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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:18-23

Perils of prophesying. The conspiracy of which these verses speak seems to have been sudden as it was secret. It affected the mind of the prophet in a peculiarly painful way, as it was the men of his own district who were concerned in it—his friends, probably even kinsfolk, who locked upon him as their worst enemy. The crime was all the more heinous that the means taken to execute it were underhand. It is possible that they greeted him with expressions of kindness and hospitality, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:18-23

The baffled plot. These verses are an episode. Like as the miracle of the healing of her who touched the hem of our Lord's garment was an episode in connection with the healing of the daughter of Jairus ( Mark 5:21 , etc.), so this account of the plot against Jeremiah's life comes in here, breaking the thread of his discourse, which is not renewed again till Jeremiah 12:7 . Scripture has many instances of similar plots contrived against the servants of the Lord; they are found in the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:18-23

The prophet in his own country. This passage describes a peculiar peril to Jeremiah, and a peculiar peril to those who conspired against him. I. A PECULIAR PERIL TO JEREMIAH . His life was full of perils—" perils from his own countrymen" in many ways, perils from the palace with its great men, from priests and false prophets, from every devotee of idolatry, from every one, in short, whose vices and iniquities he lashed with the scourge of his Heaven-inspired tongue. He would... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:19

Like a lamb or an ox ; rather, as a mild lamb ( as one of the old translations has it), equivalent to quasi agaus mansuetus (Vulgate). Jeremiah says that he was as unsuspicious as a tame lamb which has grown up with its master's family ( 2 Samuel 12:3 ). The Arabs use the very same adjective in a slightly different form as an epithet of such tame lambs. It is impossible to help thinking of that "Servant of Jehovah," of whom Jeremiah was a type, who is said, in prophetic vision, to... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 11:18

Rather, “gave me knowledge of it, and I knew it.” Jeremiah shows Jeremiah 11:18-23, that the general conspiracy of the people against Yahweh and the special plot against himself was revealed to him by God. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 11:19

Like a lamb or an ox - Rather, “like a tame lamb.” Jeremiah had lived at Anathoth as one of the family, never suspecting that, like a tame lamb, the time would come for him to be killed.The tree with the fruit thereof - The words are those of a proverb or dark saying. All the Churches agree in understanding that under the person of Jeremiah these things are said by Christ. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 11:18-19

Jeremiah 11:18-19. And the Lord hath given me knowledge of it, &c. This relates to the ill designs which the men of Anathoth had contrived against the prophet, which he here saith God had revealed to him. See the following verses. But I was like a lamb or an ox, &c. A proverbial speech, expressing a false security, or insensibility of danger. Dr. Waterland, in agreement with the Vulgate, Bochart, and Houbigant, reads this clause, But I was like a gentle lamb; and Blaney, For I... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 11:18-23

A plot against Jeremiah (11:18-23)The people of Anathoth, Jeremiah’s home town, had become angry with Jeremiah. They did not like his uncompromising opposition to their false religious practices and his constant predictions of certain judgment. When God warned Jeremiah that they were plotting to kill him, Jeremiah cried to God for help (18-21). God now replies with a promise that he will protect Jeremiah and punish his would-be murderers (22-23). read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 11:18

hath given = gave. Jeremiah a type of Messiah. See App-85 . know = knew. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 11:19

like a lamb. See App-85 . saying. Note the Figure of speech. Ellipsis ( App-6 ), as frequently with this verb. See notes on Psa_109::5 ; Psalms 109:6 ; Psalms 144:12 , &c. the tree with the fruit thereof. Hebrew "the dish in his food". Figure of speech Hypallage ( App-6 ), for the food in his dish. from the land of the living. Jeremiah a type of Christ. See Isaiah 53:8 and App-85 . read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:18-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:18-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:18-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 11:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 11:19

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 11:18-19

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 11:18-23

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 11:18

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 11:19

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