Jeremiah 17:9-10 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 17:5-11

It is excellent doctrine that is preached in these verses, and of general concern and use to us all, and it does not appear to have any particular reference to the present state of Judah and Jerusalem. The prophet's sermons were not all prophetical, but some of them practical; yet this discourse, which probably we have here only the heads of, would be of singular use to them by way of caution not to misplace their confidence in the day of their distress. Let us all learn what we are taught... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is deceitful above all things ,.... This is the source of the idolatry and creature confidence of the Jews, sins which were the cause of their ruin; and though what is here said is particularly applicable to their hearts, yet is in general true of the heart of every man; which is "deceitful", and deceiving; and puts a cheat upon the man himself whose it is: it deceives him with respect to sin; it proposes it to him under the notion of pleasure; it promises him a great deal in it,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 17:10

I the Lord search the heart ,.... The inward parts of it, every room and corner in it; and know the thoughts of it; all its intents, purposes, designs, contrivances, and imaginations; all the secret motions of it, and the wickedness that is in it; so that this is an answer to the question in the preceding verse; and therefore, though the heart is deceitful, it cannot deceive him, because he judges not according to outward appearance; he sees and knows the heart; and none but the Lord, or he... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is deceitful - הלב עקב akob halleb , "the heart is supplanting - tortuous - full of windings - insidious;" lying ever at the catch; striving to avail itself of every favorable circumstance to gratify its propensities to pride, ambition, evil desire, and corruption of all kinds. And desperately wicked - הוא ואנש veanush hu , and is wretched, or feeble; distressed beyond all things, in consequence of the wickedness that is in it. I am quite of Mr. Parkhurst's opinion,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 17:10

I the Lord search the heart - The Lord is called by his apostles, Acts 1:24 , Καρδιογνωστης , the Knower of the heart. To him alone can this epithet be applied; and it is from him alone that we can derive that instruction by which we can in any measure know ourselves. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 17:9

Verse 9 What is taught here depends on what is gone before; and therefore they ought to be read together. Many lay hold on these words and mutilate them without understanding the design of the Prophet. This is very absurd: for we ought first to see what the prophets had in view, and by what necessity or cause they were led to speak, what was their condition, and then the general doctrine that may be gafilered from their words. If we wist to read the prophets with benefit, we must first consider... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 17:10

Verse 10 By these words he means that they, after having for a long time made many evasions, would yet be brought to judgment, willing or unwilling; for they could not possibly deprive God of his right, that he should not be the judge of the world, and thus render to each the reward of his own works: for the Prophet does not speak of merits or of virtues, but only shews that how much soever the ungodly might hide themselves, they could not yet escape the tribunal of God, but that they must at... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 17:1-27

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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 17:5-11

In the higher gnomic or proverbial style. God and man, flesh and spirit, are natural antitheses (comp. Isaiah 31:3 ; Psalms 56:4 ). The prayer of the believer is, "Be thou (O Jehovah) their arm every morning;" not Egypt, not Assyria, not any "arm of flesh." read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 17:9-10

The crocked devices of the human heart, which is characterized as deceitful above all things , and desperately wicked, or rather, desperately sick (see Jeremiah 15:18 , where it is explained by the words, "which refuseth to be healed"). The Septuagint reads this verse differently, "The heart is deep above all things, and it is a man." read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 17:5-11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 17:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 17:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 17:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 17:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 17:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 17:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 17:1-27

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 17:5-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 17:9-10

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