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Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 22:21

From thy youth ; i.e. from the time that thou didst become a nation (comp. Jeremiah 2:2 ; Hosea 2:15 ). It is tile Exodus which is referred to. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 22:21

The voice of God disregarded in prosperity. I. GOD SPEAKS TO US IN OUR PROSPERITY . 1. There are important words which need to be spoken to us at such a time. We can never have all the wants of our souls supplied by the richest abundance of material good things, and we need heavenly words for our soul's sustenance then as much as in the conscious helplessness of trouble. We have special duties belonging to the time of prosperity. Prosperity brings talents, opens... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 22:20

The third example, Jehoiachin. With him all the best and noblest of the land were dragged from their homes to people the void places of Babylon.The passages - Really, Abarim, a range of mountains to the south of Gilead, opposite Jericho (see Numbers 27:12; Deuteronomy 32:49). Jeremiah names the chief ranges of mountains, which overlook the route from Jerusalem to Babylon, in regular order, beginning with Lebanon upon the north, then Bashan on the northeast, and lastly Abarim on the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 22:21

Prosperity - literally, as in the margin. God spake thus not once only, but whenever Judah was at peace. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 22:20

Jeremiah 22:20. Go up to Lebanon, and cry, &c. The verbs here being in the feminine gender, the city of Jerusalem, or the land of Judea, seems to be addressed and called upon ironically to go to the tops of the high mountains, and to the frontiers of the country, and cry aloud for help to the neighbouring powers, but in vain, since all those who had any inclination to favour her, the Egyptians in particular, were themselves disabled and crushed by the arms of Nebuchadnezzar. Cry from... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 22:21

Jeremiah 22:21. I spake unto thee in thy prosperity Spake by my servants the prophets, in reproofs, admonitions, counsels; but thou saidst, I will not hear Didst manifest by thy conduct that thou wouldest not obey. Such is too often the effect of prosperity. It puffs men up with pride and high- mindedness, and makes them despise the word of God, thinking themselves too wise to stand in need of advice, and therefore they defer attending to it, till they are in extremities, when it becomes... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 22:13-23

Concerning Jehoiakim (22:13-23)Jehoiakim, another son of Josiah, was made king by Egypt in place of the unfortunate Jehoahaz. Jehoiakim was a cruel and oppressive ruler. In a time of extreme hardship, when the people were already burdened with heavy taxes to pay the overlord Egypt, Jehoiakim built luxurious palaces for himself. He demonstrated his contempt for his people by treating them almost as slaves and forcing them to work on his grand building projects without payment. He was the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 22:20

Go up, &c. Note the Figure of speech Eironeia. App-6 . cry: the cry of distress. the passages = Abarim: the mountains beyond Jordan, the range of Nebo. Compare Numbers 27:12 ; Numbers 33:47 , Numbers 33:48 . lovers: i.e. the neighbouring nations, to whom they looked instead of to God. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 22:21

prosperity. Hebrew, plural of majesty = thy great prosperity. obeyedst not = hearkenedst not to. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 22:20

"Go up to Lebanon and cry; lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from Abarim; for all thy lovers are destroyed. I spake to thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyest not my voice. The wind shall feed all thy shepherds, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness. O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied shalt... read more

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