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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 11:9

Verse 9 Here the Prophet joins closer battle with the men of his age, and says, that they were worse than their fathers; for this is the meaning of the word, banding or joining together. For when the Israelites concurred in a body in ungodly superstitions, it was more excusable at the beginning, for they had not yet struck deep roots in true religion; but when God by his prophets had endeavored many times, and in various ways, to restore them to the right way, and when his diligence and... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 11:10

Verse 10 He also adds, that they had returned, etc. He shews for what purpose they had conspired, even to return to the vices of their fathers, who had been before them Some render the word “ancestors;” but the meaning of the Prophet is not thus sufficiently expressed, for what he means is, that the Israelites had been refractory from the very beginning, so that God could never subdue their wayward dispositions. It must however be observed, that he speaks not of the most ancient, as הרשנים ,... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 11:11

Verse 11 The Prophet now denounces on them a calamity; for it is probable that for many years he had been as their teacher threatening them, but all in vain. Hence he now confirms what we have before observed, — that their impious conspiracy was fully known and proved, so flint they were not now to be called or drawn before the judge’s tribunal, as they had so openly procured for themselves their own ruin. He then says, that God was, as it were, armed to take vengeance; I will bring, he says,... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 11:12

Verse 12 The Prophet then shews in these words that they were not touched by a true and sincere feeling of repentance who cried thus indiscriminately to God and to idols. (40) But another question may be here raised, How could they flee to God and to foreign gods too? The ready answer is this, that the unbelieving, in a turbulent state of mind, turn here and there, so that they lay hold of nothing certain, or sure and fixed. This we see in the Papists — they cry to God and at the same time to... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 11:13

Verse 13 The Prophet shews here that the dews were not only polluted with one kind of superstition, but that they sought for themselves fictitious gods from all quarters, so that the land was fined and, as it were, deluged with innumerable superstitions. He says, that in proportion to the number of cities were the gods in the kingdom of Judah, and that in every city, in proportion to the number of streets, altars were built, that they might burn incense to Baal There seems, however, to be some... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:1-12

The covenant with the fathers binding on the children. Here it is necessary to go back over all the history of Israel, and consider the great covenant transactions between God and his people. Such transactions we find to have been filled with great solemnity, so that they might make a deep mark in history. We trace the beginnings of the great covenant in God's dealings with Abraham. Indeed, the covenant with Israel as a nation was the necessary consequence of the covenant with Abraham as... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:1-23

1. A reminder of the renewal of the covenant between Jehovah and the people lately made under Josiah ( Jeremiah 11:1-8 ). 2. First stage of the conspiracy; all Israel, instead of keeping the covenant with Jehovah, conspires against him ( Jeremiah 11:9-13 ). 3. The punishment of the conspiracy is an irreversible, severe judgment ( Jeremiah 11:14 17). 4. Second stage of the conspiracy; the plot of the men of Anathoth ( Jeremiah 11:18-23 ). 5. Third stage; the plot... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:9

A conspiracy . The language is figurative. Jehovah is the King of Israel; to commit sin is "to rebel against" him (Authorized Version sometimes weakens this into "transgress'); and to encourage one another in wickedness is "to conspire against" God. We need not suppose any open combination against spiritual religion; it is enough if" the spirit of the time" was directly contrary to it. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:10

Their forefathers . The Hebrew has "their fathers, the former ones." The allusion is to the sins of the Israelites in the wilderness, and in Canaan under the judges. The prophets are constantly pointing their hearers back to those early times, either for warning (as here) or for encouragement ( Jeremiah 2:1 ; Hosea 2:15 ; Isaiah 1:26 ; Isaiah 63:11 , Isaiah 63:13 ). And they went after ; rather and they ( themselves ) have gone after . The pronoun is expressed in the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:10

Spiritual atavism; or, the sins of the fathers. There are punishments and consequences of ancestral sin which reach even to descendants of remote generations. This seems to imply a descent of responsibility—a subject full of difficulty and mystery. The unity of the race in its sin and misery is , with St. Paul, an argument for the probability and even certainty of its unity in the grace of salvation. The doctrine of original sin is treated in Scripture as antecedent to the doctrine of... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 11:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 11:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 11:11

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 11:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 11:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:1-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:1-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:10

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