耶利米书 8:18-20 CUVS

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:19

Because of them that dwell in , etc. The Hebrew simply has "from them," etc. The prophet is transported in imam-nation to the time of the fulfillment of his prophecies. He hears the lamentation of his countrymen, who are languishing in captivity. Is not the Lord in Zion , etc.? is the burden of their sad complaints; "king" is a familiar synonym for "God" (comp. Isaiah 8:21 ; Isaiah 33:22 ; but not Psalms 89:18 , which is certainly mistranslated in Authorized Version). But why" in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:20

The harvest is past , etc. For "summer," read fruit-gathering . The people again becomes the speaker. The form of the speech reminds one of a proverb. When the harvest was over and the fruit-gathering ended, the husbandmen looked for a quiet time of refreshment. Judah had had its "harvest-time" and then its "fruit-gathering;" its needs had been gradually, increasing, and, on the analogy of previous deliverances (comp. Isaiah 18:4 ; Isaiah 33:10 ), it might have been expected that God... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:20

Harvest contrasts. The seasons have their lessons for all of us, teaching both by analogy and by contrast; for the warnings suggested by the opposition of our own condition to that of the natural world may be as instructive as the encouragements arising out of the harmony between the two. To Jeremiah the harvest came in its brightness only to show the condition of the Jews in the deeper shadow. A similar experience may occur to those of us who have no harvest-song in the soul to respond to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:20

Occasions of hoped-for salvation that have not availed. Probably a proverbial expression. It is not admissible for us to understand the words of help expected from Egypt, which would be to make them an anachronism. They well describe the result of hoping against hope, and in this sense might be spoken by those who have been reduced to extremity by worldliness of spirit and unholiness of life. "It is plain that a great part of Israel imagined, like their heathen neighbors, that Jehovah had... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:20

The life is more than the meat. After the subsidence of the Deluge, there was a promise given to Noah that, "while the earth remaineth, seed-time and harvest … summer and winter … shall not cease." Scanning the surface of the Scripture narrative, it appears as if this promise had not been kept, seeing there is a record of several notable and protracted famines; and moreover, we have only too good reason to suppose that millions in the successive ages of the world have perished from famine.... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 8:18

Rather, “O my comfort in sorrow: my heart faints for me.” The word translated “comfort” is by some supposed to be corrupt. With these mournful ejaculations a new strophe begins, ending with Jeremiah 9:1, in which the prophet mourns over the miserable fate of his countrymen, among whom he had been earnestly laboring, but all in vain. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 8:19

Or, “Behold the voice of the cry for help of the daughter of my people from a distant land: Is not Yahweh in Zion? Is not her king there? Why have they provoked Me to anger with their carved images, with foreign vanities?” Their complaint, “Is there no Jehovah in Zion?” is met by God demanding of them the reason why instead of worshipping Him they have set up idols. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 8:20

The summer - Rather, the fruit-gathering, which follows the grain-harvest. The grain has failed; the fruit-gathering has also proved unproductive; so despair seized the people when they saw opportunities for their deliverance again and again pass by, until God seemed utterly to have forgotten them. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 8:18-19

Jeremiah 8:18-19. When I would comfort myself, &c. “When I would apply comfort to myself, my heart misgives me: I find great reason for my fears, and none for my hopes.” Blaney translates the verse, sorrow is upon me past my remedying; my heart within me is faint. They seem to be the words of the prophet, who had endeavoured to comfort himself in his trouble by acquiescing in the will of God; but the miseries coming on his countrymen continually occurring to his mind in all their... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 8:20

Jeremiah 8:20. The harvest is past, &c. Here the prophet speaks again in the name of the people, or, rather, represents the people besieged in Jerusalem complaining on account of the length of the siege. Their false prophets had amused them with vain hopes of deliverance, and they had expected the Egyptians to come to their relief; but now the harvest and the summer were past, and yet there was no appearance of succour or deliverance coming to them. Jerusalem began to be besieged in the... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 8:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 8:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 8:20

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 8:18-19

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 8:20

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