Will [ a man] leave
5800 {5800} Primeעָזַב`azab{aw-zab'}
A primitive root; to loosen, that is, relinquish, permit, etc.
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
the snow
7950 {7950} Primeשֶׁלֶגsheleg{sheh'-leg}
From H7949; snow (probably from its whiteness).
of
Lævänôn
לְבָנוֹן
3844 {3844} PrimeלְבָנוֹןL@banown{leb-aw-nohn'}
From H3825; (the) white mountain (from its snow); Lebanon, a mountain range in Palestine.
[ which cometh] from the rock
6697 {6697} Primeצוּרtsuwr{tsoor}
From H6696; properly a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally a rock or boulder; figuratively a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous).
x4480 (4480) Complementמִןmin{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
of the field?
7704 {7704} Primeשָׂדֶהsadeh{saw-deh'}
From an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat).
[ or] shall the cold
7119 {7119} Primeקַרqar{kar}
Contracted from an unused root meaning to chill; cool; figuratively quiet.
flowing
5140 {5140} Primeנזלnazal{naw-zal'}
A primitive root; to drip, or shed by trickling.
z8802 <8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Participle Active (See H8814) Count - 5386
waters
4325 {4325} Primeמַיִםmayim{mah'-yim}
Dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively juice; by euphemism urine, semen.
that come from another place
2114 {2114} Primeזוּרzuwr{zoor}
A primitive root; to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery.
z8801 <8801> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Participle (See H8813) Count - 309
be forsaken?
5428 {5428} Primeנָתַשׁnathash{naw-thash'}
A primitive root; to tear away.
z8735 <8735> Grammar
Stem - Niphal (See H8833) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 1602 |
Jeremiah 18:14
_ _ Is there any man (living near it) who would leave the snow of Lebanon (that is, the cool melted snow water of Lebanon, as he presently explains), which cometh from the rock of the field (a poetical name for Lebanon, which towers aloft above the surrounding field, or comparatively plain country)? None. Yet Israel forsakes Jehovah, the living fountain close at hand, for foreign broken cisterns. Jeremiah 17:13; Jeremiah 2:13, accord with English Version here. Maurer translates, “Shall the snow of Lebanon cease from the rock to water (literally, ‘forsake’) My fields” (the whole land around being peculiarly Jehovah’s)? Lebanon means the “white mountain”; so called from the perpetual snow which covers that part called Hermon, stretching northeast of Palestine.
_ _ that come from another place — that come from far, namely, from the distant lofty rocks of Lebanon. Henderson translates, “the compressed waters,” namely, contracted within a narrow channel while descending through the gorges of the rocks; “flowing” may in this view be rather “flowing down” (Song of Songs 4:15). But the parallelism in English Version is better, “which cometh from the rock,” “that cometh from another place.”
_ _ be forsaken — answering to the parallel, “Will a man leave,” etc. Maurer translates, “dry up,” or “fail” (Isaiah 19:5); the sense thus being, Will nature ever turn aside from its fixed course? The “cold waters” (compare Proverbs 25:25) refer to the perennial streams, fed from the partial melting of the snow in the hot weather. |
Jeremiah 18:14
Of Lebanon — Lebanon had rocks, and also fruitful valleys; snow fell upon these rocks, and upon a thaw ran down into the lower places. Reason teaches men not to forsake a greater good for a less, tho' that greater good was but a poor creature comfort, not to be compared with God. |
Jeremiah 18:14
Will [a man] leave the snow of Lebanon [which cometh] from the rock of the field? (d) [or] shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken?
(d) As no man that has thirst refuses fresh waters which he has at home, to go and seek waters abroad to quench his thirst: so they should not seek help and comfort from strangers and leave God who was present with them. |
- Will:
John 6:68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
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- the snow:
- etc. or, my fields for a rock, or for the snow of Lebanon? shall the running waters be forsaken for the strange cold waters? Parkhurst renders, "Will the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? Or will the issuing cold flowing waters (from that mountain namely) be exhausted?" (See Targ., LXX, and Vulg.) No more could I fail my people if they trusted in me. (Compare
Jeremiah 2:13 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.
.) Maundrell says, "The chief benefit the mountain of Lebanon serves for, is, that by its exceeding height, it proves a conservatory for abundance of snow, which thawing in the heat of summer, affords supplies of water to the rivers and fountains in the valleys below."
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