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Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:14

"Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there; for Jehovah our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against Jehovah. We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold, dismay! The snorting of the horses is heard from Dan; and the sound of the neighing of his strong ones the whole land trembleth; for they are come, and have devoured the land and all... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 8:14

Jeremiah 8:14. Why do we sit still?— This seems to be spoken in the person of the people who lived in open towns and villages, exhorting one another to repair to Jerusalem, and other fortified places, to seek for refuge; whereas the prophet had before exhorted the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to flee even thence. He therefore replies, in the following part of the verse, that God had indeed put them to silence in another sense; namely, he had taken away all their strength, and left them to be... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 8:14

14. assemble—for defense. let us be silent—not assault the enemy, but merely defend ourselves in quiet, until the storm blow over. put us to silence—brought us to that state that we can no longer resist the foe; implying silent despair. water of gall—literally, "water of the poisonous plant," perhaps the poppy (Jeremiah 9:15; Jeremiah 23:15). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 8:4-25

Incorrigible Judah 8:4-10:25The twin themes of Judah’s stubborn rebellion and her inevitable doom tie this section of miscellaneous messages together. The section contains mostly poetic material, and the prophecies bear the marks of Jehoiakim’s early reign (perhaps shortly after 609 B.C.). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 8:13-17

The fruitless nation 8:13-17 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 8:14

Jeremiah invited his fellow countrymen to go with him to the walled cities where they could resist the invader for at least a little longer before they perished. He recognized that the coming judgment was from the Lord because the people had sinned so greatly. He compared their judgment to being given poisoned water ("gall" AV) to drink. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:1-22

1-3. The dead shall share in the universal punishment.1. Shall bring out the bones] either from pure wantonness, or in the hope of finding treasure or ornaments of value. 2. Before the sun] the heavenly bodies will not be prevented by all the offerings and devotions that they have received from using their influence to hasten the rotting of the carcases of their sometime worshippers.3. Family] the whole nation: see on Jeremiah 3:14. 4-17. The people are hardened in sin.4. They] RV ’men.’ If a... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 8:14

(14) Why do we sit still? . . .—The cry of the people in answer to the threatening of Jehovah is brought in by the prophet with a startling dramatic vividness. They are ready to flee into the defenced cities, as the prophet had told them in Jeremiah 4:5, but it is without hope. They are going into the silence as of death, for to that silence Jehovah himself has brought them.Water of gall.—The idea implied is that of poison as well as bitterness. It is uncertain what the “gall-plant” was;... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Jeremiah 8:1-22

Balm in Gilead Jeremiah 8:21-22 The lament of a good man over the sins of his countrymen. I. The Nature of the Malady. 1. Hereditary. 'By one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin.' 2. Universal. 'All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.' 3. Dangerous. 'The wages of sin is death.' II. The Means of Cure. The medicine here referred to is a resinous substance obtained from the balsam-tree, which flourished near Gilead, and was far-famed for its healing properties; often... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 8:1-22

; Jeremiah 8:1-22; Jeremiah 9:1-26; Jeremiah 10:1-25; Jeremiah 26:1-24In the four chapters which we are now to consider we have what is plainly a finished whole. The only possible exception {Jeremiah 10:1-16} shall be considered in its place. The historical occasion of the introductory prophecy, {Jeremiah 7:1-15} and the immediate effect of its delivery, are recorded at length in the twenty-sixth chapter of the book, so that in this instance we are happily not left to the uncertainties of... read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:14

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 8:14

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 8:14

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 8:4-25

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 8:13-17

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 8:14

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:1-22

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 8:14

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Jeremiah 8:1-22

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 8:1-22

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