Jer 14:19-22 | Clarke | STEP | Verse 19 We looked for peace - We expected prosperity when Josiah purged the land of idolatry. And there is no good - For we have relapsed into our former ways.

Jeremiah 14:19-22

Verse 19

We looked for peace - We expected prosperity when Josiah purged the land of idolatry.

And there is no good - For we have relapsed into our former ways. Verse 20

We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness - This the prophet did in behalf of the people; but, alas! they did not join him. Verse 21

Do not disgrace the throne of thy glory - The temple. Let not this sacred place be profaned by impious and sacrilegious hands.

Break not thy covenant - See Exo 24:7, Exo 24:8; Exo 19:5. They had already broken the covenant, and they wish God to fulfill his part. They ceased to be his people, for they abandoned themselves to idolatry; and yet they wished Jehovah to be their Lord; to defend, support, and fill them with all good things! But when the conditions of a covenant are broken by one of the contracting parties, the other party is not bound; and the covenant is necessarily annulled. Verse 22

Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles - Probably the dearth was now coming, as there had been a long want of rain. It was the prerogative of the true God to give rain and send showers at the prayers of his people.

Therefore we will wait upon thee - If thou do not undertake for us, we must be utterly ruined.