Jeremiah
Chapter
2 {Continued}
{Verses
23-24: Operation Strap-On 'Who ME Lord?'
Lying to the Lord}
{Case
of the Fiddle Footed Filly Camel in Heat}
23~~HOW
can you say {sarcastic},
I
am not unclean {after their soapy bath},
I
have not chased after Baalim?
{idolatry - plural - all aspects of the Phallic Cult's worship of
Baal -
usually 3 idols involved}?
'take
a look'/study your way in the valley
{valley of Hinnom outside Jerusalem - their worst place of idolatry
with orgies during human sacrifices burning in a furnace - it was so
bad, they finally called it Ge-hinnom, which became gehenna - a
name for hell'},
and
know what you
have
manufactured {out of negative volition} {'asah}.
{Illustration}
You
move swiftly {in the direction of a lust - something you want}
like
a female camel in heat . . .
crisscrossing
her ways {to mate with all the male camels she can};
{Note: In a caravan, when a young female camel goes in heat, she goes from one male to another and messes up all the camels in the caravan - all the male camels. This is an illustration of what the Jews are doing. They are upsetting everything to run to satisfy their lust - mainly of fornication (sex in connection with false worship) here.}
{Two
Insatiable Nymphomaniacs - One on Four Legs and One on Two Legs}
24~~{Quadruped
first} Like a wild she-ass
accustomed
to the desert {used to roaming free},
that
in her uncontrollable sexual lust pants at the wind
{she
is in heat - panting from her insatiable desire and
sniffing the wind for the scent of a male-ass}.
{Now
the biped - analogy moves to a nymphomaniac}
In
her
{ta'anah word only used referring to a human female}
sexual
lust
{frustrated by not having her RM; sublimates in sex with anyone}
who
shall satisfy it {her strong sexual craving}?
{only her RM can! And for Judea that would be Jesus Christ as God
of Israel}
All
they that choose her {copulation}
shall
fatigue themselves
{Wrong man can NOT satisfy - will wear themselves out -
in analogy 'no false idol will satisfy the need for their Right God'};
Yet,
in her month
{at her point of strong lust}
they
always acquire her
{wave of insatiability - the nympho goes through periods of strong
lust - she becomes a sexual slave of all men that come to her}.
{Note: A female camel in heat is bad, but a she-ass in heat is worse. She has no baggage on her back (like kids or a husband!). So she is loose and 'fancy free'. The female ass in heat is used as an analogy for a promiscuous woman who does not have her RM and becomes sexually frustrated and sleeps with anyone. She is never satisfied. And, in idolatry, Judea will always be frustrated without their Right God.}
{Right
Woman angry at her Right Man - Reverse Process Reversionism}
25~~Refuse/withhold
your foot
from
being unshod {don't sublimate with fornication},
and
your throat from thirst {don't sublimate with alcohol}
but
you said, " 'I am despondent'/'There is no hope'
{no right man/right woman relationship because of mental attitude
sins}
No,
for I have loved
'those
{many lovers/idols}
who
have turned out to be loathsome/nauseous',
and
after them will I go
{expression of no improvement (good change) in her volitional
choices}."
{Note: When a Right Woman is angry with her Right Man, many times she from her own volition decides to make him pay by doing exactly what she knows will hurt him the most - adultery usually works! This is called 'reverse process reversionism'. Under RPR, you hurt the one you love and are upset with. Analogy is still RM/RW to demonstrate what Judea is doing to their Right God - turning to spiritual adultery. It destroys their relationship.}
{Verses
26-27: New Illustration - Parallel but Objective - Mortified Thief}
26-27~~As
the thief . . .
'is
ashamed'/'shame/confusion/disgrace' {bosheth}
when
he is found,
so
is the house of Israel is ashamed {yabesh};
they
{people},
their
kings {last 4 kings before the 5th cycle of discipline},
their
princes
{men who administer and rule under the kings - judges police chief,
etc.},
and
their priests
{spiritual leadership - communicators of written Word},
and
their prophets
{communicators of spoken Word (while gift still active -
prophet was temporary gift and ended in the Church Age)}, 27~~
saying
to a piece of wood {a wooden idol},
you
. . . {are} my father;
and
to a stone {used in false worship also},
you
have brought me forth
{are the source of their origin - owe their life and being to the
stone!};
for
they have turned their back unto Me
{negative volition to RM/God},
and
not their face
{no positive volition to RM/God and so void of doctrine in their soul,
they attribute their very being to false gods!}.
