Jeremiah 11:16 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 11:11-17

This paragraph, which contains so much of God's wrath, might very well be expected to follow upon that which goes next before, which contained so much of his people's sin. When God found so much evil among them we cannot think it strange if it follows, Therefore I will bring evil upon them (Jer. 11:11), the evil of punishment for the evil of sin; and there is no remedy, no relief: the decree has gone forth and the sentence will be executed. I. They cannot help themselves, but will be found too... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 11:16

The Lord called thy name a green olive tree ,.... That is, compared the Jewish church and people to one, and made them as one, very prosperous and flourishing in the enjoyment of privileges, civil and religious, being highly favoured with the word and ordinances: fair, and of goodly fruit; which, for a while, brought forth the fruit of good works; and, while such, was amiable and goodly to look upon; was, as the Syriac version is, "fair with fruit, and beautiful in sight"; and whereas it... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 11:16

The Lord called thy name, A green olive tree - That is, he made thee like a green olive - fair, flourishing, and fruitful; but thou art degenerated, and God hath given the Chaldeans permission to burn thee up. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 11:16

Verse 16 The Prophet says first that the Jews had indeed been for a time like a fruitful and a fair olive; then he adds, that this beauty would not prevent God from breaking its branches and entirely eradicating it. He afterwards confirms this declaration, and says, For God who had planted it, can also root it up whenever it pleases him. This is the import of the two verses. The Prophet no doubt derides here the vain confidence by which he knew the Jews were deceived: for they were so... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:1-23

1. A reminder of the renewal of the covenant between Jehovah and the people lately made under Josiah ( Jeremiah 11:1-8 ). 2. First stage of the conspiracy; all Israel, instead of keeping the covenant with Jehovah, conspires against him ( Jeremiah 11:9-13 ). 3. The punishment of the conspiracy is an irreversible, severe judgment ( Jeremiah 11:14 17). 4. Second stage of the conspiracy; the plot of the men of Anathoth ( Jeremiah 11:18-23 ). 5. Third stage; the plot... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:16

A green olive tree . The olive tree is "one of the most thriving, hardy, and productive trees in the East" (it was the first tree elected king in the parable, 9:8 ), and with its "foliage of a deep, perennial green," furnishes a striking symbol of healthful beauty. A psalmist, speaking in the character of the typical righteous man, compares himself to a "green olive tree in the house of God' ( Psalms 52:8 ). The word rendered "green "is one of those which are the despair of translators... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:16-17

The olive struck by lightning. Under the image of an olive tree consumed by lightning fires the prophet portrays the devastation which will come upon Israel in spite of former prosperity. This is a type of the similar doom which may overtake the happy and prosperous. I. THE HAPPY PROSPERITY . 1. The olive tree was green—perennially green. Prosperity may be constant and unbroken before the descent of judgment. 2. It was fair . Prosperity may come with much honor and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:16-17

The first last. Many, indeed, are the instances in which those who were placed first in opportunity have been found last in attainment. Privilege, favor, education, help of all kinds, have been at their disposal, and yet the results which had been designed for them, and which so surely should have been theirs, they have missed (cf. Matthew 11:1-30 ; "Woe unto thee, Bethsaida!" etc.). And in ordinary life, as well as in the records of the Bible, may we learn how frequently, not the strong... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:16-17

The fated olive tree. I. GOD 'S COMPARISON OF HIS PEOPLE TO THE OLIVE TREE . There would have been force in the comparison if applied to any flourishing and fruitful tree, but there was peculiar propriety in directing the thoughts of the people to the olive. The olive was already associated in sacred history with the return of hope after the Flood, and doubtless, in the times of Jeremiah, it was one of the most valuable of trees, as it still is, for the richness of its... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 11:14-17

A parenthesis. As in Jeremiah 7:16, all intercession is forbidden, and for this reason. Prayer for others for the forgiveness of their sins avails only when they also pray. The cry of the people now was that of the guilty smarting under punishment, not of the penitent mourning over sin.Jeremiah 11:15This passage, like Isaiah 1:12, rebukes the inconsistency of Judah’s public worship of Yahweh with their private immorality and preference for idolatry. Translate it: “What hath My beloved in My... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 11:11-17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 11:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 11:16

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 11:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:1-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:16-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:16-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:16-17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 11:14-17

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