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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 8:13-22

In these verses we have, I. God threatening the destruction of a sinful people. He has borne long with them, but they are still more and more provoking, and therefore now their ruin is resolved on: I will surely consume them (Jer. 8:13), consuming I will consume them, not only surely, but utterly, consume them, will follow them with one judgment after another, till they are quite consumed; it is a consumption determined, Isa. 10:23. 1. They shall be quite stripped of all their comforts (Jer.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 8:13

I will surely consume them, saith the Lord ,.... Or, "gathering I will gather them" F11 אסף אסיפם "eolligendo colligam eos", Montanus, Tigurine version. So Piscator. ; into some one place, the city of Jerusalem, and there destroy them. The word is, לשון כלייה , expressive of consumption and destruction, as Jarchi, Kimchi, and Ben Melech observe; and so the Targum, "destroying I will destroy them, saith the Lord.' There shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 8:14

Why do we sit still ?.... In the country, where were barrenness and want of provisions; in the villages and unwalled towns, where they were exposed to the spoils and ravages of the enemy. These words, with what follow, are the words of the prophet, in the language of the Israelites, as Kimchi observes. Assemble yourselves ; this is the gathering together, in order to be consumed, before threatened, which they themselves were made to do: and let us enter into the defenced cities ;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 8:15

We looked for peace ,.... Outward prosperity, affluence of temporal blessings, peace with enemies, and safety from them, which the false prophets had given them reason to expect; or which last they concluded and hoped for, from their being in the defenced cities: but no good came ; they were disappointed in their expectation; the good that was promised them, and they looked for, never came, but all the reverse: and for a time of health ; or, of healing F12 מרפה "medelae, vel ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 8:16

The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan ,.... That is, was heard at Jerusalem. It seems to be a hyperbolical expression, showing the certainty of the coming of the Assyrian monarch and his army, to invade Judea, and besiege Jerusalem; the news of which was brought from Dan, which lay in the further part of the land; see Jeremiah 4:15 , and pointing at the way in which they should come northwards, through Phoenicia and the tribe of Dan, with a numerous cavalry of horses and horsemen:... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 8:17

For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you ,.... The Chaldeans, comparable to these noxious and hurtful creatures, because of the mischief they should do unto them. The Targum is, "for, lo, I will raise up against you people that kill as the destroying serpents.' These were raised up by the Lord, and sent by him, just as he sent fiery serpents among the Israelites in the wilderness, when they sinned against him; there literally, here metaphorically. Which will not be... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:16

The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan - From this to the end of Jeremiah 8:15 ; is repeated from Babylon to Jerusalem; and it was by this city, after the battle of Carchemish, that Nebuchadnezzar, in pursuing the Egyptians, entered Palestine. The whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones - Of his war horses. This is a fine image; so terrible was the united neighing of the cavalry of the Babylonians that the reverberation of the air caused the ground to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:17

I will send serpents - These were symbols of the enemies that were coming against them; a foe that would rather slay them and destroy the land than get booty and ransom. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:13

Verse 13 He confirms, as I have said, what he had declared in the last verse, tie had said, that there would be the ruin of the whole people: for the same purpose he now adds, Destroying I will destroy them The verb אסף, asaph, properly means “to collect, “but metaphorically, “to destroy;” as we say in our language, Trousser; Je les trousserai tous ensemble. And hence it more fully appears, that the Prophet explains what he had said, that destruction was nigh them all, so that none would... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:14

Verse 14 This verse, and those which follow, are explained in different ways; but I will briefly shew the meaning of the Prophet. I have no doubt but that he speaks here in the name of the whole people. The Prophet, then, in these words, represents what occupied their minds, and the counsels which the Jews adopted: and further, there is no doubt but that he shews in these words that they, as hypocrites are wont to do, had recourse to expedients, by which they thought they could protect... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 8:13-22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 8:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 8:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 8:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 8:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 8:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:17

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:13

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:14

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