Jeremiah 15:12

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 15:12

steel = bronze. read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 15:12

THE DESTRUCTION OF JUDAH INEVITABLE"Can one break iron, even iron from the north, and brass? Thy substance and thy treasure will I give for a spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders. And I will make them to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not; for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you."The last two verses here simply state that all of the treasures and riches of Judah shall God cause to be taken away from them because... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 15:12

Jeremiah 15:12. Shall iron break the northern iron— Houbigant renders the verse, I will raise up iron from the north, iron and brass; which seems to give the best interpretation of this difficult verse. Others understand it in a different manner, thus: The Lord, to comfort Jeremiah, promises him in the 11th verse, that he will cause his enemies at the end to treat him well: but he adds in this verse, "What do you fear from the Jews? What can they do against you? Though they were as hard as iron... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 15:12

12. steel—rather, brass or copper, which mixed with "iron" (by the Chalybes near the Euxine Pontus, far north of Palestine), formed the hardest metal, like our steel. Can the Jews, hardy like common iron though they be, break the still hardier Chaldees of the north (Jeremiah 1:14), who resemble the Chalybian iron hardened with copper? Certainly not [CALVIN]. HENDERSON translates. "Can one break iron, (even) the northern iron, and brass," on the ground that English Version makes ordinary iron... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 15:10-18

A collection of Jeremiah’s personal trials and sayings 15:10-20:18This section of text is highly autobiographical. It contains, among other things, most of Jeremiah’s so-called "confessions" (Jeremiah 15:10-12; Jeremiah 15:15-21; Jeremiah 17:9-11; Jeremiah 17:14-18; Jeremiah 18:18-23; Jeremiah 20:7-18). This section can be a great help and encouragement to modern servants of the Lord. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 15:10-21

The prophet’s inner struggles and Yahweh’s responses 15:10-21This pericope contains two instances in which Jeremiah faced crushing discouragement in his ministry (Jeremiah 15:10-21). He confessed his frustration to the Lord, and the Lord responded with encouragement. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 15:10-38

4. Warnings in view of Judah’s hard heart 15:10-25:38This section of the book contains several collections of Jeremiah’s confessions, symbolic acts, and messages. These passages reflect conditions that were very grim, so their origin may have been shortly before the fall of Jerusalem in 586 B.C. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 15:12

The enemy from the north would be impossible to defeat, as strong as iron or bronze. What Jeremiah had been preaching would indeed come to pass. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 15:1-21

1-9. The coming woes described.1. Moses (Exodus 17:11; Exodus 32:11; Numbers 14:13-20) and Samuel (1 Samuel 7:9; 1 Samuel 12:23) were successful pleaders with God in time past: cp. Psalms 99:6. 2. To death] meaning, by pestilence. 4. To be removed into] RV ’to be tossed to and fro among.’ For Manasseh’s wickedness see 2 Kings 21:3. 7. They shall be dispersed and driven forth from the land by every way of exit. 8. Even the mothers of warriors in the prime of youth shall have none to protect... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 15:12

(12) Shall iron break . . .?—The abruptness of the question and the boldness of the imagery make the interpretation difficult. That which most harmonises with the context (assuming this verse to carry on the thought of Jeremiah 15:1-9, after the interruption, possibly the interpolation, of Jeremiah 15:10-11) is, that the prayer of the prophet, strong though it may be, cannot change the inflexible purpose of Jehovah to chastise His people’s sins. Some have, however, taken the words as declaring... read more

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