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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:10

Verse 10 GOD here threatens punishment, because he found that he effected nothing, and that he had to do with an obstinate people, having before tried whether they were reclaimable. Having seen that exhortations were of no avail, he now comes to extreme severity, I will give, he says, their wives to strangers. He sets forth, by a particular instance, the evils which usually accompany wars: and nothing is more distressing than when the wife is snatched away from her husband; for if husbands had... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:11

Verse 11 THE Prophet repeats what we have noticed in the sixth chapter: but it was necessary to reiterate often, to the deaf and the slothful, what had already been forgotten, or what had not touched their hearts. As these things have been already explained, I shall now only refer briefly to the main points. He no doubt condemns here the priests and the prophets. He spoke before generally of the whole people, “from the least,” he said, “to the greatest.” But as for the sake of amplifying, he... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:12

Verse 12 The Prophet in these words shews still more clearly that they were wholly irreclaimable; for they had divested themselves of every shame. It is no doubt a proof of a wickedness past all remedy, when no shame remains. This verse has been also explained in the sixth chapter; it forms the fifteenth verse. But we must bear in mind the design of the Prophet. It is then briefly this, — to shew that the wickedness of the people was unhealable, and for this reason, because they had an iron... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:4

Moreover thou shalt say , etc.; literally, and thou shalt say . The section is introduced by a formula which connects it with Jeremiah 7:2 , Jeremiah 7:28 . Shall they fall , etc.? rather, Do men fall … doth a man turn away? One of those appeals to common sense in which the prophets delight. Who ever sees a fallen man stay quietly on the ground without attempting to rise? or a man who has wandered out of the path persist in going in the wrong direction? read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:4-6

Persistent depravity. I. PERSISTENT DEPRAVITY MUST BE DISTINGUISHED FROM A CASUAL LAPSE INTO SIN . 1. This is marked by a constant habit of sin, a falling without rising again. The best man is often guilty of mistakes, but he soon seeks to recover himself ( Psalms 37:24 ). His habit is upright, the direction he follows on the whole, though now and then he may lose ground for a short time, is right. But the man who is persistently depraved makes the wrong way... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:4-7

Apostasy an anomalous and incalculable thing. I. THE ANALOGIES Or COMMON SENSE AND INSTINCT ARE FALSIFIED . ( Jeremiah 8:4-6 .) If a man fall, he will rise again to his feet; if he has made a mistake or gone in a wrong direction, and discovers it, he will turn again, unless he be absolutely bereft of his senses. One might expect similar behavior in spiritual matters. But in the wickedness and defection of Israel it was not so; their apostasy seemed perpetual. The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:4-7

The unnatural conduct of Jerusalem. Still more humiliation for the proud, self-satisfied city. The prophet comes with a heavenly light, revealing the very foundations of her glory, and showing how unsubstantial they are, how easily exposed as contradicting truth and the highest propriety. What is aimed at here is to set before man, by the force of contrast, what he ought to be, in the sum of all his faculties made one by a will which acts according to the commandment of God. And so we see—... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:4-11

Backsliding in its worst forms. All departures from God are evil, but some are only temporary, and are quickly followed by repentance, return, and restoration. There are others, however, of a far more serious kind, and we have in these verses a great deal told us concerning them. We are told of some of— I. THEIR CHARACTERISTICS . 1. So contrary to men ' s wonted ways . For when men find that they have brought evil on themselves, they will at once seek to undo such evil ( ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:5

Slidden back … backsliding . The verb is the same verb (in another conjugation) as in Jeremiah 8:4 , and the noun is a derivative from it. The Authorized Version, therefore, has slightly weakened the force of the argument. They hold fast deceit . They cling to a false view of their relation to their God (comp. Jeremiah 4:2 ; Jeremiah 5:2 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:6

I hearkened and heard . The Divine Judge condescends to speak after the manner of men. He will be his own witness; for it is his own people, Jeshurun, which is on its trial. Not aright . It is a compound expression, equivalent to "insincerely," "untruly" (comp. Isaiah 16:6 ). Repented … turned ; rather, repenteth … turneth (or, returneth ). To his course . The Hebrew text, sometimes represented as having a different reading ("courses," in the plural) from the margin, really... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:11

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:4-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:4-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:4-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:4-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:6

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