《Treasury of Scripture Knowledge – Jeremiah (Vol. 1)》(R. A. Torrey )
Commentator
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge was, and still is, a Bible reference work first published around 1830, created by the London publisher Samuel Bagster (1772-1851). It is a set of cross-references. That is, it consists entirely of a book-length listing of cross-references, showing only the chapter and verse citations with no accompanying text. About the size of a complete Bible, the TSK is also organized like a Bible, beginning at Genesis and ending at Revelation. Each verse of the Bible is cross-referenced to several others to enable the reader to gain a true sense of each word and phrase as it is used in the Bible.
· 800,000 cross-references, listing verses that illustrate how words and phrases are used elsewhere in the Bible.
· Helps the reader interpret Scripture with Scripture.
· Brief chapter summaries.
· Dates and other notes.
But the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is usually described as being the work of R. A. Torrey. Most editions you can buy these days have Torrey's name on the cover, and sometimes in the title: R. A. Torrey's Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. According to commen knowledge, Torrey did not specifically try to claim authorship of the reference book, but he did become one of its chief promoters, and as his own fame rose, his endorsement of the book mattered to more and more people. Inevitably his name ended up on the cover. But if you read his introduction to the book, often printed inside, you see that he describes having first encountered it "some twenty years ago."
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00 Introduction
01 Chapter 1
Introduction
1 / The time,4 / and the calling of Jeremiah.
11 / His prophetical visions of an almond rod and a seething pot.
15 / His heavy message against Judah.
17 / God encourages him with his promise of assistance.
Verse 1
The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
words
2 Chronicles 36:21; Isaiah 1:1; 2:1; Amos 1:1; 7:10
of the priests
Ezekiel 1:3
in Anathoth
11:21; 32:7-9; Joshua 21:17,18; 1 Chronicles 6:60
Verse 2
To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
the word
4,11; 1 Kings 13:20; Hosea 1:1; Jonah 1:1; Micah 1:1
in the days
2 Kings 21:25,26; 22:1-23; 2 Chronicles 34:1-35
Verse 3
It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
It came also
25:1-3; 26:1-24; 35:1-36; 2 Kings 24:1-9; 2 Chronicles 36:5-8
unto the end
21:1-22; 28:1-29; 34:1-22; 37:1-39; 52:1-34; 2 Kings 24:17-20; 2 Kings 25:1-30; 2 Chronicles 36:11-21
in the fifth
52:12,15; 2 Kings 25:8; Zechariah 7:5; 8:19
Verse 4
Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
the word
2; Ezekiel 1:3; 3:16
Verse 5
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
Before I
Psalms 71:5,6; Isaiah 49:1,5; Luke 1:76; Galatians 1:15,16
I knew
Exodus 33:12,17; Romans 8:29; 2 Timothy 2:19-21
and before
Luke 1:15,41; Romans 1:1
and I ordained
Heb. and I gave.
Ephesians 1:22; 4:11,12
Verse 6
Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
Ah, Lord
4:10; 14:13; 32:17
I cannot
Exodus 4:1,10-16; 6:12,30; Isaiah 6:5
for I am
1 Kings 3:7-9
Verse 7
But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
for thou shalt
17,18; Exodus 7:1,2; Numbers 22:20,38; 1 Kings 22:14; 2 Chronicles 18:13; Ezekiel 2:3-5; Ezekiel 3:17-21,27; Matthew 28:20; Mark 16:15,16; Acts 20:27
Verse 8
Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
not afraid
17; Isaiah 51:7,12; Ezekiel 2:6,7; 3:8,9; Matthew 10:26; Luke 12:4,5; Acts 4:13,29; Ephesians 6:20
for I am
15:20,21; 20:11; Exodus 3:12; Deuteronomy 31:6,8; Joshua 1:5,9; Isaiah 43:2; Matthew 28:20; Acts 7:9,10; 18:10; 26:17; 2 Corinthians 1:8-10; 2 Timothy 4:17,18; Hebrews 13:5,6
Verse 9
Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
and touched
Exodus 4:11,12; Isaiah 6:6,7; 49:2; 50:4; Luke 21:15
Behold
5:14; Exodus 4:15,16; Isaiah 51:16; Ezekiel 3:10; Matthew 10:19; Luke 12:12
Verse 10
See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
I have
25:15-27; 27:2-7; 46:1-51; 1 Kings 17:1; Revelation 11:3-6
to root out
18:7-9; 1 Kings 19:17; Ezekiel 32:18; 43:3; Amos 3:7; Zechariah 1:6; 2 Corinthians 10:4,5; Revelation 19:19-21
to build
18:9; 24:6; 31:4,5,28; Isaiah 44:26-28; Ezekiel 36:36; Amos 9:11
Verse 11
Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.
what seest thou
Amos 7:8; 8:2; Zechariah 4:2; 5:2
I see a rod
Numbers 17:8; Ezekiel 7:10
Verse 12
Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.
