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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 12:14-17

The prophets sometimes, in God's name, delivered messages both of judgment and mercy to the nations that bordered on the land of Israel: but here is a message to all those in general who had in their turns been one way or other injurious to God's people, had either oppressed them or triumphed in their being oppressed. Observe, I. What the quarrel was that God had with them. They were his evil neighbours (Jer. 12:14), evil neighbours to his church, and what they did against it he took as done... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 12:17

But if they will not obey ,.... Or "hear" F11 ישמעו "audierint", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus; "audient", Cocceius. ; the word of the Lord, and hearken to the ministers of the Gospel, and be subject to the ordinances of it; or as the Targum, "will not receive instruction:' I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the Lord : root it up from being a nation, strip it of all its privileges and enjoyments, and destroy it with an everlasting destruction; see Zechariah... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 12:17

I will - destroy that nation - Several of them did not obey, and are destroyed. Of the Moabites, Ammonites, and Chaldeans, not one vestige remains. The sixteenth verse is supposed to be a promise of the conversion of the Gentiles. See Ephesians 2:13-22 . From the thirteenth verse to the end is a different discourse, and Dahler supposes it to have been delivered in the seventh or eighth year of the reign of Jehoiakim. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 12:17

Verse 17 As he had shewn that there was a sure hope of salvation to his own people, when the Gentiles would embrace his mercy, so he now threatens the Gentiles with destruction in case they repented not; for he had promised to be merciful to the Gentiles conditionally, and said, — “If they learn the ways of my people, if they submit to my authority:” but now he says, if they will not hear, etc We hence see that God here threatens extreme vengeance to the Gentiles if they subjected not... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 12:7-17

A separate prophecy. The key to it is in 2 Kings 24:1 , 2 Kings 24:2 , where it is related that, after Jehoiakim's rebellion against Nebuchadnezzar, "Jehovah sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it." The prophecy falls into two strophes or sections, 2 Kings 24:7-13 and 2 Kings 24:14-17 . In the first we have a complaint of the desolation produced by the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 12:14-17

General punishment and general restoration. I. PUNISHMENT IS GENERAL . It is not selective, it is impartially administered. 1. The people of God do not escape . If the Christian falls into sin, the Law of God must be vindicated on him at least as rigorously as on the worldly man, Judah had shared the sins of her neighbors; she must also share their punishment. If sin is general, so must be its penalties. No religious position which does not secure us against wickedness... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 12:14-17

Mercy and judgment. In these verses we have one of the "larger words "which make the whole world's testament of salvation and life. The threatenings are stern and will be executed to the letter; but the promises seem to transcend the immediate occasion. A gate of hope and redemption was herein opened to multitudes who at that date were not included in the covenant of Israel. The conditions upon which their possible comprehension within the future Israel is based are moral and spiritual,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 12:14-17

The tide that has no ebb, but overflows. Such is the grace of God. I. IT HAS NO EBB . It seemed to be going back in regard to those to whom the prophet wrote. What terrible calamities were threatened and also came! How dark the face of God seemed towards them! But they were to be restored Jeremiah 12:14 , "I will pluck out the house of Judah from among ye. And even yet God's mercies to his ancient people are not done. Another restoration is to be theirs. "The gifts and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 12:16-17

Jeremiah 12:16-17. If they will diligently learn the ways of my people If they will leave their idolatries, and learn of my people who lived among them to be worshippers of me the true God, and to swear by my name, The Lord liveth That is, pay that homage, which they owe to the Divine Being, to me, the living and true God: as they taught my people to swear by Baal As they drew in my backsliding people to join with them in the service of idols. Then shall they be built in the midst of... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 12:1-17

Jeremiah’s complaint; God’s answer (12:1-17)As he thinks back on the treachery of the people of Anathoth, Jeremiah is prompted to complain to God. Innocent people suffer, whereas wicked people live at ease. Why is it, he asks, that God allows the wicked to prosper? God gives them life and food, and they grow fat and prosperous, though their hearts are far from God (12:1-2). Jeremiah, by contrast, remains true to God, yet he suffers. Indeed, the whole land suffers because of the sins of people... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 12:14-17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 12:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 12:17

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 12:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 12:7-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 12:14-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 12:14-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 12:14-17

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 12:16-17

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 12:1-17

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