耶利米书 17:21 RCUVSS

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 17:21

Take heed to yourselves ; rather, Take heed heartily , conscientiously ; literally, in your souls . So in Malachi ( Malachi 2:15 , Malachi 2:16 ), "Take heed in your spirit" (not, "to your spirit," as Authorized Version). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 17:19-27

This prophecy on the observance of the Sabbath, is the first of a series of short predictions. arranged probably in chronological order among themselves, but in other respects independent of one another. Its tone is mild, and dissuasive rather of future neglect than condemnatory of past misconduct; and it may be assigned to the commencement of Jehoiakim’s reign. Its similarity to the prophecy contained in Jeremiah 22:1-5 makes it probable that they were contemporaneous.Jeremiah 17:19The gate of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 17:19-24

Jeremiah 17:19-24. Thus saith the Lord, Go, &c. Here we evidently have a distinct prophecy, which the prophet was commanded to deliver most probably soon, if not immediately, after the foregoing. Stand in the gate of the children of the people By which It seems is meant the gate most frequented by the people; being that nearest the palace, where the kings of Judah held their most solemn courts of judicature, or by which they ordinarily went out of the city, and returned into it. And... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 17:14-27

Forthright messages (17:14-27)Jeremiah is still distressed and once more appeals to God for help. His complaint is that the people mock him when they do not see his prophecies come true (14-15). He reminds God that he has done no more than announce the message God has given him. He personally does not wish doom upon the nation. Therefore, he asks God to be his protector against his persecutors (16-18).One of God’s commands to Jeremiah was that he go around the various city gates and warn the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 17:21

yourselves = your souls. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13 . bear no burden. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 20:8 ; Exodus 23:12 ; Exodus 31:13 ). Compare Nehemiah 13:15-19 . read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 17:21

21. Take heed to yourselves—literally, "to your souls." MAURER explains, "as ye love your lives"; a phrase used here to give the greater weight to the command. sabbath—The non-observance of it was a chief cause of the captivity, the number of years of the latter, seventy, being exactly made to agree with the number of Sabbaths which elapsed during the four hundred ninety years of their possession of Canaan from Saul to their removal (Leviticus 26:34; Leviticus 26:35; 2 Chronicles 36:21). On the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 17:19-27

The importance of Sabbath observance 17:19-27This section contains one of Jeremiah’s sermons. Notice its introduction, proclamation of the Law, promise of blessing for the obedient, and threat of judgment for the disobedient. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 17:21-22

The Lord commanded His people to observe the Sabbath Day as the Mosaic Covenant specified. They were to refrain from carrying loads in and out of their houses or the city, or doing any work (Exodus 20:8-11; Exodus 23:12; Exodus 31:13-17; Deuteronomy 5:12-15; Nehemiah 13:15-22; Amos 8:5). read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 17:19-27

Jeremiah’s Tenth Prophecy (Reign of Jehoiakim, or even Josiah, for it Speaks of the Possibility of the Continuance of the Monarchy). The Sabbath Obligation19. The children of the people] perhaps meaning the lay folk as opposed to the priests.25. A promise of the continuance of the lineage of David. 26. The plain] from the hill-country westward to the Mediterranean.The mountains] the central portion of the land running from N. to S. Meat offerings] RV ’oblations.’ RM ’meal offerings.’ They were... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Jeremiah 17:1-27

Jeremiah 17:9 PÈre Pacheu quotes the saying of the Comte de Maistre: 'Whatever the conscience of a criminal may be, I know only the heart of an honest man, and it is a wretched and a fearful thing!' A Bad Heart Jeremiah 17:9-10 I wish, firstly, to prove to you the truth of the words 'the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked'; secondly, to remind you that God knows what is within you 'I the Lord search the heart'; and, thirdly, the only remedy that can do you any good, if... read more