Thou hast
Deuteronomy 5:28; 18:17; Luke 10:28; 20:39
I will
39:1-18; 52:1-34; Deuteronomy 32:35; Ezekiel 12:22,23,25,28; Amos 8:2
Verse 13
And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north.
the second time
Genesis 41:32; 2 Corinthians 13:1,2
I see
Ezekiel 11:3,7; 24:3-14
toward the north
Heb. from the face of the north.
Verse 14
Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
Out of
4:6; 6:1,22; 10:22; 31:8; 46:20; 50:9,41; Isaiah 41:25; Ezekiel 1:4
break forth
Heb. be opened.
Verse 15
For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.
I will call
5:15; 6:22; 10:22,25; 25:9,28,31,32
and they
39:3; 43:10; Isaiah 22:7
and against
4:16; 9:11; 33:10; 34:22; 44:6; Deuteronomy 28:49-53; Lamentations 5:11
Verse 16
And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.
And I
4:12,28; 5:9,29; Ezekiel 24:14; Joel 2:11; Matthew 23:35,36
who have
2:13,17; 15:6; 16:11; 17:13; 19:4; Deuteronomy 28:20; 31:16; Joshua 24:20; 2 Kings 22:17; 2 Chronicles 7:19; 15:2; 34:25
and have
7:9; 11:12,17; 44:17; Isaiah 65:3; Ezekiel 8:9-11; Hosea 11:2
worshipped
10:8,9,15; 51:17; Isaiah 2:8; 37:19; 44:15; Hosea 8:6; Acts 7:41
Verse 17
Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.
gird up
1 Kings 18:46; 2 Kings 4:29; 9:1; Job 38:3; Luke 12:35; 1 Peter 1:13
and speak
7; 23:28; Exodus 7:2; Ezekiel 3:10,11; Jonah 3:2; Acts 20:20,27
be not
8; 17:18; Exodus 3:12; Ezekiel 2:6,7; 1 Thessalonians 2:2
confound thee
or, break thee to pieces.
Ezekiel 3:14-18; 33:6-8; 1 Corinthians 9:16
Verse 18
For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.
I have
6:27; 15:20; Isaiah 50:7; Ezekiel 3:8,9; Micah 3:8,9; John 1:42
against
21:4-14; 22:1-30; 26:12-15; 34:3,20-22; 36:27-32; 37:7; 38:2,18; 42:22
Verse 19
And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.
And they
11:19; 15:10-21; 20:1-6; 26:11-24; 29:25-32; 37:11-21; 38:6-13; Psalms 129:2
for I am
8; 15:20,21; Joshua 1:9
02 Chapter 2
Introduction
1 / God having shewed his former kindness, expostulates with the Jews on their causeless and unexampled revolt.14 / They are the causes of their own calamities.
18 / The sins and idolatries of Judah.
35 / Her confidence is rejected.
Verse 1
Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
the word
1:11; 7:1; 23:28; Ezekiel 7:1; Hebrews 1:1; 2 Peter 1:21
Verse 2
Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
cry
7:2; 11:6; 19:2; Proverbs 1:20; 8:1-4; Isaiah 58:1; Hosea 8:1; Jonah 1:2; Matthew 11:15; Luke 12:13
thee
or, for thy sake. the kindness.
