예레미야 17:1-3 KRV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 17:1-4

The people had asked (Jer. 16:10), What is our iniquity, and what is our sin? as if they could not be charged with any thing worth speaking of, for which God should enter into judgment with them; their challenge was answered there, but here we have a further reply to it, in which, I. The indictment is fully proved upon the prisoners, both the fact and the fault; their sin is too plain to be denied and too bad to be excused, and they have nothing to plead either in extenuation of the crime or... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 17:1

The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron ,.... Or an iron tool, such as engravers use in working on hard matter: and with the point of a diamond ; such as glaziers use in cutting their glass; though this is not the word used for a diamond in Exodus 28:18 , this word is elsewhere translated an adamant, Ezekiel 3:9 . Bothart F8 Hierozoic. par. 2. l. 6. c. 11, col. 842. of which stone, see Dioseorides, Hesychius, & Stephanus in ib. takes it to be the smiris, which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 17:2

Whilst their children remember their altars ,.... Which is a further proof of their long continuance in idolatrous practices, and a fresh witness against them; they trained up their children in them; who, when grown up, could not forget them, but imitated them, and went on in the same evil ways. Some render the words, "as they remember their children, so they remember their altars F9 כזכר בניהם מזבחו־תאם "sicut recordantur filiorum suorum, ita recordantur ararum suarum"; so some in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 17:3

O my mountain in the midst of the field ,.... Meaning either the temple, called the mountain of the house, and of the Lord's house, Micah 3:12 , or else Jerusalem, which stood on a hill in the midst of a plain, surrounded with fruitful fields and gardens; or in the midst of a land like a field. The Targum is, "because thou worshippest idols upon the mountains in the field:' I will give thy substance and all thy treasures to the spoil ; all the riches of the city and temple to be the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 17:1

The sin of Judah - Idolatry. Is written with a pen of iron - It is deeply and indelibly written in their heart, and shall be as indelibly written in their punishment. Writing with the point of a diamond must refer to glass, or some vitrified substance, as it is distinguished here from engraving with a steel burine, or graver. Their altars show what the deities are which they worship. There may be reference here to the different methods of recording events in those days: - A pen or... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 17:2

Whilst their children remember - Even the rising generation have their imagination stocked with idol images, and their memories with the frantic rites and ceremonies which they saw their parents observe in this abominable worship. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 17:3

O my mountain in the field - The prophet here addresses the land of Judea, which was a mountainous country, Deuteronomy 3:25 ; but Jerusalem itself may be meant, which is partly built upon hills which, like itself, are elevated above the rest of the country. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 17:1

Verse 1 The Prophet teaches us here in other words what we have often already seen, — that the Jews in vain sought refuges, for their sin had so much accumulated that it was very apparent. It indeed often happens, that men fall; but God, who is ever inclined to mercy, forgives them; and they are also often led astray through levity, and thus their sins are not engraven on their hearts. But Jeremiah says, that nothing remained for that nation but to be entirely swept away, because their iniquity... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 17:2

Verse 2 Interpreters seem not to me to have perceived the design of the Prophet here, at least they have not clearly explained the subject. He proceeds, as I think, with what he said at the end of the last verse, — that the iniquity of Judah was graven on the altars, or on the horns of the altars: how was this? even because they transmitted to posterity whatever they devised as to their ungodly forms of worship. How then was iniquity graven on the horns of the altars? even because it was not a... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 17:3

Verse 3 The Prophet again repeats, that punishment was nigh the Jews, and that it availed them nothing to seek for themselves recesses and lurking-places, for God would draw them forth from the mountains and expose them as a prey to their enemies. Some render הררי, erri, “O my mountain,” etc.; and at the first view this meaning seems appropriate; but as the context requires this to be understood of the Israelites and the Jews, who always resorted to their recesses, when any fear of enemies... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 17:1-4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 17:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 17:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 17:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 17:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 17:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 17:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 17:1

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 17:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 17:3

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