예레미야 7:17-20 KRV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 7:16-20

God had shown them, in the foregoing verses, that the temple and the service of it, of which they boasted and in which they trusted, should not avail to prevent the judgment threatened. But there was another thing which might stand them in some stead, and which yet they had no value for, and that was the prophet's intercession for them; his prayers would do them more good than their own pleas: now here that support is taken from them; and their case is said indeed who have lost their interest... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:17

Seest thou not what they do in the cities Judah ,.... Not in one city only, but in all of and particularly the chief of them; as follows: and in the streets of Jerusalem ? these words, with what is said next, show the reason why the prophet was forbid to pray for this people, and the Lord was so provoked with them as to cast them out of his sight; and he appeals to the prophet, and to what he saw, or which he might see; for what was done was done not in secret, but openly, in the very... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:18

The children gather wood ,.... In the fields, or out of the neighbouring forest; not little children, but young men, who were able to cut down trees, and bear and carry burdens of wood: and the fathers kindle the fire ; take the wood of their children, lay it in order, and put fire to it; which shows that they approved of what their children did, and that what they did was by their direction and order: and the women knead their dough ; so that every age and sex were employed in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:19

Do they provoke me to anger? saith the Lord ,.... No: he cannot be provoked to anger as men are; anger does not fall upon him as it does on men; there is no such affection in God as there is in men; his Spirit cannot be irritated and provoked in the manner that the spirits of men may be; and though sin, and particularly idolatry, is disagreeable to him, contrary to his nature, and repugnant to his will; yet the damage arising from it is more to men themselves than to him; and though he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:20

Therefore thus saith the Lord God ,.... Since these are their thoughts, and this the fruit of their doings: behold, my anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place ; like fire, to consume and destroy it; meaning Jerusalem, which was burned with fire; as an emblem of God's wrath, and an instance of his vengeance upon it, for sins; which came down in great abundance, like a storm or tempest: upon man and upon beast ; upon beasts for the sake of man, they being his property,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:18

The children gather wood - Here is a description of a whole family gathered together, and acting unitedly in idolatrous worship. The children go and collect wood, and bring it to the place of sacrifice. The fathers lay it in order, and kindle a fire. The mother and her maids knead dough, make their batch, and out of it form cakes, and bake them for the honor of the queen of heaven; most probably the moon, though perhaps not exclusive of the sun and planets, generally called the host... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:17

Verse 17 Here God shews first why he ought to be implacable towards the people: for the command to the Prophet not to pray for them seems at the first hearing to be very severe; and it might have been objected and said, “What if they repent? Is there no hope of pardon?” God shews that they were past remedy — How so? He says, Dost thou not see? Here he refers the examination of the cause to his servant Jeremiah; as though he had said, “There is no reason for thee to contend with me; open thine... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:18

Verse 18 The children, he says, gather wood He ascribes the collecting of wood to the young; for it was a more laborious work. As then that age excels in strength, they collected wood; and the fathers kindled the fire: the women, what did they do? They were busy with the meal. Thus no part was neglected. “What then is to be done? and what else can I do, but wholly to cut off a people so wicked?” Then he says, that they may make כונים, cunim, which is translated “cakes, “and this is the most... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:19

Verse 19 He then subjoins, Do they provoke me, and not rather to the shame of their own faces? God here intimates, that however reproachfully the Jews acted towards him, they yet brought no loss to him, for he stood in no need of their worship. Why then does he so severely threaten them? Because he had their sins in view: but yet he shews that he cared not for them nor their sacrifices, for he could without any loss be without them. Hence he says, that they sought their own ruin, and whatever... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:20

Verse 20 Jeremiah proceeds still with the same subject, and explains more at large what we have noticed in the preceding lecture, that the ruin of Mount Sion and of the Temple was nigh at hand, according to what God had before done to Shiloh, where the Ark had long been kept. But that his threatening might have more weight, he introduced God as the speaker, — Behold, he says, my wrath, even mine indignation, has been poured down on this place He refers to the metaphor he had before used; and... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 7:16-20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:18

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:17

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:18

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:19

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:20

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