Jeremiah 18:15

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 18:11-17

These verses seem to be the application of the general truths laid down in the foregoing part of the chapter to the nation of the Jews and their present state. I. God was now speaking concerning them to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy; for it is that part of the rule of judgment that their case agrees with (Jer. 18:11): ?Go, and tell them? (saith God), ?Behold I frame evil against you and devise against you. Providence in all its operations is plainly working towards your ruin. Look... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 18:15

Because my people hath forgotten me ,.... Or, "that they have forgotten me" F26 כי שכחני "quod obliti sunt", Schmidt. ; this is the horrible thing they have done, which was unheard of among the Gentiles, who were always tenacious of their gods, and the worship of them; and that foolish and unwise thing, which was like leaving pure flowing streams of water for dirty puddles. This is to be understood of their forsaking the worship of God, as the Targum interprets it, and following... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 18:15

Verse 15 We now perceive the meaning of this passage. It is doubtless natural for all to be satisfied with present blessings, especially when nothing better can anywhere else be found. When one has a fountain in his own field, why should he go elsewhere to drink? This would be monstrous. Dost thou want water? God supplies thee with it; take it from thine own fountain. If one objects and says, “That fountain I dislike; I wish to know whether better waters can be found at a distance.” This we see... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 18:1-23

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 18:14-15

Jehovah an unfailing Help to his people; or, the snow of Lebanon. One of the most striking scenes visible from a great distance is Hermon, with its snow and vapors. It is covered with white snow all the year round, and from its summits flow down cold, pent-up streams to the valley beneath. God asks why Israel has forsaken him; whether there was any failure of his grace and power. Has he not been constant and ever ready to help? How is it, then, that he is forsaken? The snow of Lebanon is,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 18:15

Because my people hath forgotten me ; rather, Surely , etc.; or better still, Yet surely . It is not uncommon for a particle of asseveration to acquire a contrasting force from the context; see e.g. Jeremiah 3:20 ; Isaiah 53:4 ; and, still more completely parallel, Isaiah 2:6 ; Jeremiah 9:1 , where Authorized Version, with substantial correctness, has "nevertheless." Israel "forgot" Jehovah (as Jeremiah 2:32 ); no doubt he was responsible for so doing, but still it was not... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 18:15

Because - “For.” Jeremiah returns to, and continues the words of, Jeremiah 18:13.Vanity - A word meaning “falsehood,” which signifies that the worship of idols is not merely useless but injurious.They have caused them to stumble - Judah’s prophets and priests were they who made her to err Jeremiah 5:31. The idols were of themselves powerless for good or evil.In their ways ... - Or, “in their ways, the everlasting paths, to walk in byways, in a road not cast up. The paths of eternity” carry back... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 18:15-17

Jeremiah 18:15-17. Because my people have forgotten me The fountain of living waters; have forgotten what I am in myself, and what I have been, and am still ready to be to them; have lost their knowledge of me, and their remembrance of what I have done for them; they have burned incense to vanity To vain idols, the products of men’s vain imaginations, and serving no good purpose whatever; and they have caused them to stumble, &c. “The worship of idols hath perverted them from... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 18:1-23

Lessons from the potter (18:1-23)A potter can make a lump of clay into whatever shape he wants. He can also change the kind of vessel he is making, if he thinks that conditions require it (18:1-4). As a potter determines the kind of vessel he makes, so God determines the destinies of nations, and this is the lesson that the people of Judah must learn (5-6). He may announce judgments on a nation, but he may withdraw those judgments if the nation repents. On the other hand, he may promise... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 18:15

forgotten. Showing that the emphasis is on the leaving and forsaking of Jeremiah 18:14 . vanity. Used of idols. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject). read more

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