John Trapp Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 8:5
Jer 8:5 Why [then] is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return. Ver. 5. Why then is this people of Jerusalem? &c. ] Why else but because they are void of all true reason, and quite beside themselves in point of salvation? Their pertinace, or rather pervicacy, in sinning is altogether insuperable. Monoceros interimi potest, capri non potest. The unicorn is able to be killed, the billy goat can not. They hold fast... read more
The Biblical Illustrator - Jeremiah 8:6-7
Jeremiah 8:6-7I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? God’s inquisition1. That God hath an ear and an eye to our carriage and dispositions, to our speeches and courses. If we had one always at our backs that would inform such a man what we say, one that should book our words, and after lay them to our charge, it would make us careful of our words. Now, though we be never so much alone, there are two always that hear us.... read more