Jeremiah 5:25 NLT,NIV,ESV

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 5:25

iniquities. Hebrew. 'avah. App-44 . sins. Hebrew. chata' . App-44 . good = the good (singular) read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 5:25

25. National guilt had caused the suspension of these national mercies mentioned in :- (compare Jeremiah 3:3). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 5:20-31

Yahweh’s warning to His complacent people 5:20-31There were three aspects to Judah’s failure: the people’s perversity (Jeremiah 5:20-25), their injustice (Jeremiah 5:26-29), and their leaders (Jeremiah 5:30-31). [Note: Craigie, p. 95.] "Jeremiah rebukes the Judeans as a whole for their utter stupidity and lack of moral discernment. They have flaunted the covenant stipulations, and many ruthless individuals have prospered at the expense of the down-trodden." [Note: Harrison, Jeremiah and . . .,... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 5:25

The people’s sins had resulted in God withholding the blessings of nature from them, as well as other good things. The reasons for their blindness were mainly moral rather than intellectual. 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 5:25

(25) These things.—i.e., the rain and the harvest which, from the prophet’s point of view, had been withheld in consequence of the sins of the people. 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

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Jeremiah 5:25

5:25 Your {s} iniquities have turned away these [things], and your sins have withheld good [things] from you.(s) If there is any stay, that we receive not God’s blessings in abundance, we must consider that it is for our own iniquities, Isaiah 59:1-2 . read more