耶利米书 8:4-6 RCUVSS

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:4-6

Persistent depravity. I. PERSISTENT DEPRAVITY MUST BE DISTINGUISHED FROM A CASUAL LAPSE INTO SIN . 1. This is marked by a constant habit of sin, a falling without rising again. The best man is often guilty of mistakes, but he soon seeks to recover himself ( Psalms 37:24 ). His habit is upright, the direction he follows on the whole, though now and then he may lose ground for a short time, is right. But the man who is persistently depraved makes the wrong way... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:4-7

Apostasy an anomalous and incalculable thing. I. THE ANALOGIES Or COMMON SENSE AND INSTINCT ARE FALSIFIED . ( Jeremiah 8:4-6 .) If a man fall, he will rise again to his feet; if he has made a mistake or gone in a wrong direction, and discovers it, he will turn again, unless he be absolutely bereft of his senses. One might expect similar behavior in spiritual matters. But in the wickedness and defection of Israel it was not so; their apostasy seemed perpetual. The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:4-7

The unnatural conduct of Jerusalem. Still more humiliation for the proud, self-satisfied city. The prophet comes with a heavenly light, revealing the very foundations of her glory, and showing how unsubstantial they are, how easily exposed as contradicting truth and the highest propriety. What is aimed at here is to set before man, by the force of contrast, what he ought to be, in the sum of all his faculties made one by a will which acts according to the commandment of God. And so we see—... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:4-11

Backsliding in its worst forms. All departures from God are evil, but some are only temporary, and are quickly followed by repentance, return, and restoration. There are others, however, of a far more serious kind, and we have in these verses a great deal told us concerning them. We are told of some of— I. THEIR CHARACTERISTICS . 1. So contrary to men ' s wonted ways . For when men find that they have brought evil on themselves, they will at once seek to undo such evil ( ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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 8:4

The prophet here resumes from Jeremiah 7:28 the main subject of his prophecy. He again invites the Jews to repentance.Shall they fall? - The argument is that when men fall, they do not lie upon the ground, but endeavor to get up again: and when a man loses his way, he does not persist in going on, but turns round, and retraces his steps. Israel then will be only following the dictates of comnon sense in desisting from that which she now knows to be her ruin. 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

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:4-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:4-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:4-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:4-11

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 8:4

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

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

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