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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 8:19

Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people ,.... This was what made his heart faint, such was his sympathy with his countrymen, his people in distress, whom he affectionately calls the daughter of his people, whose cry was loud, and whose voice he heard lamenting their case: because of them that dwell in a far country ; because of the Chaldeans, who came from a far country; see Jeremiah 5:15 who were come into their land, and devoured it; through fear of them, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 8:20

The harvest is past ,.... Which was in the month of Ijar, as Jarchi observes, and answers to part of April and May: the summer is ended ; which was in the month Tammuz, and answers to part of June and July: and we are not saved ; delivered from the siege of the Chaldeans; and harvest and summer being over, there were no hopes of the Egyptians coming to their relief; seeing winter was approaching; and it may be observed, that it was in the month of Ab, which answers to part of July... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:20

The harvest is past - The siege of Jerusalem lasted two years; for Nebuchadnezzar came against it in the ninth year of Zedekiah, and the city was taken in the eleventh; see 2 Kings 25:1-3 . This seems to have been a proverb: "We expected deliverance the first year - none came. We hoped for it the second year - we are disappointed; we are not saved - no deliverance is come." read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:19

Verse 19 The Prophet in this verse assumes different characters: he first denounces ruin, which, though near, was not yet dreaded by the people; he then represents the people, and relates what they would say; in the third place, he adds an answer in God’s name to check the clamors of the people. When he says that the daughter of his people uttered a cry, he is to be understood as referring to a future time; for the Jews as yet continued perversely in their sins, and ridiculed all threatenings,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:20

Verse 20 The Prophet shews now in the name of the people what was the hindrance. At the time Jeremiah spoke, the Jews confidently boasted that God was their defender; and they did not think that the Chaldeans were preparing for an expedition. But as they were inflated with false confidence, the Prophet here recites what they would presently say, Passed has the harvest, ended has the summer, and we have not been saved; that is, “We thought that the associates, with whom we have made alliances,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:19

Because of them that dwell in , etc. The Hebrew simply has "from them," etc. The prophet is transported in imam-nation to the time of the fulfillment of his prophecies. He hears the lamentation of his countrymen, who are languishing in captivity. Is not the Lord in Zion , etc.? is the burden of their sad complaints; "king" is a familiar synonym for "God" (comp. Isaiah 8:21 ; Isaiah 33:22 ; but not Psalms 89:18 , which is certainly mistranslated in Authorized Version). But why" in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:20

The harvest is past , etc. For "summer," read fruit-gathering . The people again becomes the speaker. The form of the speech reminds one of a proverb. When the harvest was over and the fruit-gathering ended, the husbandmen looked for a quiet time of refreshment. Judah had had its "harvest-time" and then its "fruit-gathering;" its needs had been gradually, increasing, and, on the analogy of previous deliverances (comp. Isaiah 18:4 ; Isaiah 33:10 ), it might have been expected that God... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:20

Harvest contrasts. The seasons have their lessons for all of us, teaching both by analogy and by contrast; for the warnings suggested by the opposition of our own condition to that of the natural world may be as instructive as the encouragements arising out of the harmony between the two. To Jeremiah the harvest came in its brightness only to show the condition of the Jews in the deeper shadow. A similar experience may occur to those of us who have no harvest-song in the soul to respond to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:20

Occasions of hoped-for salvation that have not availed. Probably a proverbial expression. It is not admissible for us to understand the words of help expected from Egypt, which would be to make them an anachronism. They well describe the result of hoping against hope, and in this sense might be spoken by those who have been reduced to extremity by worldliness of spirit and unholiness of life. "It is plain that a great part of Israel imagined, like their heathen neighbors, that Jehovah had... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 8:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 8:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:20

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:19

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:20

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