Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 14:9
Jeremiah 14:9. Why shouldest thou be as a man astonished— Why shouldest thou be as a man void of counsel? Houbigant. read more
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Thomas Coke
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 14:7
7. do thou it—what we beg of Thee; interpose to remove the drought. Jeremiah pleads in the name of his nation (Psalms 109:21). So "work for us," absolutely used (Psalms 109:21- :). for thy name's sake—"for our backslidings are so many" that we cannot urge Thee for the sake of our doings, but for the glory of Thy name; lest, if Thou give us not aid, it should be said it was owing to Thy want of power (Joshua 7:9; Psalms 79:9; Psalms 106:8; Isaiah 48:9; Ezekiel 20:44). The same appeal to God's... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 14:8
8. The reference is, not to the faith of Israel which had almost ceased, but to the promise and everlasting covenant of God. None but the true Israel make God their "hope." ( :-). turneth aside to tarry—The traveller cares little for the land he tarries but a night in; but Thou hast promised to dwell always in the midst of Thy people (2 Chronicles 33:7; 2 Chronicles 33:8). MAURER translates, "spreadeth," namely, his tent. read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 14:9
9. astonied—like a "mighty man," at other times able to help ( :-), but now stunned by a sudden calamity so as to disappoint the hopes drawn from him. art in the midst of us— (Exodus 29:45; Exodus 29:46; Leviticus 26:11; Leviticus 26:12). called by thy name— (Daniel 9:18; Daniel 9:19) as Thine own peculiar people (Daniel 9:19- :). read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 14:1-16
A lament during drought 14:1-16 read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 14:7
Jeremiah voiced a prayer for his people. He admitted that their iniquities, apostasies, and sins had been great. These terms for sin are all words that indicate breach of covenant. But he pled for Yahweh to do something for the people for His own reputation’s sake, as a God of mercy, if not for theirs. Yet God is a God of justice as well as mercy. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 14:8
Yahweh had been Israel’s hope (cf. Jeremiah 17:7; Jeremiah 17:13; Jeremiah 50:7; Psalms 71:5; Joel 3:16; Acts 28:20; Colossians 1:27; 1 Timothy 1:1) and her Savior in times of distress (cf. 2 Samuel 22:3; Psalms 106:21; Isaiah 43:3; Isaiah 43:11; Isaiah 45:15; Isaiah 49:26; Isaiah 60:16; Hosea 13:4). But now He was acting like a stranger or a passing traveler. Such people normally have little real concern for the land through which they travel and the locals around them. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 14:9
The prophet wondered why God was behaving like someone who, upon witnessing a catastrophe, was so dismayed that he just stood there with his mouth open and did nothing to help. God’s lack of aid was especially surprising since He dwelt among His people and they were His chosen people. Jeremiah besought Yahweh not to forsake them."There could hardly be a stronger set of pleas than those that the prophet pours out here: not only the reproaches of Jeremiah 14:8-9 a but the positive considerations... read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 14:1-21
Jeremiah’s Eighth Prophecy (Reign of Jehoiakim?). The Impending Drought and other WoesDialogue between the prophet and God. He intercedes; but in vain, for the nation persists in sin. In this section we probably see the state of matters in the early part of Jehoiakim’s reign. There is no historical allusion to the drought which formed the occasion of the prophecy. read more
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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 14:8
Jeremiah 14:8. As a stranger in the land— Strangers are supposed to ransack and plunder a land of its riches; and a wayfaring-man, or traveller, to have little or no regard for it. The prophet's meaning therefore is, that the Lord seemed to have as little regard for Judah, as a hostile stranger, who would endeavour to ruin it; or as a traveller, for the place where he lodged only one night, without expecting ever to see it again. The opposition is between God, who had his dwelling in the midst... read more