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Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 5:17

These soldiers would devour and demolish everything that the Judahites owned and trusted in for security. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 5:1-31

1-9. The universal corruption of the city prevents forgiveness.2. Though they say, The Lord liveth] i.e. though they take the most solemn form of oath, as opposed to those held by the Jews to be of less obligation: cp. Matthew 5:34, Matthew 5:35. 3 The truth] RM ’faithfulness.’ It is this that God looks for. 4. These are poor, etc.] i.e. the ignorant ones who know no better. 5. Yoke.. bonds] i.e. restraints of God’s law. 6. Lion] i.e. the invader: cp. Matthew 4:7. Evenings] RM ’deserts.’7-8.... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 5:17

(17) Which thy sons and thy daughters should eat.—There is no relative pronoun in the Hebrew, and the clause stands parallel with the others, they shall eat (i.e., destroy) thy sons and thy daughters, and is so translated in all the older versions. In the other clauses the verb is in the singular, “it (i.e., the invading army) shall eat.”Impoverish.—Better, break down, or shatter. The “sword” is used, as in Ezekiel 26:9, for “battle-axes” and other weapons used in attacking cities. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Jeremiah 5:1-31

Jeremiah 5:1 To feel and to bring out the force of this verse stress must be laid upon the word man. The text tells us what a man is; how rare a man is; how valuable a man is. I. The man that is to be sought out according to the direction in this verse is a person that executeth judgment, and that seeketh the truth. A man, then, is first of all one that does what is light and just from principle, uniformly, and towards all. Further, a man is one who not only does what is right, but he has in... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 5:1-31

; Jeremiah 5:1-31; Jeremiah 6:1-30CHAPTER IVTHE SCYTHIANS AS THE SCOURGE OF GODJeremiah 4:3 - Jeremiah 6:30IF we would understand what is written here and elsewhere in the pages of prophecy, two things would seem to be requisite. We must prepare ourselves with some knowledge of the circumstances of the time, and we must form some general conception of the ideas and aims of the inspired writer, both in themselves, and in their relation to passing events. Of the former, a partial and fragmentary... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Jeremiah 5:1-31

CHAPTER 5 1. The apostate conditions of Jerusalem (Jeremiah 5:1-9 ) 2. The impending judgment (Jeremiah 5:10-18 ) 3. Sowing and reaping (Jeremiah 5:19-29 ) 4. The horrible thing (Jeremiah 5:30-31 ) Jeremiah 5:1-9 . So degenerate had the inhabitants of Jerusalem become that the Lord promised if but one man could be found in the city who executed judgment and sought the truth, He would pardon Jerusalem. It was a general apostasy. A similar apostasy is predicted for the end of our age.... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 5:1-31

PERSECUTED IN HIS HOME TOWN The length of this lesson may alarm, but preparation for it only requires the reading of the chapters two or three times. One who has gone through Isaiah will soon catch the drift of the Spirit’s teaching and be able to break up the chapters into separate discourses and the discourses into their various themes. The main object of the lesson is to dwell on the prophet’s personal experience in his home town which is reached in the closing chapters. It is thought... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Jeremiah 5:1-31

God's Judgment of Self-will Jer 5:21-24 The tone in which God expostulates with Israel, and the figures by which he represents the kind of punishment which he will bring upon them, are really startling. The house of Jacob and all the families of Israel are charged with having forgotten God; priest and lawyer, pastor and prophet, had turned from the true testimony; they had become unto God as the degenerate plant of a strange vine; they had said to a rock, Thou art my father, and to a stone,... read more

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