But
in the time of their trouble
they
{Jews in distress} will say,
Get
out of bed
{implying God was asleep! Putting the blame on God! haha}
and
cause us to be delivered/saved
{and this is an order/demand!}.
{Note: Bosheth here is a noun and has 4 meaning. All are applicable here. 1) Shame is the attitude of believer minus doctrine, no occupation with Christ and he falls apart - and has shame. Confusion describes how he feels when he is caught. Disgrace is the feeling similar to the woman caught in adultery. Bosheth is also used for 'idol'. Here it represents the frustration that comes to idol worshipers.}
{Sanctified
Sarcasm}
28~~"But
where are your elohiym/gods {plural - false gods}
that
you have manufactured ?
{out of negative volition and wood or stone - 'asah}
Let
them get up out of bed,
if
they can save you in the time of your trouble.
For
the number of your cities
is
the number of your gods/elohiym, O Judah."
{Verses
29-30: Apostasy's Self-Inflicted Misery}
29-30~~"Therefore,
why do you complain against Me?
You
all have transgressed against Me! ",
said
the Jehovah/God. 30~~
"In
vain/meaninglessness,
I
have disciplined your children;
they
received no correction.
Your
own sword {their means of defense given by God}
has
devoured your prophets,
like
a destroying lion."
{First
of 6 Oracles in the Reign of Josiah}
31~~
O race that you are {Jews}!
'Concentrate
on'/Study the Word of the Jehovah/God!
{solution to all of life's problems - Study His Word}
Am
I {God} boring to Israel (?)
{idiom - literally - 'Have I become desolate/dull/boring . . .?
sanctified sarcasm - the first sign of apostasy -
is the Word of God boring to you?}
{Israel}
a land of 'thick darkness'?
For
what reason then do My people say,
'We
keep on roving
{wandering around in searching for a different god},
we
will not come again to You any more?'
32~~"Can
a virgin/'girl being courted by her right man' {b@thuwlah}
forget
her 'gifts of love/ornaments/jewelry'?
{`adiy - courting trinkets - love tokens - the concept here is
'past gifts from God, given by His grace},
Or
a bride {forget}
her
'ornamental wedding girdle'? {qishshur}
Yet
My people
{the 'right woman' of God/ the virgin then bride of God here}
have
forgotten Me days without telling."
{Note: The qishshur was a 'belt' worn around the middle of a bride. It gave the wedding robe style and all brides wore a version of these 'ornamental belts/girdles'}
{Malfunction
of Love}
33~~"How
good/nice you make your way . . .
to
strive to gain love.
{more sanctified sarcasm - Jews are trying to 'gain love' through
idolatry . . . only through the study of His Word can you have the
capacity to have true love}
Therefore
you have actually trained/accustomed
your
ways to a principal of evil!
{the more you try to find happiness outside of love for God, the
more your frustration becomes. There is no substitute for the
intake of the Word of God.}
{Verses
34:37: Result of Judea's Unfaithfulness to God - Effect on the Land
and Individuals}
34
~"Also on the shirts of your robes
{of those in authority - i.e. judges}
is
discovered the blood of the lives/souls
{nephesh - the 'soul' or 'life essence'}
of
the innocent/pious, oppressed ones.
You have not apprehended them of law breaking.
{Note: Jeremiah is saying, 'but by reason of all of this idolatry your flowing robes are stained with the blood of innocent people, while those who are guilty of crime go free - not charged with murder. In fact, there came a time that if you did NOT get involved in the idolatry and human sacrifice, then YOU became the sacrifice. They killed grace oriented people who loved the Lord.}
{Self-justification}
35
~ "You say,
"Because
I am innocent, surely His anger has turned from me?
{Who ME Lord? They are saying to Jeremiah . . .
if God was angry would we still be here?}
Now
I Myself
{God speaking through Jeremiah}
will
judge you
because
you have said,
"I
have not sinned {taken the wrong path}."
{Judgment
Already Underway - Disastrous Foreign Policy}
36
~ "Why do you depart/go impetuously after Egypt
to
change your foreign policy?
{They depend upon their idols for help from the inside . . .
and Egypt from the outside - disregarding warning in
Isaiah. 30:1-3; Is. 31:1-4}
But
you will be ashamed of Egypt
as
you were put to shame by Assyria."
{Conclusion}
37~
"Yes, from there {Egypt}
also
you will come away with your hands on your head
{gesture both of slavery and of grieving/morning}.
For
the Lord, has rejected your confidences
{their confidence in idols and Egypt to protect them}
and
you will never prosper/'find happiness' {tsalach} in them."
{Note: Tsalach means never have happiness, or prosper.}
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