耶利米書 5:2 CUNPTS

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 5:1-31

Subsection 2). YHWH’s Solemn Warning To Judah In The Days Of Josiah (Jeremiah 3:6 to Jeremiah 6:30 ). This section can be divided into four parts: · Jeremiah 3:6 to Jeremiah 4:2. Israel is held up as an example to Judah, both of faithlessness and of hope for the future. For because of what they had done Israel were in exile, and were ashamed of their ways, but if only they would turn to Him in their exile they would be restored. For them there was hope. It was very different with... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 5:1-9

Jeremiah 5:1-1 Samuel : . The Sins of Jerusalem.— Jeremiah is bidden to seek even one man in Jerusalem, for whose sake Yahweh may spare the city ( cf. Genesis 18:16-Micah :), one man of justice and faithfulness ( mg.) ; even the oaths they swear by Yahweh mean nothing. The prophet confesses that it is this lack of faithfulness that has brought a hard discipline on the city, though in vain; yet he turns from “ the man in the street” to those of high degree, for they (emph.) know the... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 5:2

Though they say, The Lord liveth; though when they swear, they use the form of an oath, and say, The Lord liveth, Jeremiah 5:2, or, By the living God. By swearing here we may understand all their service of God, by a synecdoche, swearing being a part of God’s worship. Surely they swear falsely; yet, or therefore, they swear falsely; either they swear to that which is false; or if to that which is true, they are so perfidious to me, that they do it deceitfully, not in sincerity, and in reverence... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Jeremiah 5:1-31

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. Chronology of the chapter. The description here of unblushing immorality and total disorganisation leads Kimchi and others to date this chapter after Josiah’s times; but it is not necessary; ostentatious reform and superficial religion may be synchronous with abandoned impiety and grossest corruption. Matthew Henry boldly puts an interval of twelve years between the fourth and this chapter, two years after Josiah’s death, but without argument or evidence.2.... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 5:2

Jeremiah 5:2 Commonplace belief in God. I. Commonplace belief is the assent we give to something which is told us, because we see no reason for thinking the thing untrue in itself, nor yet for calling in question the trustworthiness of the teller; we see no reason why we should deny it; it would imply more interest in the subject than we possess to deny it. We assent to it, and forget all about it the next minute; we have other things to think about, other things to take into consideration, to... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 5:1-31

Chapter 5Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places, if you can find a man, if there be any that is executing judgment, and that is seeking truth; and I will pardon it ( Jeremiah 5:1 ).If you can find one man. You remember when the angels were going down to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, Abraham said, "Hey, Lord, shall not the God of the earth be fair? Would you destroy the righteous with the people? What if there are fifty righteous people... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 5:1-31

Jeremiah 5:2 . Though they say the Lord liveth, surely they swear falsely. These words being in every one’s mouth, are but words, not sentiments. If men knew the grandeur of God, and studied his perfections, they could not trifle in his presence. Verbal confessions, the emanations of an infidel heart, are but aggravations of impiety. Jeremiah 5:4 . Therefore I said, surely these are poor; they are foolish I will address myself to the great and the learned. Here the prophet found the same... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Jeremiah 5:1-9

Jeremiah 5:1-9Run ye . . . and see . . . if ye can find a man.A man; or, The Divine ideal unrealisedI. The Divine idea of a man. One “that executeth Judgment, that seeketh the truth.” This involves--1. A righteous working out of the Divine will so far as it is apprehended.2. An earnest endeavour for further knowledge of the Divine will.3. How different is the Divine ideal of a man from that which popularly prevails.(1) The ideal of the muscular force.(2) That of the secular--wealth.(3) That of... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 5:2

Jer 5:2 And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely. Ver. 2. And though they say, The Lord liveth, ] i.e., Albeit they talk religiously, as those pretenders also did, Isa 66:5 and make a great flaunt, as if some great matter, with Simon Magus, Act 8:9 yet they are arrant hypocrites, and therefore odious to me who desire "truth in the inward parts." Psa 51:6 These neither "say the truth," nor "do" it. 1Jn 3:10 read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Jeremiah 5:2

though: Jeremiah 4:2, Jeremiah 7:9, Leviticus 19:12, Isaiah 48:1, Hosea 4:1, Hosea 4:2, Hosea 4:15, Hosea 10:4, Zechariah 5:3, Zechariah 5:4, Malachi 3:5, 1 Timothy 1:10, 2 Timothy 3:5, Titus 1:16 Reciprocal: Genesis 42:15 - By the life Leviticus 6:3 - sweareth Deuteronomy 6:13 - shalt swear 1 Samuel 19:6 - sware 1 Samuel 20:21 - as the 1 Kings 17:12 - As the Lord Job 27:2 - God liveth Psalms 24:4 - sworn Isaiah 29:13 - Forasmuch Isaiah 59:15 - truth Jeremiah 2:6 - Where Jeremiah 12:16 - my... read more