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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:5

Slidden back … backsliding . The verb is the same verb (in another conjugation) as in Jeremiah 8:4 , and the noun is a derivative from it. The Authorized Version, therefore, has slightly weakened the force of the argument. They hold fast deceit . They cling to a false view of their relation to their God (comp. Jeremiah 4:2 ; Jeremiah 5:2 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:6

I hearkened and heard . The Divine Judge condescends to speak after the manner of men. He will be his own witness; for it is his own people, Jeshurun, which is on its trial. Not aright . It is a compound expression, equivalent to "insincerely," "untruly" (comp. Isaiah 16:6 ). Repented … turned ; rather, repenteth … turneth (or, returneth ). To his course . The Hebrew text, sometimes represented as having a different reading ("courses," in the plural) from the margin, really... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:6

The way home. The text suggests much concerning this way from the far country of sin to the home of our Father and God. The Lord is here lamenting that none of the people of Jerusalem were walking in it. Note— I. THE STAGES OF THE WAY . 1. Realization of the ruin wrought by our sin . The soul is represented as contemplating this ruin, and asking, "What have I done?" This is the first stage. 2. Repentance . Each one is to repent of" his wickedness." We are not... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 8:5

When men act as in Jeremiah 8:4, why is God’s own people alone an exception?Slidden back ... backsliding - The same words as “turn” and “return” in Jeremiah 8:4. They should be rendered, “Why doth this people of Jerusalem turn away with a perpetual turning?”Deceit - i. e., idolatry; because men worship in it that which is false, and it is false to the worshippers.Refuse - From a feeling of dislike. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 8:6

I hearkened and heard - God, before passing sentence, carefully listens to the words of the people. Compare Genesis 11:5, where the divine judgment is preceded by the Almighty going down to see the tower.Not aright - Or, “not-right;” which in the Hebrew idiom means that which is utterly wrong.No man repented - The original phrase is very striking: No “man had pity upon his own wickedness.” If men understood the true nature of sin, the sinner would repent out of very pity upon himself.As the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 8:4-6

Jeremiah 8:4-6. Moreover, thou shalt say, &c. The prophet is here directed to set before the Jews the unreasonableness and folly of their impenitence, which was the thing that brought this ruin upon them. And he represents them as the most stupid and senseless people in the world, that would not be made wise by any of the methods which infinite wisdom took to bring them to a right mind. Thus saith the Lord, Shall they fall and not arise? If men happen to make a false step and fall to... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 8:4-17

Sin and its punishment (8:4-17)It is natural for a person who falls to pick himself up again, but the people of Jerusalem who have fallen spiritually make no attempt to return to God (4-6). It is natural for a bird to obey the laws of instinct and know the time to migrate, but the people of Jerusalem do not know the laws of God or when to return to him (7).The teachers of the law, the wisdom teachers, the priests and the prophets have all led the people astray. Instead of denouncing wrongdoing,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 8:5

5. slidden . . . backsliding—rather, as the Hebrew is the same as in :-, to which this verse refers, "turned away with a perpetual turning away." perpetual—in contrast to the "arise" ("rise again," :-). refuse to return—in contrast to, "shall he . . . not return" (Jeremiah 8:4; Jeremiah 5:3). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 8:6

6. spake not aright—that is, not so as penitently to confess that they acted wrong. Compare what follows. every one . . . his course—The Keri reads "course," but the Chetib, "courses." "They persevere in the courses whatever they have once entered on." Their wicked ways were diversified. horse rusheth—literally, "pours himself forth," as water that has burst its embankment. The mad rapidity of the war horse is the point of comparison ( :-). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 8:4-12

Blind complacency 8:4-12 read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 8:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 8:6

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 8:4-6

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 8:4-17

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 8:5

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 8:6

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 8:4-12

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