Jeremiah 19:4-5

Denunciations of doom. This chapter is filled with these awful warnings of the prophet. And they are made the more awful by the reflection that, fitted as they were to rouse the most careless and hardened, yet they failed with those to whom they were addressed. And so this sad chapter teaches us such lessons as these: 1. The earnest purpose of God to save man from his sin . Hence these warnings. 2. The awfully hardening power of the sin which could despise them . 3. What... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 19:4

Have estranged this place ; rather, have treated this place as strange ; i.e. as one that did not belong to their God, that was unholy (comp. Jeremiah 16:18 , "They have defiled ray land"). With the blood of innocents ; comp." Innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters" ( Psalms 106:38 )—the children sacrificed in Hinnom to Moloch. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 19:5

Baal . This seems to be used loosely for Moloch (comp. on Jeremiah 2:8 ). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 19:4

Have estranged this place - They have not recognized the sanctity of this place, but have treated it as a strange place, by worshipping in it strange gods.Innocents - i. e., guiltless persons. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 19:3-5

Jeremiah 19:3-5. Say, Hear, &c., O kings of Judah See note on Jeremiah 17:20. Behold, I will bring evil upon this place That is, upon Judah and Jerusalem, so surprising and so dreadful that whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle The very report of it shall astonish the hearers. Because they have estranged this place From me, should be supplied to make the sense clearer; the meaning, it seems, being that, by their worshipping other gods, and committing all sorts of crimes, they... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 19:1-15

The broken pot (19:1-20:6)In another acted parable Jeremiah, carrying an earthenware pot in his hand, took the leaders of Jerusalem to a place outside the city walls where old pottery was dumped. This was in the valley where the Judeans once sacrificed their children to Molech and carried out other pagan rites (19:1-2; see 7:30-34 and section, ‘Tophet and the Valley of Hinnom’).Through their leaders, the people of Judah are told that in this valley, where they have killed their children, they... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 19:4

forsaken Me. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:20 ; Deuteronomy 32:15 ). Compare Jeremiah 5:7 , Jeremiah 5:19 . App-92 . whom . . . they. . . have known. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:17 ). innocents = people, not merely babes. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 19:5

to burn = consume. Hebrew. saraph. App-43 . burn their sons, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 18:21 ). burnt offerings. Compare Jeremiah 7:31 . My mind. Hebrew My heart. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. "Mind" put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), for the thoughts. saith the LORD = [is] Jehovah's oracle. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 19:4

Jeremiah 19:4. And have estranged this place— And have turned this place to improper uses. Houbigant. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 19:1-15