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Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 11:12-14

Jeremiah 11:12-14. Then shall the cities of Judah cry unto the gods, &c. “When great calamities threaten men, their fears suggest all possible ways of seeking for succour. Thus, when the Jews found themselves forsaken of God, they betook themselves to idols, but found all such applications vain, and to no purpose: see 2 Chronicles 28:23. For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, &c. See note on Jeremiah 2:28. Ye have set up altars to that shameful thing Hebrew,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 11:15

Jeremiah 11:15. What hath my beloved to do in my house, &c. “Why doth this, my chosen and peculiar people, as they love to call themselves, make their appearance before me in my house, since they have gone a whoring after several idols of the nations round about them, and thereby have disowned me, and broken the marriage contract that was between us? See note on Jeremiah 2:2. God calls the Jews his beloved people, because they called themselves so, and because they were still beloved... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 11:16-17

Jeremiah 11:16-17. The Lord hath called thy name, A green olive-tree Perhaps Jeremiah here alludes to Hosea 11:7, where Israel is compared to an olive-tree. The Jewish nation, which, in its flourishing state, is often compared by the sacred writers to a vine, is also sometimes compared to an olive-tree, chiefly because of the fruits of holiness and righteousness which God might justly have expected from them, after all the care and pains he had bestowed upon them to make them fruitful. ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 11:1-17

The broken covenant (11:1-17)God had made a covenant with Israel after the people came out of Egypt, assuring them of blessing if they obeyed his law and punishment if they disobeyed. God now tells Jeremiah to remind the people of these conditions of the covenant (11:1-5). Past lessons should be a warning to them that unless they change their ways, they are heading for disaster (6-8). However, the people prefer to ignore the warnings. Like their forefathers they rebel against God and follow... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 11:13

shameful thing. Hebrew "shame": put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Effect), for the idol which was the cause of the shame. Compare Jeremiah 3:24 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 11:14

pray not, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Ex, Jeremiah 32:10 ). Compare Jeremiah 7:16 ; Jeremiah 14:11 . App-92 . for. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "in the time of", as in Jeremiah 11:12 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 11:15

the holy flesh: i.e. the sacrifices. Compare Jeremiah 7:21 .Haggai 2:12 . Septuagint reads, "shall vows (or litanies) and holy flesh", &c. is passed from thee? = taketh away from thee [thy wickedness]? or, removeth thy evil (i.e. calamity)? then thou rejoicest : i.e. if such false worship will remove thy calamity, then thou mayest rejoice; but this was impossible. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 11:16

olive tree. The symbol of Israel's religious privileges. See note on Judges 9:8-12 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 11:17

the LORD of hosts. See note on Jeremiah 6:6 . 1 Samuel 1:3 . done = wrought. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 11:14

"Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them; for I will not hear them in the time that they cry to me because of their trouble. What hath my beloved to do in my house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest. Jehovah called thy name, A green olive tree, fair with goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.... read more

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