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Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 14:1-22

Chapter 14The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the deaRuth ( Jeremiah 14:1 ).For a drought filled the land.Judah mourns, and the gates languish; they are black upon the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. And their nobles have sent their little ones to the water holes: they came to the water holes, and found no water; so they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and they covered their heads. Because the ground is chapt, for there was no... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 14:1-22

Jeremiah 14:3 . They found no water. The latter rain had been denied, as in Jeremiah 3:3; and as Moses had foretold. Deuteronomy 11:17; Deuteronomy 28:23. Jeremiah, as is the duty of all ministers, improved this event of terror and affliction. Jeremiah 14:6 . The wild asses did stand in the high places. See on Job 6:5. They snuffed the wind like dragons, when parched with heat. Elian, by dragons, understands the larger species of serpents. Jeremiah 14:7 . Though our iniquities... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Jeremiah 14:1-9

Jeremiah 14:1-9They came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.The drought of nature, the rain of grace, and the lesson therefromI. First, consider that man is a very dependent creature. He is, in some respects, the most dependent creature that God has made; for the range of his wants is very wide, and at a thousand points he is dependent upon something outside of himself.1. Man, as a living creature,... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Jeremiah 14:7-9

Jeremiah 14:7-9O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, do Thou it for Thy name’s sake.The prayer of contrite IsraelI. A mournful fact acknowledged.1. Even in the case of God’s own people, sin does not pass away and die after it is committed, no, nor even after it is pardoned.2. The sins of God’s people bear testimony against them, an open and public testimony.(1) They witness against them before God.(2) They witness against them to others. They proclaim them to the whole spiritual... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Jeremiah 14:8

Jeremiah 14:8O the Hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof in time of trouble.God and troubled humanityI. What God always is to troubled humanity.1. The Hope.(1) The Inspirer of all true hope.(2) The Sustainer.(3) The Realiser.2. The Saviour.(1) The redemption system He has given to the world attests this.(2) The experience of all who had attended to His directions testifies this. Every man that has adopted God’s remedial scheme has been saved.II. What God sometimes seems to troubled humanity. “A... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Jeremiah 14:9

Jeremiah 14:9Why shouldst Thou be . . . as a mighty man that cannot save? God rendered powerless by manA strong man may be rendered powerless by a reel of cotton being wound around him. Each thread so brittle, yet all together is irresistible. So a large number of inconsistencies and insincerities may make God powerless to help you, or to work mightily through you to the salvation of others. He may be in the midst of you, and you may be called by His name; great issues for His kingdom and glory... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 14:7

Jer 14:7 O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou [it] for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee. Ver. 7. O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us. ] Though our guilty consciences bring in large rolls of indictment written against us within and without, and spread before thee. Do it for thy name’s sake.] Heb., Do. A short but pithy petition. So Jeremiah 14:9 , "Leave us not." read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 14:8

Jer 14:8 O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man [that] turneth aside to tarry for a night? Ver. 8. O the Hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof. ] In prayer, to pitch upon such of God’s attributes as wherein we may see an answer, is a high point of heavenly wisdom. Why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land? ] As a stranger at home, and as one that is loath to be too busy in aliena republica, in... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 14:9

Jer 14:9 Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man [that] cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, [art] in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not. Ver. 9. Why shouldest thou be as a man astonished? ] That knows not which way to take: first he goes one way, and by and by he returns again. Tremellius rendereth it ut vir fatiscens, as one that fainteth, hath done his utmost, and can do no more. Yet thou, O Lord, art in the midst of us; leave us not. ] Extingui lucem... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Jeremiah 14:7

though: Isaiah 59:12, Hosea 5:5, Hosea 7:10 do: Jeremiah 14:20, Jeremiah 14:21, Deuteronomy 32:27, Joshua 7:9, Psalms 25:11, Psalms 115:1, Ezekiel 20:9, Ezekiel 20:14, Ezekiel 20:22, Daniel 9:9, Daniel 9:18, Daniel 9:19, Ephesians 1:6, Ephesians 1:12 for our: Jeremiah 2:19, Jeremiah 3:6, Jeremiah 5:6, Ezra 9:6, Ezra 9:7, Ezra 9:15, Nehemiah 9:33, Nehemiah 9:34, Daniel 9:5-Nehemiah : Reciprocal: Genesis 18:20 - the cry Deuteronomy 9:28 - Because Judges 20:47 - six hundred 1 Samuel 12:22 -... read more

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