In the series of "The Expositor's Bible" (Hodder and Stoughton)
we have what may be called a supplementary volume on The Book of Jeremiah, by W. H. Bennett, M.A. Mr. Bennett holds that the part of the prophecies with which he deals (chap.
lii.) fall within the period which begins with the fourth year of Jehoiakim (B.C. 805) and ends with the removal of the prophet into Egypt about seventeen years later. The prophecies and the personal and historical narratives need, of course, much arranging in correction of the order in which they stand in our Bibles. The denunciation of Jehoiakim, xxii. 20-30, for instance, has to come after the famous chapter about the Sons of Rachel). This much Professor Bennett has done, with no small advantage to the student. In a very instructive chapter he discusses the question, —How far was Jeremiah's forecast of a restored and regenerated Israel fulfilled ? And in his conclusion he draws the parallel between the prophet and Christ. There is a good deal to say, though we do not see that Professor Bennett refers to it, for Bunsen's idea that the person immediately described in Isaiah liii. was Jeremiah.
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