Jeremiah 12:2 ESV

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 12:1-4

Jeremiah Questions The Delay In The Punishment And Asks Why The Wicked Continue To Prosper, Seeking God’s Judgment On Them (Jeremiah 12:1-4 ). Jeremiah 12:1 ‘You are righteous, O YHWH, when I contend with you, Yet would I reason the cause with you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all they at ease who deal very treacherously?’ Jeremiah’s response was to accept the justice of YHWH’s decision in the face of his plea, but to demonstrate his dissatisfaction at the delay in the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 12:1-6

YHWH Had Planted His People As A Green Olive Tree Abundant In Fruit, But Will Now Break Off Its Branches Returning Evil Consequences On Them For Their Evil Deeds. These Words Produce A Reaction Against Jeremiah In His Home Town Of Anathoth So That They Determine To Slay Him And Consequently He Asks YHWH Why He Allows The Wicked To Continue, Only To Learn That They Will Do Even More Wicked Things Than These (Jeremiah 11:16 to Jeremiah 12:6 ). The picture of Israel/Judah as a green olive tree... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 12:1-17

Section 4. YHWH Deprecates The Disloyalty Of His People To The Covenant, And Demonstrates From Examples Their Total Corruption, Revealing That As A Consequence Their Doom Is Irrevocably Determined, Something Then Represented By Jeremiah By Means Of Prophetic Symbolism (Jeremiah 11:1 to Jeremiah 13:27 ). Commencing with the regular opening phrase ‘The word that came to Jeremiah from YHWH --’ (Jeremiah 11:1), YHWH deprecates His people’s disloyalty to the covenant, and demonstrates from... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 12:1-6

Jeremiah 12:1-Joshua : . The Problem of Unrighteous Prosperity.— Jeremiah raises (for the first time in Hebrew literature) the problem of the prosperity of the unrighteous, apparently in connexion with his experiences at Anathoth. He ventures to complain (rather than “ plead” ) unto Yahweh, since He should award adversity to the evildoers who dishonour Him in their inner man (“ reins” , see on Jeremiah 11:20), and he appeals for their punishment. God answers Jeremiah ( Jeremiah 12:5) with... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 12:2

Here are a people that indeed talk of thee, and one that only observeth their mouths would judge thou wert near to them, and they had communion with thee; but he that observeth their lives may easily discern that thou art far from their inward parts, they have neither fear of thee, nor love for thee, nor desire after thee, nor delight in thee, nor are they obedient to thee; yet thou hast planted them by thy power, and by thy providence they thrive, go on, and prosper. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Jeremiah 12:1-17

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. Chronology of the chapter. See on chap. 11, Bleek’s theory; for which there is a weight of argument. All commentators agree to connect Jeremiah 12:1-6 with the conclusion of the previous chapter. The following Jeremiah 12:7-17, fall into two strophes, 7–13, and 14–17. Hitzig and Graf regard Jeremiah 12:7-13 as a lament over Judah’s devastation consequent upon Jehoiakim’s defection from Nebuchadnezzar in the eighth year of his reign. And Eichborn, Dahler, and... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 12:1-17

Chapter 12Now Jeremiah goes on and he is talking now about the situation, the wicked man Jehoahaz that is in power. And he begins by saying,Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee ( Jeremiah 12:1 ):Starting from a base, from a foundation that is very important. Know this, that God is righteous and God is fair. Now, I will not always understand the righteousness of God or the justice or the judgment of God. You see, as a Christian we have problems. Because I believe that God is... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

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

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 12:1-4

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 12:1-6

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 12:1-17

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 12:1-6

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 12:2

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Jeremiah 12:1-17

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 12:1-17

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

The Biblical Illustrator - Jeremiah 12:1-6

The Biblical Illustrator - Jeremiah 12:2

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