Jeremiah 12

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 12:1-17

Jeremiah 12:4 . He shall not see our last end. This is sadducean language, as Psalms 104:5. “The Lord will not see, neither will the God of Jacob regard.” This species of atheism blunts the edge of the ministry, and utterly supersedes the moral principle. Why then do the wicked fear the future? The mere probability of a day of final scrutiny should deter the unbeliever from the dreadful game of crime. Jeremiah 12:5 . How wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan. The river derives its name... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Jeremiah 12:1-6

Jeremiah 12:1-6Righteous art Thou, O Lord, when I plead with Thee.Communion with God in afflictionI. Why God sees fit to afflict His children by the dispensations of His providence.1. God sometimes afflicts His children to reclaim them from their delusions in religion. They are naturally bent to backsliding.2. God sometimes afflicts His children to try their sincerity, and give them an opportunity of knowing their own hearts.3. God sometimes afflicts His children for the purpose of displaying... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Jeremiah 12:2

Jeremiah 12:2Thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.God comes nearer to the hearts of His people in their duties than He doth to any hypocritical or formal professorBy God’s nearness we understand not His omnipresence (that neither comes nor goes), nor His love to His people (that abides), but the sensible, sweet manifestations and outlets of it to their souls (Psalms 145:18). Note the limitation of this glorious privilege; it is the peculiar enjoyment of sincere and... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Jeremiah 12:5

Jeremiah 12:5If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? The heroism of enduranceJeremiah had to pay the price of singularity. He had to learn not only to do without the sweet incense of popular favour, but also to stand unflinching even when it turned into the hot breath of hatred. He had to submit not only to be without friends, but to see friends become foes. This experience through which the prophet passed is a cruel one It either... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Jeremiah 12:9

Jeremiah 12:9Mine heritage is unto Me as a speckled bird.A speckled birdMine (God’s) heritage is unto Me as a speckled bird. As an owl, say some, that loveth not the light; as a peacock, say others, as oft changed as moved. God, that could not endure miscellany seed, nor linsey-woolsey, in Israel, can less endure that His people should be as a speckled bird, here of one colour, and there of another; or as a cake not turned (Hosea 5:4). (John Trapp.)God’s people as speckled birds“Mine heritage... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 12:1

Jer 12:1 Righteous [art] thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of [thy] judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? [wherefore] are all they happy that deal very treacherously? Ver. 1. Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee. ] Or, Though I should contend with thee. This the prophet fitly sets forth the ensuing disceptation, that he might not be mistaken. Thy judgments, saith he, are sometimes secret, always just; this I am well assured of,... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 12:2

Jer 12:2 Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou [art] near in their mouth, and far from their reins. Ver. 2. Thou hast planted them, and they have taken root. ] All goes well with them; they have more than heart can wish. Psa 73:7 And in lieu of God’s goodness to them, they profess largely, and pretend to great devotion; but that is all. Thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins. ] That is, From their affections. Tit 1:16... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 12:3

Jer 12:3 But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter. Ver. 3. But thou, Lord, knowest me, &c., ] q.d., I can safely appeal unto thee, and take thee for a witness of mine innocence and integrity, that I have thee not in my mouth only, as they, but in my heart also, which is wholly devoted to thy fear, ut sit tecum, hanging toward thee, and hankering after thee... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 12:4

Jer 12:4 How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end. Ver. 4. How long shall the land mourn? ] For the sake of those wicked wretches aforementioned. The beasts are consumed, and the birds. ] See Jeremiah 4:25-26 . Because they said, He shall not see our last end. ] God shall not, and so they deny his providence and prescience; or the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 12:5

Jer 12:5 If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and [if] in the land of peace, [wherein] thou trustedst, [they wearied thee], then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan? Ver. 5. If thou hast run with the footmen. ] Here God returneth an answer to the prophet’s foregoing complaint, saith the Chaldee, partly checking him for his discontentedness, and partly exciting him to a humble submission and a well-knit resolution. Then... read more

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