エレミヤ書 5:14-17 JCB

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 5:16

Verse 16 The Prophet had already threatened the Jews with the vengeance of God, and had said that the ministers and executioners of it would be the Chaldeans: he now continues the same subject, and says that their quiver would be like an open sepulcher The nations of the East, we know, made much use of arrows and darts, for they had no pitched battles; but they pretended a flight, and then suddenly turning, they hurled their darts and arrows against their enemies. The Prophet then had a regard... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 5:17

Verse 17 He continues to speak in a similar way of the cruelty of their enemies; as though he said that victory was already in their hand, for they were the scourges of God. He does not then set before the Jews the troubles of war, but speaks of them as conquered; and he only shews that the Chaldeans would be cruel in the use they would make of their victory. He takes it as granted that the Chaldeans would be conquerors, for they would come armed from above: and he makes this addition, — that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:1-31

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:10-18

Provoked by the open unbelief of the men of Judah, Jehovah repeats his warning of a sore judgment. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:14

My words in thy mouth fire . (See on Jeremiah 1:9 , Jeremiah 1:10 .) read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:14

Those who call the word of Jehovah a lie. It has Been a common folly, in connection with all the revelations which God has made at sundry times and in divers manners, to despise the authority of the messengers. Noah, Moses, David, and many others up to Jesus himself, could tell, along with Jeremiah, the same essential experience of contempt, rejection, and persecution. It is not for God to use those outward pomps and recommendations on which men count so much. A message unwelcome in itself... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:15

O house of Israel. After the captivity of the ten tribes, Judah became the sole representative of the people of Israel (scrap. Jeremiah 2:26 ). A mighty nation . The Authorized Version certainly gives apart of the meaning. The Hebrew word rendered "mighty" ( 'ēthān ), rather, "perennial," is the epithet of rocks and mountains ( Numbers 24:21 ; Micah 6:2 ); of a pasture ( Jeremiah 49:19 ); of rivers ( Deuteronomy 21:4 ; Psalms 74:15 ). As applied in the present instance, it... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:16

Their quiver . (See on Jeremiah 4:29 .) As an open sepulcher; i . e . furnished with deadly arrows, "fiery darts." So the psalmist, of the "throat" of deceitful persecutors ( Psalms 5:9 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:17

Which thy sons and thy daughters , etc.; rather, they shall eat that sons and thy daughters . In the other clauses of the verse the verb is in the singular, the subject being the hostile nation. They shall impoverish , etc.; rather, it shall batter … with weapons of war (so rightly Payne Smith ); kherebh , commonly rendered "sword." is applied to any cutting instrument, such as a razor ( Ezekiel 5:1 ), a mason's tool ( Exodus 20:25 ), and, as here and Ezekiel 26:9 ,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 5:15

Israel is not put here for the ten tribes, but for the whole house of Jacob, of which Judah was now the representative.Mighty - “permanent, enduring.” The word is the usual epithet of the rocks Numbers 24:21, and of ever-flowing streams Deuteronomy 21:4, Hebrew). It describes therefore a nation, whose empire is firm as a rock, and ever rolling onward like a mighty river. The epithet “ancient” refers simply to time.Whose laguage thou knowest not - This would render them more pitiless, as they... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 5:16

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 5:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:1-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:10-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 5:15

Group of Brands