예레미야 11:13-17 KRV

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:14

Intercession unavailing. God here forbids Jeremiah to intercede for the people in their sore trouble. Similar expressions are found in Jeremiah 7:16 ; Jeremiah 14:11 ; Jeremiah 15:1 . It was evidently meant that the prophet should feel how unavailing all intercession was. I. WE HAVE HERE A VERY PAINFUL EXCEPTION TO A VERY IMPORTANT RULE . The rule is to pray, to pray continually, and to pray with not the least fervency and devotion when our prayers are... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:15

What hath my beloved to do in mine house ? "My beloved" is evidently the Jewish people, who in Jeremiah 12:7 is called "the dearly beloved of my soul." The Divine Speaker expresses surprise that one who has now so poor a claim to the title of "my beloved" should appear in his holy house. It is spoken in the spirit of that earlier revelation of Isaiah, "When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to trample my courts?" ( Isaiah 1:12 ). The Jews, it would seem,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:16

A green olive tree . The olive tree is "one of the most thriving, hardy, and productive trees in the East" (it was the first tree elected king in the parable, 9:8 ), and with its "foliage of a deep, perennial green," furnishes a striking symbol of healthful beauty. A psalmist, speaking in the character of the typical righteous man, compares himself to a "green olive tree in the house of God' ( Psalms 52:8 ). The word rendered "green "is one of those which are the despair of translators... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:16-17

The olive struck by lightning. Under the image of an olive tree consumed by lightning fires the prophet portrays the devastation which will come upon Israel in spite of former prosperity. This is a type of the similar doom which may overtake the happy and prosperous. I. THE HAPPY PROSPERITY . 1. The olive tree was green—perennially green. Prosperity may be constant and unbroken before the descent of judgment. 2. It was fair . Prosperity may come with much honor and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:16-17

The first last. Many, indeed, are the instances in which those who were placed first in opportunity have been found last in attainment. Privilege, favor, education, help of all kinds, have been at their disposal, and yet the results which had been designed for them, and which so surely should have been theirs, they have missed (cf. Matthew 11:1-30 ; "Woe unto thee, Bethsaida!" etc.). And in ordinary life, as well as in the records of the Bible, may we learn how frequently, not the strong... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:16-17

The fated olive tree. I. GOD 'S COMPARISON OF HIS PEOPLE TO THE OLIVE TREE . There would have been force in the comparison if applied to any flourishing and fruitful tree, but there was peculiar propriety in directing the thoughts of the people to the olive. The olive was already associated in sacred history with the return of hope after the Flood, and doubtless, in the times of Jeremiah, it was one of the most valuable of trees, as it still is, for the richness of its... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:17

The Lord of hosts, that planted thee ; He who "planted" Israel (comp. Jeremiah 2:21 ) could also uproot it; and though, for the sake of his covenant with Abraham, he would not destroy it utterly, yet he could not but interpose as Judge to punish its manifold transgressions. Israel and Judah are mentioned together; for the prophets, so far as we know them from their works, did not recognize the separation of the two kingdoms. Against themselves ; rather, for themselves ; i . e . to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:17

The limits of long-suffering love. I. GOD 'S DEALINGS WITH HIS ANCIENT PEOPLE WERE THOSE OF LOVE . That he should have chosen them and brought them into covenant with himself; that he should have taken such precautions to preserve them in that covenant. See the time selected for its establishment (cf. Jeremiah 11:4 )—when their hearts were susceptible and softened by his great goodness to them, and therefore the more ready to receive and keep the impression of his... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 11:13

That shameful thing - i. e., Baal; public establishment of idolatry, such as actually took place in the reign of Manasseh (2 Chronicles 33:3. Contrast 2 Kings 18:4). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 11:14-17

A parenthesis. As in Jeremiah 7:16, all intercession is forbidden, and for this reason. Prayer for others for the forgiveness of their sins avails only when they also pray. The cry of the people now was that of the guilty smarting under punishment, not of the penitent mourning over sin.Jeremiah 11:15This passage, like Isaiah 1:12, rebukes the inconsistency of Judah’s public worship of Yahweh with their private immorality and preference for idolatry. Translate it: “What hath My beloved in My... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:16-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:16-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:16-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 11:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 11:14-17

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