Jeremiah 12

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 12:1-6

1-6 When we are most in the dark concerning God's dispensations, we must keep up right thoughts of God, believing that he never did the least wrong to any of his creatures. When we find it hard to understand any of his dealings with us, or others, we must look to general truths as our first principles, and abide by them: the Lord is righteous. The God with whom we have to do, knows how our hearts are toward him. He knows both the guile of the hypocrite and the sincerity of the upright. Divine... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 12:7-13

7-13 God's people had been the dearly-beloved of his soul, precious in his sight, but they acted so, that he gave them up to their enemies. Many professing churches become like speckled birds, presenting a mixture of religion and the world, with its vain fashions, pursuits, and pollutions. God's people are as men wondered at, as a speckled bird; but this people had by their own folly made themselves so; and the beasts and birds are called to prey upon them. The whole land would be made... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 12:14-17

14-17 The Lord would plead the cause of his people against their evil neighbours. Yet he would afterwards show mercy to those nations, when they should learn true religion. This seems to look forward to the times when the fulness of the Gentiles shall come in. Those who would have their lot with God's people, and a last end like theirs, must learn their ways, and walk in them. read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Jeremiah 12:1-6

The Conspiracy in the Prophet's own Family v. 1. Righteous art Thou, O Lord, maintaining justice, when I plead with Thee, when he brings his case to the Lord's attention; yet let me talk with Thee of Thy judgments, reasoning with Jehovah concerning a matter which seems incompatible with divine righteousness: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? Why is it that they seem to be fortunate in all their dealings? Wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously? How may the... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Jeremiah 12:7-13

Israel Spoiled by the Enemies v. 7. I have forsaken Mine house, so the Lord tells His prophet, I have left Mine heritage, repudiating His chosen people, in the midst of whom He had established, and hoped to maintain, His Church; I have given the dearly beloved of My soul into the hand of her enemies, this being said of the exile with which He intended to punish His disobedient people. v. 8. Mine heritage is unto Me as a lion in the forest, presuming to rise up against Him like a beast of... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Jeremiah 12:14-17

The Lord's Answer v. 14. Thus saith the Lord against all Mine evil neighbors, that touch the inheritance which I have caused My people Israel to inherit, laying their hands upon the Land of Promise: Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, causing them also to be led away into captivity, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them, restoring them once more to the land promised to their fathers. v. 15. And it shall come to pass after that I have plucked them out, the heathen... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Jeremiah 12:1-17

5. THIRD STAGE OF THE CONSPIRACY: THE PLOT IN THE PROPHET’S OWN FAMILYJeremiah 12:1-61 Thou maintainest justice, O Jehovah, when I plead with thee.Only on matters of judgment will I speak with thee.Why is the way of the wicked prosperous?Why do all live in peace, who practise knavery?2 Thou hast planted them and they have taken root;They grow up, they also bear fruit:Thou art near in their mouth, but far from their reins.3 But thou, O Jehovah, knowest me,Regard me and prove my... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Jeremiah 12:5

Jeremiah CALMS AND CRISES Jer_12:5 The prophet has been complaining of his persecutors. The divine answer is here, reproving his impatience, and giving him to understand that harder trials are in store for him. Both clauses mean substantially the same thing, and are of a parabolic nature. The one adduces the metaphor of a race: ‘Footmen have beaten you, have they? Then how will you run with cavalry?’ The other is more clear in the Revised Version rendering: ‘Though in a land of peace you... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 12:1-17

Now we hear the prophet as he appealed to Jehovah to be his Defender, and. finally, we hear the divine determination. concerning his evil neighbors. This peril was revealed to him by Jehovah. It was a plot against his life. He appealed to the Lord, and was told by the declaration of His knowledge of the plot, and of the fact that the severest punishments would be meted out to these men. The prophet then poured out his soul in questions to God. Why is it, he asked, that the wicked prosper?... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 12:1-4

Jeremiah Questions The Delay In The Punishment And Asks Why The Wicked Continue To Prosper, Seeking God’s Judgment On Them (Jeremiah 12:1-4 ). Jeremiah 12:1 ‘You are righteous, O YHWH, when I contend with you, Yet would I reason the cause with you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all they at ease who deal very treacherously?’ Jeremiah’s response was to accept the justice of YHWH’s decision in the face of his plea, but to demonstrate his dissatisfaction at the delay in the... read more

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