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William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 17:1-27

CHAPTER IXTHE DROUGHT AND ITS MORAL IMPLICATIONSJeremiah 14:1-22; Jeremiah 15:1-21 (17?)VARIOUS opinions have been expressed about the division of these chapters. They have been cut up into short sections, supposed to be more or less independent of each other; and they have been regarded as constituting a well-organised whole, at least so far as the eighteenth verse of chapter 17. The truth may lie between these extremes. Chapters 14, 15 certainly hang together; for in them the prophet... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Jeremiah 17:1-27

CHAPTER 17 1. Judah’s sin (Jeremiah 17:1-4 ) 2. The curse and the blessing (Jeremiah 17:5-11 ) 3. The worship of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 17:12-18 ) 4. Concerning the Sabbath (Jeremiah 17:19-27 ) Jeremiah 17:1-4 . The sin of Judah was idolatry, engraven with a pen of iron, the point of a diamond, upon their heart (from whence it proceeded) and upon the horns of their altars. They had destroyed but a few years before the asherim (translated groves, a kind of sacred post), and now their... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Jeremiah 17:11

17:11 {k} [As] the partridge sitteth [on eggs], and hatcheth [them] not; [so] he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.(k) As the patriarch by calling gathered others who forsake her when they see she is not their mother: so the covetous man is forsaken of his riches because he comes by them falsely. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 17:1-27

“ IN THE SWELLING OF JORDAN ” God told the prophet worse was to come. The Swelling of Jordan would be experienced later, and in the present lesson, especially towards the close, we have an illustration of it. There are things of interest to look at in the meantime, for example, an illustration of that symbolic teaching mentioned earlier. In chapter 13 we have what two symbols? See Jeremiah 13:1-11 for the first and Jeremiah 13:12-14 for the second. The prophet acted these out before the... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Jeremiah 17:11

Some naturalists have given this account of the Partridge. And it forms a striking representation of the man of riches brooding over his riches, which after all bring forth nothing but disappointment. See our Lord's account, Luke 12:16-21 . read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 17:11

Partridge. Hebrew kore, (Haydock) may mean the "coucou." The kra lays many eggs, all of which she does not hatch. (Calmet) --- Protestants, " As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not," &c. (Haydock) --- It is rare that all produce birds; so the unjust do not succeed (Calmet) in the end. (Haydock) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 17:5-11

5-11 He who puts confidence in man, shall be like the heath in a desert, a naked tree, a sorry shrub, the product of barren ground, useless and worthless. Those who trust to their own righteousness and strength, and think they can do without Christ, make flesh their arm, and their souls cannot prosper in graces or comforts. Those who make God their Hope, shall flourish like a tree always green, whose leaf does not wither. They shall be fixed in peace and satisfaction of mind; they shall not be... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Jeremiah 17:5-18

The Depth of the Nation's Corruption v. 5. Thus saith the Lord, in rebuking the tendency of Judah to rely upon various heathen allies, Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, as the Jews did in relying upon Egypt, and maketh flesh his arm, in depending upon the strength of men, and whose heart departeth from the Lord, this fact explaining the reason for such foolish trust in man. v. 6. For he shall be like the heath in the desert, literally, "like a naked one in the wilderness," one... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Jeremiah 17:1-27

Jeremiah 17:04. Refutation of the objection (Jeremiah 16:10) that the people had not generally served idolsJeremiah 17:1-41          The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus,1Graven with a diamond point on the tablet of their heart,On the horns of their altars;2     As their children remember their altars,And their images of Baal2 by3 the green trees, by the high hills.3     My mountain together with4 the fields,Thy substance and all thy treasures will I give up to spoil,Thy heights!—for... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Jeremiah 17:1-14

Human and Divine Help Contrasted Jeremiah 17:1-14 The Jews were always seeking alliance either with Egypt or Babylon. What was true of them applies to us all; but we cannot depend upon human aid, without departing from the Lord. The heath is probably the juniper, a lonely tree, dwelling in arid wastes, unvisited by dew. The soul that rests on God is watered from His throne. The roots of such are fed from the hidden springs of Eternity. The heart is deceitful; it tends constantly to... read more

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