Jeremiah 11:4 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 11:1-10

The prophet here, as prosecutor in God's name, draws up an indictment against the Jews for wilful disobedience to the commands of their rightful Sovereign. For the more solemn management of this charge, I. He produces the commission he had to draw up the charge against them. He did not take pleasure in accusing the children of his people, but God commanded him to speak it to the men of Judah, Jer. 11:1, 2. In the original it is plural: Speak you this. For what he said to Jeremiah was the same... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 11:4

Which I commanded your fathers ,.... To observe and keep: in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt : that is, quickly after, when they were in the wilderness, and before they came into the land of Canaan. The "day" seems to include the whole time from their coming out of Egypt, to their entrance into Canaan's land; it was in the first year of their coming out from thence that the law was given them on Mount Sinai, Exodus 19:1 , and it was in the fortieth year, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:1-8

The ancient covenant. I. THE OBJECT OF THE COVENANT . This was to secure obedience. No covenant was required on God's side, since he is ever willing to bless and changeless in his beneficence. But for the sake of men's faith and to secure their allegiance God graciously condescended to enter into covenant bonds. It is therefore foolish to claim the fulfillment of God's promises irrespective of our conduct. They are covenant promises— i.e. conditional and assured on certain... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:1-12

The covenant with the fathers binding on the children. Here it is necessary to go back over all the history of Israel, and consider the great covenant transactions between God and his people. Such transactions we find to have been filled with great solemnity, so that they might make a deep mark in history. We trace the beginnings of the great covenant in God's dealings with Abraham. Indeed, the covenant with Israel as a nation was the necessary consequence of the covenant with Abraham as... 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 11:4

From the iron furnace ; rather, out of the iron furnace . It is Egypt which is thus described (comp. Deuteronomy 4:20 ; 1 Kings 8:51 ). The oppression in Egypt was like the furnace in which iron is rendered malleable by heat (so Isaiah 48:10 , "I have tested thee in the furnace of affliction"). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:4

The precious recompenses of obedience. "Obey my voice … according to all which I command you: so shall ye be," etc. The earlier verses of this chapter form part of that earnest reminder which Jeremiah was commanded by God to address to the men of Judah and Jerusalem concerning a transaction with which they had all had very much to do. That transaction was their solemnly pledging themselves, as they had done during King Josiah's recent reign, to observe the ancient covenant which the Lord... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 11:4

From the iron furnace - Rather, out of “the iron furnace,” Egypt (see Deuteronomy 4:20). The constant reference to Deuteronomy shows how great had been the effect upon Jeremiah’s mind of the public recitation of the “Book of the covenant” found in the temple. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 11:2-5

Jeremiah 11:2-5. Hear ye the words of this covenant God speaks here chiefly to Jeremiah, but seems, at the same time, to address, together with him, all those pious persons who were like-minded with him, and who reproved the wicked manners of the people. The covenant here spoken of was the covenant of the law of God, delivered by Moses, to which the people had frequently promised obedience. And speak unto the men of Judah, &c. Lay the tenor of the covenant before them; and say,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 11:1-17

The broken covenant (11:1-17)God had made a covenant with Israel after the people came out of Egypt, assuring them of blessing if they obeyed his law and punishment if they disobeyed. God now tells Jeremiah to remind the people of these conditions of the covenant (11:1-5). Past lessons should be a warning to them that unless they change their ways, they are heading for disaster (6-8). However, the people prefer to ignore the warnings. Like their forefathers they rebel against God and follow... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 11:1-10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 11:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:1-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:1-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 11:4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 11:2-5

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 11:1-17

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