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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 17:13

O Lord, the Hope of Israel ,.... Of all true Israelites; such as are regenerate persons, and true believers in him; Christ is the author and giver of that hope that is in them; the door of it unto them; the object on which it is exercised; the ground and foundation of it, or what gives encouragement to it; and the person they are hoping for; Old Testament saints hoped, waited for, and expected his first coming; and New Testament saints are hoping for his second coming, and to be for ever... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 17:14

Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed ,.... These are the words of the prophet, sensible of his own sins and backslidings, and of the part which he himself had in these corrupt and declining times; and being conscious of his own impotency to cure himself; and being fully satisfied of the power of the Lord to heal him; and being well assured, if he was healed by him, he should be thoroughly and effectually healed; therefore he applies unto him. Sins are diseases; healing them is the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 17:15

Behold, they say unto me ,.... Or, "they are saying unto me" F25 הנה המה אמרים אלי "ecce illi sunt dicentes ad me", Schmidt. , continually; these were their daily flouts and jeers: Where is the word of the Lord ? that thou hast so often talked of? thou hast for a long time threatened us with a siege, and famine, pestilence, and the sword, and captivity, but none of these come to pass; where is the accomplishment of them? thou hast pretended to have the word of the Lord... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 17:16

As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee ,.... Though he had met with so much ill usage, and was hated by the people for bringing such messages to them, and was jeered and scoffed at because his prophecies were not accomplished; yet he had not been hasty, and solicitous, and importunate with the Lord to dismiss him from his service; but was willing to continue in his office as a pastor or prophet, and to follow the Lord fully, and faithfully perform the work he had... read more

John Gill

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

Be not a terror unto me ,.... By deserting him, and leaving him in the hands of his enemies; or by denying him supports under their reproaches and persecution; or by withdrawing his gracious presence from him, than which nothing is more terrible to a good man; or by withholding the comfortable influences of his Spirit; or by suffering terrors to be injected into him from any quarter; and more is meant than is expressed; namely, that God would be a comforter of him, and bear him up under all... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 17:18

Let them be confounded that persecute me ,.... With words with reproaches, with scoffs and jeers, saying, "where is the word of the Lord?" Jeremiah 17:14 ; let such be ashamed that scoffingly put such a question, by seeing the accomplishment of it: but let not me be confounded ; who have delivered it out as the word of the Lord, that should be surely fulfilled; let not me be brought to shame by the failure of it and be reckoned as a false prophet: let them be dismayed ; terrified... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 17:5

Cursed be the man that trusteth in man - This reprehends their vain confidence in trusting in Egypt, which was too feeble itself to help, and, had it been otherwise, too ill disposed towards them to help them heartily. An arm of flesh is put here for a weak and ineffectual support. And he who, in reference to the salvation of his soul, trusts in an arm of flesh - in himself or others, or in any thing he has done or suffered, will inherit a curse instead of a blessing. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 17:6

Be shall be like the heath in the desert - כערער kearar ; or, like a blasted tree, without moisture, parched and withered. Shall not see when good cometh - Shall not be sensible of it: the previous drought having rendered it incapable of absorbing any more vegetable juices. A salt land - Barren; and therefore unfit to be inhabited. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 17:8

A s a tree planted by the waters - Which is sufficiently supplied with moisture, though the heat be intense, and there be no rain; for the roots being spread out by the river, they absorb from it all the moisture requisite for the flourishing vegetation of the tree. Shall not see when heat cometh - Shall not feel any damage by drought, for the reason already assigned. It shall be strong and vigorous, its leaf always green; and shall produce plenty of fruit in its season. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is deceitful - הלב עקב akob halleb , "the heart is supplanting - tortuous - full of windings - insidious;" lying ever at the catch; striving to avail itself of every favorable circumstance to gratify its propensities to pride, ambition, evil desire, and corruption of all kinds. And desperately wicked - הוא ואנש veanush hu , and is wretched, or feeble; distressed beyond all things, in consequence of the wickedness that is in it. I am quite of Mr. Parkhurst's opinion,... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 17:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 17:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 17:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 17:16

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 17:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 17:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 17:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 17:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 17:9

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