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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 15:2

Verse 2 He now confirms the previous sentence, If they shall say, Whither shall we go forth? then shalt thou say to them, Those for death, to death; those for the sword, to the sword; those for the famine, to the famine; those for exile, to exile; as though he had said, “In vain do they complain of their own miseries.” For God, no doubt, had in view the clamorous complaints which prevailed everywhere among the people on account of their very heavy calamities. Thus indeed were hypocrites wont to... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 15:3

Verse 3 Jeremiah proceeds with the same subject. He said yesterday that the people were no longer cared for by God, and so that nothing remained for them but in various ways to perish, and that the last punishment would be exile. He now confirms the same thing, and says, that God would prepare against them ravenous birds as well as wild beasts, the sword and dogs (129) as though he had said, that all animals would be hostile to them, and be the executioners of God’s vengeance. Some render the... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 15:4

Verse 4 Jeremiah speaks now of exile. He had hitherto spoken of the sword and famine, and mentioned also other punishments, that their carcases would be dragged about by dogs, and also devoured by wild beasts and ravenous birds; but he now refers to one kind of punishment only — that God would drive them into exile. And he seems to have taken these words from Moses, for so he speaks in Deuteronomy 28:0, except that ו, vau, is placed before ע, ain, in the word “commotion,” but such a change is... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 15:5

Verse 5 The Prophet shews here that the severe punishment of which he had spoken could not be deemed unjust, according to what those men thought who were querulous, and ever expostulated with God, and charged him with too much rigour. Lest, then, the Jews should complain, the Prophet says briefly, that all the evils which were nigh at hand were fully due, and so deserved, that they could find no pity, even among men. We know that the worst of men, when the Lord punishes them, have some to... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 15:6

Verse 6 Then follows the reason — For thou hast forsaken me, saith Jehovah Since, then, God had been rejected by the Jews, did not such a defection bring its deserved reward, when they were deprived of every human aid? He afterwards adds, Backward hast thou gone He intimates that there was a continuance in their wicked defection; for they not only forgot God for a time, but departed far from him, so as to become wholly alienated. It then follows — And I will stretch out, etc.; that is,... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 15:7

Verse 7 He confirms here the same truth. The verb which I have rendered in the future may be rendered in the past tense, but I still think it to be a prediction of what was to come. But as to what follows, I have bereaved, I have destroyed, it must, I have no doubt, be referred to time past. He then says, I will fan or scatter them, for the verb. זרה zare, means to scatter, but as with a fan follows, (the word is derived from the same root) I wish to retain the repetition. Then it is, I will... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 15:8

Verse 8 He says first, Multiplied have been his widows; because the men had been almost all kined, in battle. If the Prophet is the speaker, the particle לי li, is redundant, but if the words be referred to God, we know that the people were in such a way under the government of God that he calls the widows his, as he calls the children his who were born Israelites. But in this there is no great importance, only that if we consider God to be speaker the sense will be this, “Behold, it is by no... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 15:9

Verse 9 He proceeds with his narrative; he says, that fruitful women had been weakened, not as we see to be often the case, for by frequent child — bearing we know the strength of women is diminished; but here he speaks of the strength which mothers derive from their children; for a numerous offspring is the support of mothers. She then who has many children seems strong, as she is by so many shields defended. As then mothers were wont to place much dependence on their offspring, he says that... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 15:1

Though Moses and Samuel , etc. It is a mere supposition which is here made; there is no allusion to any popular view of the intercession of saints (see my note on Isaiah 63:16 ). If even a Moses or a Samuel would intercede in vain, the ease of the Judahites must indeed be desperate. For these were the nearest of all the prophets to Jehovah, and repeatedly prayed their people out of grievous calamity (comp. Psalms 99:6 ). Jeremiah had already sought to intercede for his people (see on ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 15:1

Sins for which saintly intercession cannot avail. Moses is spoken of as an intercessor in Exodus 17:11 ; Exodus 32:11 ; Numbers 14:13 ; Psalms 106:23 : Samuel in 1 Samuel 7:1-17 ; 1 Samuel 8:1-22 ; 1 Samuel 8:6 ; 1 Samuel 12:16-23 ; 1 Samuel 15:11 ; Psalms 99:6 . Noah, Daniel, and Job are mentioned similarly ( Ezekiel 14:14 ). It is, then, in their special intercessory character that these fathers are referred to. At the time when their intercessions took place they... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 15:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 15:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 15:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 15:5

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 15:6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 15:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 15:8

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 15:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 15:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 15:1

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