Jeremiah 23:7-14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 23:7

The Lord liveth which brought up - See on Jeremiah 16:14 ; (note), Jeremiah 16:15 ; (note). read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 23:9

Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets - The first word of this clause is לנבאים lannebiim , which we incorporate with the whole clause, and translate, "Because of the prophets." But as a new prophecy begins here, it is evident that the word is the title to this prophecy; and is thus distinguished both by Blayney and Dahler, Concerning The Prophets. This discourse was delivered probably in the reign of Jehoiakim. All my bones shake - He was terrified even by his own... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 23:10

The land is full of adulterers - Of idolaters. Of persons who break their faith to ME, as an impure wife does to her husband. The pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up - He speaks here, most probably, in reference to dearth. Profane oaths, false swearing, evil courses, violence, etc., had provoked God to send this among other judgments; see Jeremiah 23:19 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 23:11

In my house - They had even introduced idolatry into the Temple of God! read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 23:13

I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria - This was not to be wondered at, for their religion was a system of corruption. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 23:14

I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem - That is, the prophets of Jerusalem, while professing a pure faith, have followed the ways, and become as corrupt as the prophets of Samaria. They are all of them unto me as Sodom - Incorrigible, brutish sinners, who will as surely be destroyed as Sodom and Gomorrah were. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 23:7

Verse 7 The Prophet, after having spoken of the Redeemer who was to be sent, now sets forth in high terms that great favor of God, and says that it would be so remarkable and glorious, that the former redemption would be nothing to the greatness and excellency of this. When the children of Israel were brought up out of Egypt, God, we know, testified his power by many miracles, in order that this favor towards his people might appear the more illustrious; and rightly did the Prophets exhort and... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 23:8

Verse 8 He says, from all the lands to which I shall have driven them, and he says this for two reasons, which we shall presently state. The change of person does not obscure the meaning: Live, he says, does Jehovah, who brought out and led his people from the land of the north, and from all the lands to which I had driven them; but there is no ambiguity in the sense. As to the subject itself, it seems that God in the first place intended to remind the Jews of their sins, as this knowledge was... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 23:9

Verse 9 The Prophet here again inveighs against the wickedness of the people; but as the prophets by their flatteries had then led astray the king and his princes, as well as the people, the Prophet directed his discourse to them, and says that his heart was troubled on account of the prophets We know that men think themselves half absolved when no one severely reproves them. When, therefore, the prophets ceased from their work, there was so great a security among the whole people, that there... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 23:10

Verse 10 Jeremiah now assigns the reason why he was so much horrified by the insensibility which he observed in the prophets. If things were in good order, or if, at least, they were tolerable, the prophets would have more calmly addressed the Jews; for what need is there to make a great ado when men willingly follow what God commands? When, therefore, we have to do with meek and modest men, vehemence is foolish; and they who thus bestir themselves, and seek, through great ambition, to shew... read more

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