Jeremiah 8:14 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 8:13-22

In these verses we have, I. God threatening the destruction of a sinful people. He has borne long with them, but they are still more and more provoking, and therefore now their ruin is resolved on: I will surely consume them (Jer. 8:13), consuming I will consume them, not only surely, but utterly, consume them, will follow them with one judgment after another, till they are quite consumed; it is a consumption determined, Isa. 10:23. 1. They shall be quite stripped of all their comforts (Jer.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 8:14

Why do we sit still ?.... In the country, where were barrenness and want of provisions; in the villages and unwalled towns, where they were exposed to the spoils and ravages of the enemy. These words, with what follow, are the words of the prophet, in the language of the Israelites, as Kimchi observes. Assemble yourselves ; this is the gathering together, in order to be consumed, before threatened, which they themselves were made to do: and let us enter into the defenced cities ;... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:14

Verse 14 This verse, and those which follow, are explained in different ways; but I will briefly shew the meaning of the Prophet. I have no doubt but that he speaks here in the name of the whole people. The Prophet, then, in these words, represents what occupied their minds, and the counsels which the Jews adopted: and further, there is no doubt but that he shews in these words that they, as hypocrites are wont to do, had recourse to expedients, by which they thought they could protect... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:13-15

False hopes ministering despair. The lessons of life are not readily learned by most men. They require to be frequently repeated ere they produce an impression. God, therefore, deals severely with his people, whose delusion is the more unpardonable because of the piety of their fathers and the light of revelation which had been given. He will, therefore, make to "pass away from them" one by one the things that he had given: the fruits of the earth shall be cut off; the comforts of life... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:14

Why do we sit still? The prophet transports us by a stroke of his pea into the midst of the fulfillment of his prophecy. The people of the country districts are represented as urging each other to flight. True, it is the resource of despair. No defensed cities can defend them against the judgment of Jehovah. Let us be silent ; rather, let us perish ; literally, let us be put to silence . Hath put us to silence ; rather, hath caused us to perish ; i . e . hath decreed our... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:14-15

Despair. I. DESPAIR WILL ARISE ON THE PERCEPTION THAT THERE IS NO WAY OF ESCAPE FROM RUIN . The miserable Jews are pictured as first sitting still helplessly, and then rousing themselves to enter the fenced cities, only to find that death awaits them there as surely as in the open plain. People are too ready to believe that "something will turn up," and so hold on, in confidence and indifference, till their eyes are suddenly opened, and they see room for... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 8:14

The people rouse one another to exertion. “Why,” they ask, “do we remain here to be overwhelmed?” They are ready now to follow the command given (see the marginal reference), but with the conviction that all hope is over.Let us be silent there - Rather, let us perish there, literally “be put to silence.”Water of gall - i. e., poison. The word rendered “gall” was probably the belladonna, or night-shade, to the “berries” of which the grapes of Israel were compared. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 8:14-15

Jeremiah 8:14-15. Let us enter into the defenced cities In these verses the prophet seems to turn to and address his countrymen by way of apostrophe; and, as one of the people that dwelt in the open towns, advises those that were in the like situation to retire with him into some of the fortified cities, and there wait the event with patience; since there was nothing but terror abroad, and the noise of the enemy who had already begun to ravage the country. By this the prophet signifies,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 8:4-17

Sin and its punishment (8:4-17)It is natural for a person who falls to pick himself up again, but the people of Jerusalem who have fallen spiritually make no attempt to return to God (4-6). It is natural for a bird to obey the laws of instinct and know the time to migrate, but the people of Jerusalem do not know the laws of God or when to return to him (7).The teachers of the law, the wisdom teachers, the priests and the prophets have all led the people astray. Instead of denouncing wrongdoing,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 8:14

Why . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. verses: 14-16 spoken by the prophet, not the People. They were being threatened for not doing what is here spoken of, verses: Jeremiah 12:13 . Moreover, Jeremiah 8:15 is spoken by Jeremiah in Jeremiah 14:19 , which is an earlier passage, chronologically. we: i.e. the prophet to the People. God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4 . silence. Figure of speech Ploke , the word being used in a different sense. water of gall = poppy water; = poisoned water. sinned.... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 8:13-22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 8:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:13-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:14-15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 8:14

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 8:14-15

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 8:4-17

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 8:14

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