <1063> God <2316> hath concluded <4788>(5656) them all <3956> in <1519> unbelief <543>, that <2443> he might have mercy <1653>(5661) upon all <3956>.
33. O <5599> the depth <899> of the riches <4149> both <2532> of the wisdom <4678> and <2532> knowledge <1108> of God <2316>! how <5613> unsearchable <419> are his <846> judgments <2917>, and <2532> his <846> ways <3598> past finding out <421>!
34. For <1063> who <5101> hath known <1097>(5627) the mind <3563> of the Lord <2962>? or <2228> who <5101> hath been <1096>(5633) his counsellor <4825>?
35. Or <2228> who <5101> hath first given <4272>(5656) to him <846>, and <2532> it shall be recompensed <467> <0> unto him <846> again <467>(5701)?
36. For <3754> of <1537> him <846>, and <2532> through <1223> him <846>, and <2532> to <1519> him <846>, are all things <3956>: to whom <846> be glory <1391> for <1519> ever <165>. Amen <281>.