Exodus 14:31; 15:1-20; Ezekiel 16:8,22,60; 23:3,8,19; Hosea 2:15
thine espousals
Exodus 24:3-8; Song of Solomon 3:11; Exodus 16:8
when
6; Deuteronomy 2:7; 8:2,15,16; Nehemiah 9:12-21; Isaiah 63:7-14
Verse 3
Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.
holiness
Exodus 19:5,6; Deuteronomy 7:6; 14:2; 26:19; Zechariah 14:20,21; Ephesians 1:4; 1 Peter 2:9
the first-fruits
Exodus 22:29; 23:16; Numbers 18:12; Amos 6:1; *marg:; Romans 11:16; 16:5; James 1:18; Revelation 14:4
all that
12:14; 50:7; Exodus 4:22,23; Psalms 81:14,15; 105:14,15,25-36; Isaiah 41:11; Isaiah 47:6; Joel 1:3,7,8; Zechariah 1:15; 2:8; 12:2-4; Acts 9:4,5
Verse 4
Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:
Hear ye
5:21; 7:2; 13:15; 19:3; 34:4; 44:24-26; Isaiah 51:1-4; Hosea 4:1; Micah 6:1
all the families
31:1; 33:24
Verse 5
Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
What
31; Isaiah 5:3,4; 43:22,23; Micah 6:2,3
are gone
12:2; Isaiah 29:13; Ezekiel 11:15; Matthew 15:8
walked
10:8,14,15; 14:22; Deuteronomy 32:21; 1 Samuel 12:21; 2 Kings 17:15; Jonah 2:8; Acts 14:15
and are
51:17,18; Psalms 115:8; Isaiah 44:9; Romans 1:21
Verse 6
Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?
Where
8; 5:2; Judges 6:13; 2 Kings 2:14; Job 35:10; Psalms 77:5; Isaiah 64:7
brought us up
Exodus 14:1-15; Isaiah 63:9,11-13; Hosea 12:13; 13:4
led us
2; Deuteronomy 8:14-16; 32:10
the shadow
Job 3:5; 10:21,22; Psalms 23:4; Matthew 4:16
Verse 7
And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.
brought
Numbers 13:27; 14:7,8; Deuteronomy 6:10,11,18; 8:7-9; 11:11,12; Nehemiah 9:25; Ezekiel 20:6
a plentiful country
or, the land of Carmel. ye defiled.
3:1,9; 16:18; Leviticus 18:24-28; Numbers 35:33,34; Deuteronomy 21:23; Psalms 78:58,59; Psalms 106:38,39; Ezekiel 36:17; Micah 2:10
Verse 8
The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
priests
6; 5:31; 8:10,11; 23:9-15; 1 Samuel 2:12; Isaiah 28:7; 29:10; 56:9-12; Hosea 4:6
and they that
8:8,9; Deuteronomy 33:10; Malachi 2:6-9; Luke 11:52; John 8:55; 16:3; Romans 2:17-24; 2 Corinthians 4:2
the pastors
10:21; 12:10; 23:1,2
prophets
23:13; 1 Kings 18:29,22,40
do not
11; 7:8; 1 Samuel 12:21; Isaiah 30:5; Habakkuk 2:18; Matthew 16:26
Verse 9
Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead.
I will
29,35; Isaiah 3:13; 43:26; Ezekiel 20:35,36; Hosea 2:2; Micah 6:2
with your
Exodus 20:5; Leviticus 20:5
Verse 10
For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.
over
or, over to. the isles.
Genesis 10:4,5; Numbers 24:24; 1 Chronicles 1:7; 23:1,12; Psalms 120:5; Ezekiel 27:6; Daniel 11:30
Kedar
Genesis 25:13
and see
18:13,14; Judges 19:30; 1 Corinthians 5:1
Verse 11
Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
a nation
5; Micah 4:5; 1 Peter 1:18
no gods
16:20; Psalms 115:4; Isaiah 37:19; 1 Corinthians 8:4
changed their glory
8; Deuteronomy 33:29; Psalms 3:3; 106:20; Romans 1:23
Verse 12
Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.
6:19; 22:29; Deuteronomy 32:1; Isaiah 1:2; Micah 6:2; Matthew 27:45,50-53
Verse 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.
For my
31,32; 4:22; 5:26,31; Psalms 81:11-13; Isaiah 1:3; 5:13; 63:8; Micah 2:8; 6:3
forsaken
17; 1:16; 15:6; Judges 10:13; 1 Samuel 12:10
the fountain
17:13; 18:14; Psalms 36:9; John 4:14; 7:37; Revelation 21:6; 22:1,17
broken cisterns
11,26; Psalms 115:4-8; 146:3,4; Ecclesiastes 1:2,14; 2:11,21,26; 4:4; 12:8; Isaiah 44:9-20; 46:6,7; 55:2; 2 Peter 2:17
Verse 14
Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?
Israel
Exodus 4:22; Isaiah 50:1
he a home-born