Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 15:4
To be removed - Rather, “to be a terror.”Because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah - The name of the pious father intensifies the horror at the wickedness of the son. read more
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Albert Barnes
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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 15:6
This verse gives the reason of the refusal of Yahweh to hear the prophet’s intercession. The punishment due has been delayed unto wearisomeness, and this seeming failure of justice has made Judah withdraw further from God. read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 15:7
I will fan them ... - Or, “I have winnowed them with a winnowing shovel.” The “gates of the land” mean the places by which men enter or leave it. As God winnows them they are driven out of the land through all its outlets in every direction.I will bereave - Rather, “I have bereaved, I have destroyed my people.” Omit “of children.”Since they return not ... - Rather, “from their ways they have not returned.” read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 15:8
Translate, “I have brought upon them, even upon the mother of the young man, a spoiler etc.” The word rendered “young man” means a picked warrior. The mother has borne a valiant champion; but neither his prowess nor the numerous offspring of the other can avail to save those who gave them birth; war bereaves both alike.At noonday - i. e., unexpectedly, as armies used to rest at noon (see Jeremiah 6:4 note).I have caused him ... - Rather, “I have brought suddenly upon her,” the mother of the... read more
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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 15:9
She hath been ashamed - Or, “is ashamed.” To a Hebrew mother to be childless was a disgrace. Many consider that Jeremiah 15:7-9 refer to the battle of Megiddo, and depict the consternation of Jerusalem at that sad event. If so, in the sun going down while it was day, there will be a reference to the eclipse on September 30, 610 b.c. read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 15:1
Jeremiah 15:1. Then said the Lord unto me, &c. This is the Lord’s answer to the fervent prayers of Jeremiah, contained in the last four verses of the preceding chapter. Though Moses and Samuel stood before me By prayer or sacrifice to reconcile me to them; yet my mind could not be toward this people Yet I could not be prevailed with to admit them into favour. “As God had forbidden Jeremiah before to intercede for them, because it would be to no purpose; so here he declares, that he... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 15:2-5
Jeremiah 15:2-5. If they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? If they ask thee what thou meanest by going forth, and whither they shall go: thou shalt tell them, Such as are for death to death, &c. In general, You shall go forth, saith God, to ruin and destruction; but shall not be all destroyed in one and the same way, but every one shall perish in that way which God hath appointed: some shall be destroyed by the pestilence, (for that is here to be understood by death,... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 15:6-7
Jeremiah 15:6-7. Thou hast forsaken me, thou art gone backward God here, by more expressions of the same import with many that we have before met with, declares his steady resolution to destroy them for their apostacy from him; and represents himself as an angry prince or parent, that had frequently been provoked by a subject or child whom he had often resolved to punish, but out of his clemency, or upon the mediation of others, had altered his mind, and resolved to spare him; but afterward... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 15:8
Jeremiah 15:8. Their widows are increased above the sand of the seas A hyperbolical expression. The prophet still speaks of things to come as if present. In Jehoiakim’s time we read of no great number of widows, but they were exceedingly multiplied when the city was besieged and taken in Zedekiah’s time. I have brought upon them against the mother, &c. Blaney renders this and the next clause, I have brought against their mother a chosen one, spoiling at noon-day; I have caused to... read more
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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 15:3
Kinds - literally, as the margin, i. e., classes of things. The first is to destroy the living, the other three to mutilate and consume the dead.To tear - literally, “to drag along the ground.” It forcibly expresses the contumely to which the bodies of the slain will be exposed. read more