Jeremiah 14:17 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 14:17-22

The present deplorable state of Judah and Jerusalem is here made the matter of the prophet's lamentation (Jer. 14:17, 18) and the occasion of his prayer and intercession for them (Jer. 14:19), and I am willing to hope that the latter, as well as the former, was by divine direction, and that these words (Jer. 14:17), Thus shalt thou say unto them (or concerning them, or in their hearing), refer to the intercession, as well as to the lamentation, and then it amounts to a revocation of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 14:17

Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them ,.... Instead of praying for the people, the prophet has a doleful lamentation put into his mouth, to pronounce in their hearing, in order to assure them of the calamities that were coming upon them, and to affect them with them. Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease : or "be silent" F16 תדמינה "sileant", Schmidt; "taceant", Pegninus, Montanus. ; signifying that there would be quickly just reason and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 14:17

For the virgin daughter of my people is broken - First, the land was sadly distressed by Pharaoh-necho, king of Egypt. Secondly, it was laid under a heavy tribute by Nebuchadnezzar. And, thirdly, it was nearly desolated by a famine afterwards. In a few years all these calamities fell upon them; these might be well called a great breach, a very grievous blow. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 14:17

Verse 17 God shews here again how tardy, yea, how stupid the people were, whom no threatenings could induce to return to a right mind. When, therefore, they daringly neglected all threatenings, God bids a sad spectacle to be presented to them, justly calculated to fin them with fear and shame; he bids his Prophet to speak rims to them, “Behold, I shall be wholly dissolved into tears, and that on your account.” The Prophet, no doubt, wept sincerely when he saw his own people wilfully drawing... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 14:1-22

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 14:17

Therefore thou shalt say, etc. There is something strange and contrary to verisimilitude in the prefixing of this formula, not to a Divine revelation, but to a mere expression of the pained human feelings of the prophet. It is possible that the editor of Jeremiah's prophecies thought the paragraph which begins here needed something to link it with the preceding passage, and selected his formula rather unsuitably. Let mine eyes run down , etc. (comp. Jeremiah 13:27 ). Jeremiah's tender... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 14:17-21

The prophet's grief, and second intercession. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 14:17-22

The distracting power of great distress. The prophet seems blinded by his tears. The distress portrayed here is terrible indeed, and the prophet so realized it that his mind appears to have reeled beneath his apprehensions of the coming calamities. Hence he falls into utterances which can only be regarded, however pardonable and comprehensible under his piteous circumstances (cf. Jeremiah 14:18 ), as exaggerated, and in many respects, as all such utterances are, incorrect. Every sentence... read more

Albert Barnes

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

A message from God to the effect that the calamity would be so overwhelming as to cause perpetual weeping; it is set before the people under the representation of Jeremiah’s own sorrow.The virgin daughter of my people - The epithet testifies to God’s previous care of Judah. She had been as jealously guarded from other nations as virgins are in an oriental household (compare Song of Solomon 4:12). read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 14:17-18

Jeremiah 14:17-18. Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them Either, 1st, The word spoken above; the threatenings denounced in the last two verses against the false prophets and the people, the deceivers and the deceived: or, 2d, As the passage is generally interpreted, and as our translators have understood it, the words following, namely, the prophet’s lamentation and prayer. Let mine eyes run down with tears As if he had said, However insensible you are of your own condition, yet... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 14:17-22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 14:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 14:17

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 14:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 14:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 14:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 14:17-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 14:17-22

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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 14:17-18

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