Jeremiah 17:13-14

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 17:1-13

Wrong attitudes and their outcome (17:1-13)Baal worship has become so much a part of the people’s everyday lives that God sees it as engraved on their hearts. It is so widely practised in Judah that it cannot be removed from the land unless the people themselves are removed (17:1-4). Those who ignore God and trust in themselves are likened to a useless stunted bush that tries to grow in barren ground. Those who trust in God are likened to a healthy green tree that flourishes in well-watered... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 17:14-27

Forthright messages (17:14-27)Jeremiah is still distressed and once more appeals to God for help. His complaint is that the people mock him when they do not see his prophecies come true (14-15). He reminds God that he has done no more than announce the message God has given him. He personally does not wish doom upon the nation. Therefore, he asks God to be his protector against his persecutors (16-18).One of God’s commands to Jeremiah was that he go around the various city gates and warn the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 17:13

the Hope of Israel. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), for Jehovah, in Whom Israel hoped. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 17:14

Thou art my praise. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 10:21 ). read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 17:14

JEREMIAH'S THIRD PERSONAL LAMENT"Heal me, O Jehovah, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise. Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of Jehovah? let it come now. As for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd after thee; neither have I desired the woeful days; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was before thy face. Be not a terror unto me; thou art my refuge in the day of evil. Let them be put to shame that persecute me, but let not me... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 17:13

Jeremiah 17:13. Shall be written in the earth— "Their name shall be written in the dust, the least wind shall obliterate it." This is a proverbial manner of speaking, parallel to that of the Latins, who, speaking of vain and false promises, say that they are written on water; or, perhaps, to be written upon earth, may be put in opposition with the writing in heaven in the book of life. "The wicked may make themselves a name upon the earth; but this is all their portion; they shall be blotted... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 17:13

13. me—"Jehovah." Though "Thee" precedes. This sudden transition is usual in the prophetic style, owing to the prophet's continual realization of Jehovah's presence. all that forsake thee— (Psalms 73:27; Isaiah 1:28). written in the earth—in the dust, that is, shall be consigned to oblivion. So Jesus' significant writing "on the ground (probably the accusers' names)" (John 8:6). Names written in the dust are obliterated by a very slight wind. Their hopes and celebrity are wholly in the earth,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 17:14

14-18. Prayer of the prophet for deliverance from the enemies whom he excited by his faithful denunciations. Heal . . . save—not only make me whole (as to the evils of soul as well as body which I am exposed to by contact with ungodly foes, :-), but keep me so. my praise—He whom I have to praise for past favors, and therefore to whom alone I look for the time to come. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 17:1-18

Judah’s indelible sin and sin’s deceitfulness 17:1-18The next five sections (Jeremiah 17:1-18) continue the theme of Judah’s guilt from the previous chapter. These pericopes have obvious connections with one another, but they were evidently originally separate prophecies. Jeremiah 17:1-4 are particularly ironic. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 17:13

This had been true because Yahweh Himself was the hope of His people (cf. Jeremiah 14:8; Jeremiah 50:7). Consequently all who break covenant and forsake Him, the Fountain of Living Water (Jeremiah 2:13), will suffer humiliation and will become the objects of His judgment. The Lord keeps a record of those who turn away from Him (cf. Jeremiah 17:1).Jeremiah 17:14-18 are another of Jeremiah’s "confessions." The guilt of Judah is prominent in the first part of this chapter, but now the innocence of... read more

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