Jeremiah 11:19

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 11:18-23

The prophet Jeremiah has much in his writings concerning himself, much more than Isaiah had, the times he lived in being very troublesome. Here we have (as it should seem) the beginning of his sorrows, which arose from the people of his own city, Anathoth, a priest's city, and yet a malignant one. Observe here, I. Their plot against him, Jer. 11:19. They devised devices against him, laid their heads together to contrive how they might be in the most plausible and effectual manner the death of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 11:19

But I was like a lamb, or an ox ,.... The word "alluph", rendered an ox, is by many considered as an adjective to the word lamb F14 ככבש אלף "quasi agnus mansuetus", V. L. "agnus assuefactus"; so some in De Dieu; "tanquam agnus amicabilis", De Dieu; "un agneau aimable", Gallic version. ; since the disjunctive particle or is not in the next; and is differently translated; by the Vulgate Latin version, "as a meek or tame lamb"; by the Septuagint and Arabic versions, "as an harmless... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 11:19

I was like a lamb or an ox - Dahler translates, "I was like a fattened lamb that is led to the slaughter." Blayney, "I was like a tame lamb that is led to slaughter." The word אלוף alluph , which we translate ox, is taken by both as an adjective, qualifying the noun כבש kebes , a lamb. It may probably signify a lamb brought up in the house-fed at home, ( אלוף alluph ), instructed or nourished at home; perfectly innocent and unsuspecting, while leading to the slaughter. This... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 11:19

Verse 19 The Prophet adds here, as I think, that he did not retaliate private wrongs: for the Jews might, under this pretext, have rejected his doctrine, and have said, that he was moved by anger to treat them sharply and severely. And doubtless, whosoever allows his own reelings to prevail in the least degree, cannot teach in sincerity; for he who prepares himself for the prophetic office, ought to put off all the affections of the flesh, and to manifest a pure, and, so to speak, a limpid... 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 11:18-23

The conspiracy of Anathoth. This incident may afford us some lessens on the subject of persecution, in its occasion and character, the behavior of the persecuted and the righteous action of God in dealing with it. I. THE OCCASION OF THE CONSPIRACY ILLUSTRATES A COMMON CAUSE OF PERSECUTION . Jeremiah had been proclaiming unwelcome truths. He had exposed sin and threatened judgment. Such preaching was unpopular, and the men of Anathoth sought to stay it by force... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:18-23

Perils of prophesying. The conspiracy of which these verses speak seems to have been sudden as it was secret. It affected the mind of the prophet in a peculiarly painful way, as it was the men of his own district who were concerned in it—his friends, probably even kinsfolk, who locked upon him as their worst enemy. The crime was all the more heinous that the means taken to execute it were underhand. It is possible that they greeted him with expressions of kindness and hospitality, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:18-23

The baffled plot. These verses are an episode. Like as the miracle of the healing of her who touched the hem of our Lord's garment was an episode in connection with the healing of the daughter of Jairus ( Mark 5:21 , etc.), so this account of the plot against Jeremiah's life comes in here, breaking the thread of his discourse, which is not renewed again till Jeremiah 12:7 . Scripture has many instances of similar plots contrived against the servants of the Lord; they are found in the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:18-23

The prophet in his own country. This passage describes a peculiar peril to Jeremiah, and a peculiar peril to those who conspired against him. I. A PECULIAR PERIL TO JEREMIAH . His life was full of perils—" perils from his own countrymen" in many ways, perils from the palace with its great men, from priests and false prophets, from every devotee of idolatry, from every one, in short, whose vices and iniquities he lashed with the scourge of his Heaven-inspired tongue. He would... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:19

Like a lamb or an ox ; rather, as a mild lamb ( as one of the old translations has it), equivalent to quasi agaus mansuetus (Vulgate). Jeremiah says that he was as unsuspicious as a tame lamb which has grown up with its master's family ( 2 Samuel 12:3 ). The Arabs use the very same adjective in a slightly different form as an epithet of such tame lambs. It is impossible to help thinking of that "Servant of Jehovah," of whom Jeremiah was a type, who is said, in prophetic vision, to... read more

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