Jeremiah 7:13-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 7:1-34

The relations of righteousness and religion. This chapter, as indeed so much other of Jeremiah's prophecies, teaches not a little Concerning this great theme. In this chapter we note how it shows— I. THAT RIGHTEOUSNESS IS THE PRINCIPAL THING . 1. It is God's solemn demand (verse 2). 2. It is God's perpetual demand. See the whole chapter, the whole prophecy. "Amend your ways and your doings" (verse 3) is its constant appeal. 3. At first it was his only... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 7:5-16

Strange church-goers. I. LOOK AT THEM AS JEREMIAH SAW THEM . Thieves ( Jeremiah 7:6 , Jeremiah 7:9 ), most cruel oppressors, murderers, adulterers, etc. Yet they were all going into the temple to worship the Lord. Strange church-goers indeed. II. ASK IF THERE BE ANY SUCH NOW ? What if some angel of God, unseen by us, were to mark on the foreheads of all who enter our churches now their true characters in the sight of God: would there be no fraudulent,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 7:8-15

The formalism of Jewish religion exposed. The lesson of Shiloh. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 7:12-14

Shiloh, or the God-forsaken shrine. It is to many minds impossible to avoid a feeling of deep sadness when we look upon the ruins, noble even in their desolation, of some former beautiful and august sanctuary of God. There are many such scattered over this and other lands: Tintern, Furness, Melrose, etc. Our imagination pictures them when in the zenith of their glory, with their many stately towers and tapering spires, their long-drawn aisles and lofty roofs, the glorious vista of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 7:12-16

Warning voices. I. SUCH VOICES ARE PERPETUALLY HEARD . The prophet speaks of three such here. 1. Shiloh ( Jeremiah 7:12 ). 2. The Lord himself ( Jeremiah 7:13 ). 3. Ephraim ( Jeremiah 7:15 ). II. And THEY TELL EVER THE SAME TRUTHS . 1. The Divine anger against sin ( Jeremiah 7:12 ). 2. The utter uselessness of their "trust in lying words" to escape that auger ( Jeremiah 7:14 ). 3. The absolute need of repentance. III. And ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 7:13

Rising up early and speaking ; i.e. speaking zealously and continually (so Jeremiah 7:25 ; Jeremiah 25:4 ; Jeremiah 26:5 ; Jeremiah 29:19 ). It is an expression peculiar to Jeremiah. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 7:13

The voice unheeded. I. GOD IS EVER SPEAKING TO HIS CHILDREN . There is a Divine voice speaking, not to favored prophets in rare moments of spiritual elevation, but to all men, that all who will may hear. This voice comes to us in many forms. 1. The voice of nature—the proclamation of the power and wisdom of God in the awful, silent speech of the stars ( Psalms 19:3 ), and the gentler language which tells of his tenderness and beneficence in the cheery songs of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 7:13-16

The Divine long-suffering worn out. The above section brings before us, as do many other Scriptures, this very certain and very serious truth of God's patience being not only exhaustible, but exhausted. We observe— I. THE DIVINE LONG - SUFFERING IS A VERY PRECIOUS FACT . Nations, Churches, individuals have not we ourselves?—have been examples of it. What have not all of us owed to the fact that the Lord is long-suffering, and" willeth not the death of a sinner, but... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 7:13-25

Rising up early. A striking expression concerning Jehovah. In Jeremiah 7:25 it is strengthened: "Daily rising up early." It speaks to us— I. OF THE ANXIETY OF JEHOVAH FOR HIS PEOPLE . He who has important business on hand, or dear ones in trying circumstances, or great results dependent upon immediate and strenuous exertion, will show diligence in some such way. He will be unable to rest. So it is with God and his Church. Not that he can be said to fear or be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 7:14

To Shiloh . Shiloh and the temple of Shiloh are interchanged, precisely as Jerusalem and the temple of Jerusalem ( Jeremiah 26:9 ; Micah 3:12 ). read more

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