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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:8

How do ye say, We are wise ? Jeremiah is evidently addressing the priests and the prophets, whom he so constantly described as among the chief causes of Judah's ruin (comp. verse 10; Jeremiah 2:8 , Jeremiah 2:26 ; Jeremiah 4:9 ; Jeremiah 5:31 ), and who, in Isaiah's day, regarded it as an unwarrantable assumption on the part of that prophet to pretend to instruct them in their duty ( Isaiah 28:9 ). The law of the Lord is with us . "With us;" i . e . in our hands and mouths.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:8-9

Untrustworthy literature. I. LITERATURE MAY HAVE MANY ATTRACTIONS AND YET BE UNTRUSTWORTHY . 1. Authority . They were official prophets and teachers whom Jeremiah opposed. Errors gain power when they are pronounced ex cathedra . The belief in papal infallibility is but one instance of a common human weakness. 2. Pretentiousness . The self-styled wise men of Jeremiah's age were confident and boastful. The world is too ready to take a man at his own... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:8-12

Peace, peace; when there is no peace. The present condition of the country, the evils that lowered upon the horizon,—these alike bore their message even to the natural conscience. If Israel was in the right way, and really understood the will of the Lord to do it, why these scandals, miseries, and impending evils? Again, the better to reach the perception of those who were thus unable to draw the inference for themselves, the condemnation was to be in kind—a sort of elementary lesson in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:8-12

The exposure of pseudo-wisdom. I. THE CLAIM MADE . Those on whom Jeremiah presses his appeals for a change of purpose reply, if not by plain words, at all events by equally plain actions, that they are so wise in their own conceits as to need no guidance from an outsider. A profound belief in one's own insight and skill may of course be justified by results; such a belief has been a very important factor in many great achievements. But it is also to be noticed that to have this... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:9

The wise men are ashamed . It is the perfect of prophetic certitude, equivalent to "the wise men shall certainly be ashamed." And why? Evidently because they have not foreseen the calamities impending ever their nation. They have preached, "Peace, peace; when there was no peace" ( Jeremiah 8:11 ); and hence they find themselves "taken" in the grip of a relentless power from which there is no escape. What wisdom ; literally, wisdom of what? i . e . in respect of what? read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:10-12

These verses are almost the same as Jeremiah 6:12-15 ; the differences are in Jeremiah 6:10 . They are omitted in the Septuagint, and Hitzig regards them as an interpolation, at any rate from the point where the present passage coincides verbally with its parallel. His grounds are: Verses 8:13-9:1 Further description of the judgment; grief of Jeremiah. read more

Albert Barnes

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

The law of the Lord - The “Torah,” or written law, the possession of which made the priests and prophets so boastfully exclaim, “We are wise.”Lo, certainly ... - Rather, Verily, lo! the lying pen “of the scribes” hath made it - the Law - into a lie. The mention of “scribes” in this place is a crucial point in the argument whether or not the Pentateuch or Torah is the old law-book of the Jews, or a fabrication which gradually grew up, but was not received as authoritative until after the return... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 8:9

They have rejected the word of the Lord - It became in the hands of the Soferim or scribes a mere code of ceremonial observance. Compare Mark 7:13. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 8:10-12

These verses are almost identical with Jeremiah 6:12-15.Jeremiah 8:10To them that shall inherit them - Rather, “to those that shall take possession of them, i. e., “to conquerors who shall take them by force. read more

Joseph Benson

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

Jeremiah 8:8. How do ye say, We are wise? As if he had said, These things considered, where is your wisdom? you see the very fowls of the air are not so stupid as you are. He speaks not merely to the princes and priests, but to the whole body of the people. And the law of the Lord is with us They were wont to boast much of the law, as well as of the temple, Jeremiah 18:18; Romans 2:17-23. Lo, certainly in vain made he it For any use you make of it, you might as well have been without it.... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:8-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:8-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:8-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:10-12

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

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 8:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 8:10-12

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

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