Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:7
The stork in the heaven - The birds of passage know the times of their going and return, and punctually observe them; they obey the dictates of nature, but my people do not obey my law. read more
エレミヤ書 8:4-12 Jc
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:8
The pen of the scribes is in vain - The deceitful pen of the scribes. They have written falsely, though they had the truth before them. It is too bold an assertion to say that "the Jews have never falsified the sacred oracles;" they have done it again and again. They have written falsities when they knew they were such. read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:10
Therefore will I give their wives - From this to the end of Jeremiah 8:15 ; is repeated from Jeremiah 6:13-15 . read more
John Calvin
John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:4
Verse 4 Though God had reminded his Prophet of the event, yet he still invites the Jews to repentance; not that there was any hope of restoring them to a right mind, (for he had said that they were wholly irreclaimable,) but that their perverseness might be less excusable; and it was also his object to afford some relief to the small number of the godly who still remained; for they had not all fallen away into impiety, though the great body of the people had become corrupt. God then, partly to... read more
John Calvin
John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:5
Verse 5 Whoever will impartially consider the discourse of the Prophet must see that this is the real meaning; for, in the second of these verses, he says, Why is this people of Jerusalem, etc. ; he now first speaks, as it clearly appears, of the people. It then follows that the former verse ought not to be applied to the people; but it contains only a general statement. In short, Jeremiah condemns here the madness of the people, because they followed not the example of those who have either... read more
John Calvin
John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:6
Verse 6 These words may be considered as spoken by God himself, — that he from heaven examined the state of the people; but it is more suitable to regard them as spoken by the Prophet; for he was placed, as it were, in a watch — tower in order to observe how the people acted towards God. He now testifies, that having seen their pursuits and their doings, he saw nothing that was right. The people ought to have been more touched by these words. We indeed know how ready we are naturally to lay... read more
John Calvin
John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:7
Verse 7 Here again Jeremiah condemns the shameful insensibility of the people, — that they had less wisdom than birds, not endued with reason and understanding. He then says, that the Jews were more foolish than cranes, swallows, and storks. He no doubt deeply wounded the feelings of the people by so severe a reproof; but it was necessary thus sharply to reprehend the despisers of God; for it appears evident by these words, that they were become exceedingly hardened in their vices. No wonder,... read more
John Calvin
John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:8
Verse 8 Interpreters think that the Prophet here directs his words to the priests, and the false prophets, and the other chiefs of the people, because they proudly arrogated to themselves the knowledge of the law: but what is said may be no less extended to the whole people; for, as we shall presently see, all of them, from the least to the greatest, no doubt boasted that they were sufficiently wise. I hence think that the Prophet here inveighs against the whole body of the people; for all,... read more
John Calvin
John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:9
Verse 9 He says now that the wise were ashamed, and astonished, and ensnared By which words he means, that the Jews gained nothing by their craftiness, while they arrogated to themselves wisdom, and under this pretense rejected all admonitions, and sought to be spared. “This wisdom, “he says, “avails you nothing, for God, as it is said in another place, will take you unawares.” (Isaiah 29:14; 1 Corinthians 1:19.) Ashamed, then, he says, are they; not that they were then ashamed; for be said... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:6
As the horse rusheth into the battle - This strongly marks the unthinking, careless desperation of their conduct. read more