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James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 15:1

JEREMIAH 15JEREMIAH'S SECOND PERSONAL LAMENTOf course, the first nine verses of this chapter, especially the first four, continue the thought of the last chapter. Henderson suggested the following chapter divisions:[1] Judah had sinned beyond the possibility of God's averting their punishment (Jeremiah 15:1-4); continued prophecy of Judah's destruction (Jeremiah 15:5-9); beginning of Jeremiah's lament (Jeremiah 15:10-11); destruction of Judah inevitable (Jeremiah 15:12-14); Jeremiah's... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 15:5

FURTHER PROPHECIES OF JUDAH'S RUIN"For who will have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who will bemoan thee? or who will turn aside to ask of thy welfare? Thou hast rejected Jehovah, thou art gone backward: therefore have I stretched out my hand against thee, and destroyed thee; I am weary with repenting. And I have winnowed them with a fan in the gates of the land; I have bereaved them of children, I have destroyed my people; they returned not from their ways. Their widows are increased to me... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 15:1

Jeremiah 15:1. Then said the Lord, &c.— This is the answer of the Lord to the fervent prayers of Jeremiah in the last chapter: "If Moses and Samuel," saith he, "could revive, and unite in their intercessions for this people, those two men, my faithful servants, heretofore so prevalent with me, could not change my resolution." Jeremiah may be here considered as in the temple, at the head of an humble people, asking mercy for them. The Lord dismisses them with a severity whereof we have few... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 15:7

Jeremiah 15:7. And I will fan them— The simile is taken from a man who stands in the gate of his threshing-floor, to separate with his fan the chaff from the wheat; God denouncing that he would cast the people of Judah out of his hand, as the wind scattereth abroad and disperseth the chaff. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 15:8

Jeremiah 15:8. I have brought upon them, against the mother of the young men, &c.— Houbigant renders this verse in the future, thus, Their widows shall be increased to me above the land of the sea; and upon the mothers, and upon the young men, will I bring down him who spoileth the southern country: I will oppress them with calamity and sudden terror. We may read the latter part, Against the mother a young, or chosen man; a spoiler at noon-day: I have drawn down upon her suddenly an enemy... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 15:9

Jeremiah 15:9. Her sun is gone down, &c.— See Amos 8:9. Isaiah 59:9. The expression is extremely strong, and denotes a sudden change from the highest prosperity to the lowest distress. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 15:1

1. Moses . . . Samuel—eminent in intercessions (Exodus 32:11; Exodus 32:12; 1 Samuel 7:9; Psalms 99:6). be toward—could not be favorably inclined toward them. out of my sight—God speaks as if the people were present before Him, along with Jeremiah. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 15:2

2. death—deadly plague (Jeremiah 18:21; Jeremiah 43:11; Ezekiel 5:2; Ezekiel 5:12; Zechariah 11:9). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 15:4

4. cause . . . to be removed— (Deuteronomy 28:25; Ezekiel 23:46). Rather, "I will give them up to vexation," I will cause them to wander so as nowhere to have repose [CALVIN]; (2 Chronicles 29:8, "trouble;" Margin, "commotion"). because of Manasseh—He was now dead, but the effects of his sins still remained. How much evil one bad man can cause! The evil fruits remain even after he himself has received repentance and forgiveness. The people had followed his wicked example ever since; and it is... read more

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