エレミヤ書 8:5-6 JC

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 8:4-12

The prophet here is instructed to set before this people the folly of their impenitence, which was it that brought this ruin upon them. They are here represented as the most stupid senseless people in the world, that would not be made wise by all the methods that Infinite Wisdom took to bring them to themselves and their right mind, and so to prevent the ruin that was coming upon them. I. They would not attend to the dictates of reason. They would not act in the affairs of their souls with the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 8:5

Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding ?.... These people fill into sin, and rise not again by repentance; they turn out of the good ways of God and religion, and return not again; they backslide and revolt from the Lord, and they continue in their revolt and rebellion; their backsliding is an everlasting one; there is no hope of their repentance and recovery: it is a vehement and passionate expostulation about the people of the Jews, founded upon the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 8:6

I hearkened and heard ,.... These are either, the words of the prophet, as Kimchi and Abarbinel think; who listened and attended to, and made his observations upon, the words and actions, conduct and behaviour, of this people, of which he gives an account: or of the Lord himself, as the Targum; who hearkened to the language of their hearts and actions, and heard the words of their mouth; all that they spoke against him, against his prophets, and those that feared his name; all their lying... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:6

As the horse rusheth into the battle - This strongly marks the unthinking, careless desperation of their conduct. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:5

Verse 5 Whoever will impartially consider the discourse of the Prophet must see that this is the real meaning; for, in the second of these verses, he says, Why is this people of Jerusalem, etc. ; he now first speaks, as it clearly appears, of the people. It then follows that the former verse ought not to be applied to the people; but it contains only a general statement. In short, Jeremiah condemns here the madness of the people, because they followed not the example of those who have either... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:6

Verse 6 These words may be considered as spoken by God himself, — that he from heaven examined the state of the people; but it is more suitable to regard them as spoken by the Prophet; for he was placed, as it were, in a watch — tower in order to observe how the people acted towards God. He now testifies, that having seen their pursuits and their doings, he saw nothing that was right. The people ought to have been more touched by these words. We indeed know how ready we are naturally to lay... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:4-6

Persistent depravity. I. PERSISTENT DEPRAVITY MUST BE DISTINGUISHED FROM A CASUAL LAPSE INTO SIN . 1. This is marked by a constant habit of sin, a falling without rising again. The best man is often guilty of mistakes, but he soon seeks to recover himself ( Psalms 37:24 ). His habit is upright, the direction he follows on the whole, though now and then he may lose ground for a short time, is right. But the man who is persistently depraved makes the wrong way... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:4-7

Apostasy an anomalous and incalculable thing. I. THE ANALOGIES Or COMMON SENSE AND INSTINCT ARE FALSIFIED . ( Jeremiah 8:4-6 .) If a man fall, he will rise again to his feet; if he has made a mistake or gone in a wrong direction, and discovers it, he will turn again, unless he be absolutely bereft of his senses. One might expect similar behavior in spiritual matters. But in the wickedness and defection of Israel it was not so; their apostasy seemed perpetual. The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:4-7

The unnatural conduct of Jerusalem. Still more humiliation for the proud, self-satisfied city. The prophet comes with a heavenly light, revealing the very foundations of her glory, and showing how unsubstantial they are, how easily exposed as contradicting truth and the highest propriety. What is aimed at here is to set before man, by the force of contrast, what he ought to be, in the sum of all his faculties made one by a will which acts according to the commandment of God. And so we see—... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:4-11

Backsliding in its worst forms. All departures from God are evil, but some are only temporary, and are quickly followed by repentance, return, and restoration. There are others, however, of a far more serious kind, and we have in these verses a great deal told us concerning them. We are told of some of— I. THEIR CHARACTERISTICS . 1. So contrary to men ' s wonted ways . For when men find that they have brought evil on themselves, they will at once seek to undo such evil ( ... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 8:4-12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 8:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 8:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:5

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:4-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:4-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:4-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:4-11

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