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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 15:10-14

Jeremiah has now returned from his public work and retired into his closet; what passed between him and his God there we have an account of in these and the following verses, which he published afterwards, to affect the people with the weight and importance of his messages to them. Here is, I. The complaint which the prophet makes to God of the many discouragements he met with in his work, Jer. 15:10. 1. He met with a great deal of contradiction and opposition. He was a man of strife and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 15:13

Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price ,.... Not the prophet's substance and treasure; for it does not appear that he had any, at least to require so much notice; but the substance and treasure of the people of the Jews, to whom these words are directed; these the Lord threatened should be delivered into the hands of their enemies, and become a spoil and free booty to them, for which they should give nothing, and which should never be redeemed again: and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 15:14

And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies ,.... Not Jeremiah, but the Jews, to whom these words are continued. The meaning is, that they should go along with the Chaldeans out of their own land into theirs: into a land which thou knowest not ; the land of Babylon; and there is another reading of the words in the margin, "I will cause thee to serve thine enemies F15 והעדתי "et servire faciam". , in a land that thou knowest not"; which is followed by the Targum, Septuagint,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 15:13

Thy substance - will I give to the spoil without price - Invaluable property shall be given up to thy adversaries. Or, without price - thou shalt have nothing for it in return. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 15:13

Verse 13 But, there is a difference among interpreters as to the word גבול gebul. I indeed allow that it means a border: but Jeremiah, as I think, when he intended to state things that are different, made use of different forms of speech; but as the construction is the same, I see not how the word can mean the borders of the land. I hence think that it is to be taken here metaphorically for counsels; as though he had said, “On account of all thy wicked deeds and on account of all thy ends, that... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 15:14

Verse 14 He pursues the same subject. He had said, that they would be exposed as a prey to their enemies, so that all their wealth would be plundered with impunity: he now adds, I will deliver you to the enemy, that is, I will give you into the hands of your enemies, that they may remove you ejsewhere. He afterwards mentions a circumstance, which must have rendered exile much worse; for when any one changes his place and is not led to a distance, the evil is more tolerable; but when any one is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 15:10-21

These verses come in very unexpectedly, and are certainly not to be regarded as a continuation of the preceding discourse. They describe some deeply pathetic moment of the prophet's inner life, and in all probability belong to a later period of the history of Judah. At any rate, the appreciation of the next chapter will be facilitated by reading it in close connection with Jeremiah 15:9 of the present chapter. But the section before us is too impressive to be east adrift without an attempt... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 15:13-14

Thy substance , etc. These verses form an unlooked-for digression. The prophet has been in a state of profound melancholy, and the object of Jehovah is to rouse him from it. In Jeremiah 15:11 , Jeremiah 15:12 , the most encouraging assurances have been given him. Suddenly comes the overwhelming declaration contained in Jeremiah 15:13 , Jeremiah 15:14 . And when we look closely at these verses, two points strike us, which make it difficult to conceive that Jeremiah intended them to... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 15:13

Jeremiah is personally addressed in the verse, because he stood before God as the intercessor, representing the people.(1) God would give Judah’s treasures away for nothing; implying that He did not value them.(2) the cause of this contempt is Judah’s sins.(3) this is justified by Judah having committed them throughout her whole land. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 15:14

Render, “And I will make thee serve thine enemies in a land thou knewest not.”For a fire ... - See the marginal reference. The added words show that the punishment then predicted is about to be fulfilled. read more

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