エレミヤ書 15:1-9 JCB

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 15:1-9

We scarcely find any where more pathetic expressions of divine wrath against a provoking people than we have here in these verses. The prophet had prayed earnestly for them, and found some among them to join with him; and yet not so much as a reprieve was gained, nor the least mitigation of the judgment; but this answer is given to the prophet's prayers, that the decree had gone forth, was irreversible, and would shortly be executed. Observe here, I. What the sin was upon which this severe... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 15:1

Then said the Lord unto me ,.... In answer to his expostulations and entreaties, Jeremiah 14:19 , though Moses and Samuel stood before me ; to pray before me, as the Targum; to make intercession for the people. Standing is a prayer gesture. The Jews say there is no standing but prayer, or that is meant when it is mentioned; See Gill on Matthew 6:5 . Moses and Samuel were named, because they were eminent for prayer, and had success in it, for the people of Israel. Of Moses, see ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 15:2

And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee ,.... As doubtless they will, when this message is brought to them: whither shall we go forth ? in a jeering scornful manner, not believing that this would be their case: then thou shall tell them, thus saith the Lord, such as are for death, to death ; such as were appointed to death, or to die by the pestilence, which is often signified by death; they shall go forth unto it; or it shall meet them, and seize upon them, and take them... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 15:3

And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the Lord ,.... Or four families F24 ארבע משפחות "quatuor familias, sive cognationes", Vatablus, Tigurine version, Calvin. , and these very devouring ones; that is, four sorts of punishment; and so the Targum, "four evil punishments;' which are after mentioned. These are represented as under God, and at his beck and command; servants of his, that go and come at his pleasure, and do his will; and as being over men, and having power... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 15:4

And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth ,.... Not only into Babylon, but into other countries; which has had its full accomplishment in this their last captivity by the Romans: or "I will give them for a commotion" F26 לזועה "in commotionem", Calvin, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. ; shaking and trembling; they shall be like Cain, fugitives and vagabonds, and be in fear and trembling everywhere, for what is, or is about to come upon them: or "for horror... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 15:5

For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem ?.... The inhabitants of it; their sins being so many, and so heinous, and so aggravated, and so deserving of punishment, that none could pity their case, or have a heart of compassion towards them, or even spare reproaching them: or "who shall bemoan thee?" sympathize and condole with thee, or speak a comfortable word to thee, or seek to alleviate thy grief and sorrow: or "who shall go aside to ask how thou doest?" or "of thy peace?" F3 ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 15:6

Thou hast forsaken me, saith the Lord ,.... His worship, as the Targum; and had set up idols, and idol worship; and this was the cause of the sword, pestilence, famine, and captivity, and of all the evils that befell them: thou art gone backward ; from the law of the Lord, and from his pure worship and service, from his ways and from his ordinances; and therefore it was but just they should go into captivity; hence it follows: therefore will I stretch out mine hand against thee, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 15:7

I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land ,.... Either of their own land, the land of Judea; and so the Septuagint version, "in the gates of my people"; alluding to the custom of winnowing corn in open places; and by fanning is meant the dispersion of the Jews, and their being carried captive out of their own land into other countries: or of the land of the enemy, into their cities, as the Targum paraphrases it; gates being put for them frequently; whither they should be scattered... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 15:8

Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas ,.... Their husbands being slain; not in the times of Ahaz, when a hundred and twenty thousand men were slain in one day in Judah, by Pekah the son of Remaliah, 2 Chronicles 28:6 , as Kimchi thinks; but in the times of Zedekiah, at the siege of Jerusalem, and the taking of it, and in the Babylonish captivity before predicted. The children of Israel were to be as the sand of the sea, and were very numerous; and here the widows are... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 15:9

She that hath borne seven languisheth ,.... Either the mother that has borne many children, seven being put for a large number, now being able to bear no more, and being bereaved of what she had, and who were her staff and support, and from whom she had her expectation, faints away, and dies through grief and trouble; or Jerusalem, which formerly abounded with young men, is now in a forlorn and destitute state; her children, the inhabitants of it, being slain with the sword, or dying of... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 15:1-9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 15:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 15:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 15:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 15:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 15:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 15:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 15:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 15:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 15:9

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