Jeremiah 12

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 12:13

They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: if these words be understood literally, they only signify that God would blast the labours of the husbandman, and curse them in the field. The earth’s bringing forth thorns and thistles was part of the curse for the first transgression of man, Genesis 3:18. God’s blasting the labours of husbandmen is often threatened as a punishment of sin. See Leviticus 26:16; Deuteronomy 28:38. If it be taken metaphorically, it is expounded by the next words. They... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 12:14

God will not be angry for ever with his own people, nor suffer the rod of the wicked for ever to rest upon the back of the righteous; for saith he, for those that are nay evil neighbours, the nations bordering upon Judea, which God calls his inheritance, upon which account he calleth them his neighbours, who touched his inheritance, not so much by contiguity of habitation, as by rapacious fingers to do them hurt, insulting over them when the hand of God was upon them, and contributing to their... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 12:15

This seemeth not to be a prophecy only of the Jews’ return into their land after the fulfilling of the years of their captivity, but also of the bringing back of these nations after that they should be plucked up, and seems to relate to the calling of the Gentiles; but this prophecy must be limited by what followeth in the next verse, and not understood of all the inhabitants of those nations. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 12:16

Though these people be heathens, yet if they will leave their idolatries, and superstitious ways of worship, and learn to worship and serve me, as my people do and ought to worship me, and swear by my name, The Lord liveth; that is, pay that homage which they pay to the Divine Being to me, the living and true God; owning me alone as the fountain of life, and searcher of the hearts (for there is a great homage paid to the true God in swearing by his name only, which showeth the great impiety and... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 12:17

But for those, whether they be Jews or Gentiles, that shall continue in their idolatrous and superstitious courses, that shall refuse the Messias, and continue in unbelief, and go on in courses of rebellion and disobedience, (saith God,) I will utterly destroy that people. Thus Isaiah 60:12, The nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Jeremiah 12:1-17

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. Chronology of the chapter. See on chap. 11, Bleek’s theory; for which there is a weight of argument. All commentators agree to connect Jeremiah 12:1-6 with the conclusion of the previous chapter. The following Jeremiah 12:7-17, fall into two strophes, 7–13, and 14–17. Hitzig and Graf regard Jeremiah 12:7-13 as a lament over Judah’s devastation consequent upon Jehoiakim’s defection from Nebuchadnezzar in the eighth year of his reign. And Eichborn, Dahler, and... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 12:5

Jeremiah 12:5 The river Jordan was an eminent and appropriate type of death, as being the barrier which parted the wilderness of Israel's sojourn from the promised land of their assured inheritance. I. The reasonableness of the question in the text will be made manifest by pointing out certain circumstances which make death more appalling than any other calamity. (1) Death must be met alone. We are so constituted that in seasons of danger, difficulty, and alarm nothing is a more comfortable... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Jeremiah 12:5

swelling of Jordan i.e. under such a test as in Jeremiah 49:19; Jeremiah 50:44; Joshua 3:15; 1 Chronicles 12:15 read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Jeremiah 12:5

Preface For more than a century, Charles Haddon Spurgeon's sermons have been consistently recognized, and their usefulness and impact have continued to the present day, even in the outdated English of the author's own day. Why then should expositions already so successful and of such stature and proven usefulness require adaptation, revision, rewrite or even editing? The answer is obvious. To increase its usefulness to today's reader, the language in which it was originally written needs... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 12:1-17

Chapter 12Now Jeremiah goes on and he is talking now about the situation, the wicked man Jehoahaz that is in power. And he begins by saying,Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee ( Jeremiah 12:1 ):Starting from a base, from a foundation that is very important. Know this, that God is righteous and God is fair. Now, I will not always understand the righteousness of God or the justice or the judgment of God. You see, as a Christian we have problems. Because I believe that God is... read more

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