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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 5:20-24

The prophet, having reproved them for sin and threatened the judgments of God against them, is here sent to them again upon another errand, which he must publish in Judah; the purport of it is to persuade them to fear God, which would be an effectual principle of their reformation, as the want of that fear had been at the bottom of their apostasy. I. He complains of the shameful stupidity of this people, and their bent to backslide from God, speaking as if he knew not what course to take with... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 5:25-31

Here, I. The prophet shows them what mischief their sins had done them: They have turned away these things (Jer. 5:25), the former and the latter rain, which they used to have in due season (Jer. 5:24), but which had of late been withheld (Jer. 3:3), by reason of which the appointed weeks of harvest had sometimes disappointed them. ?It is your sin that has withholden good from you, when God was ready to bestow it upon you.? Note, It is sin that stops the current of God's favour to us, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 5:20

Declare this in the house of Jacob ,.... That a mighty nation should come and destroy them, and they should be servants in a strange land; or rather the words seem to be an order to declare war against the Jews, and even in their own land; and do not seem to be addressed to the prophet, but to others, seeing the words are in the plural number; see Jeremiah 4:5 , and publish it in Judah : the house of Jacob and Judah are the same, namely, the two tribes of Benjamin and Judah; for, as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 5:21

Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding ,.... or, "heart" F1 ואין לב "et non cor", Pagninus, Montanus; "qui non habes cor", V. L. "excors", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "cui cor non est", Cocceius. ; See Gill on Jeremiah 4:22 , which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not ; like the idols they served, Psalm 115:4 . this is an upbraiding of them with their folly and stupidity, their want of common sense, their blindness and ignorance;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 5:22

Fear ye not me? saith the Lord ,.... They did not fear the Lord, and this is a reproof to them for the want of it, which is a reproof of their ignorance and folly; for the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, Proverbs 9:10 , and where that is there is true wisdom; but, where it is not, there is nothing but ignorance and stupidity: will ye not tremble at my presence ? or "face"; his wrath and anger, justly resenting their carriage to him. The Targum is, "from before my Word;' ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 5:23

They are not so obedient as the sea and its waves; nor so firm and stable as the sand that is set for the bound of it. This is a reproof and an aggravation of the revoltings and rebellions of this people: they are revolted and gone ; they had departed from the ways of the Lord, and were gone back from his worship, as the Targum; and were gone into evil ways, and to a false worship; they not only had revolted, but they went on, they continued therein, and went further and further, off from... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 5:24

Neither say in their heart ,.... It came not into their mind, they never once thought of it, namely, of what follows, let us now fear the Lord our God ; they were not influenced and engaged to the fear of God, neither by his power in the preceding instance, nor by his goodness in the following one: that giveth rain ; in common, all the year round, at proper times, for the use of men and beasts. This is a pure gift of God, and an instance of his goodness, and is peculiar to him, what... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 5:25

Your iniquities have turned away these things ,.... Whereas of late years rain was withheld from them in common, and they had not the former and latter rain in its season, nor the appointed weeks of the harvest, and so their land was barren, and famine ensued. This was to be ascribed, not to the want of goodness and faithfulness in God, but to their own iniquities; these mercies were kept back from them in order to humble them, and bring them to a sense of their sins, and an acknowledgment... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 5:26

For among my people are found wicked men ,.... Not a few only, but in general they appeared to be so, upon an inquiry into their character and conduct; for otherwise it would not have been so difficult to find a good man among them, as is suggested Jeremiah 5:1 , they lay wait as he that setteth snares ; or, "they look about" F3 ישור "aspicit", Vatablus, i. e. "quisque eorum", Piscator; "aspicient", Pagninus. ; that is, as Kimchi interprets it, every man looks in the ways, to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 5:27

As a cage is full of birds ,.... Jarchi and Kimchi understand it of a place in which fowls, are brought up and fattened, what we call a "pen"; and, so the Targum renders it, a house or place of fattening. The word is rendered a "basket" in Amos 8:1 and may here design one in which birds taken in snares, or by hawking, were put. The Septuagint version, and those that follow it, render it, "a snare": which agrees with what goes before. It seems to intend a decoy, in which many birds are put... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 5:20-24

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 5:25-31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 5:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 5:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 5:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 5:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 5:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 5:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 5:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 5:27

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