Jeremiah 9:15 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 9:12-22

Two things the prophet designs, in these verses, with reference to the approaching destruction of Judah and Jerusalem:?1. To convince people of the justice of God in it, that they had by sin brought it upon themselves and that therefore they had no reason to quarrel with God, who did them no wrong at all, but a great deal of reason to fall out with their sins, which did them all this mischief. 2. To affect people with the greatness of the desolation that was coming, and the miserable effects... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 9:15

Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel ,.... He calls himself "the Lord God of hosts", of armies above and below, in heaven and in earth, in opposition to Baalim, the idols of the Gentiles; which word signifies "lords"; which, though there be many who are called so, there is but one God, and one Lord, who is God over all, and "the God of Israel"; who had chosen them, and distinguished them by the blessings of his goodness; and yet they had forsaken him, and followed... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 9:15

I will feed them - with wormwood - They shall have the deepest sorrow and heaviest affliction. They shall have poison instead of meat and drink. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 9:15

Verse 15 He at length concludes that God would take vengeance, but speaks in a figurativle language, I will feed them with bitterness The word לענה lone, is rendered “wormwood;” but as this is a wholesome herb, I prefer to render it “bitterness.” (249) It is never found in a good sense, and therefore unsuitable to the nature of wormwood, which is often mentioned by Moses: and the other prophets (Deuteronomy 19:18; Deuteronomy 32:32; Hebrews 2:15.) Hence I am inclined to adopt a general term,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 9:2-22

Complaint of the treachery and folly of the people; lamentation over their consequences. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 9:10-22

The terrible threatenings of love. There are few more awful passages of Scripture than this. The doom denounced on the guilty people is indeed dreadful. Nevertheless that doom had not yet descended. There was a merciful pause, during which space was given for repentance. Meanwhile the prophet was bidden to utter these threatenings. Notice— I. How TERRIBLE THEY ARE . 1. In themselves . The fertile hills and pastures of their country shall be laid waste, so that no living... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 9:12-15

The inquest on the slain of Judah and Jerusalem. I. GOD DEMANDS IT . 1. For his righteousness is impugned. Men had not failed, could not fail, to notice the terrible judgments which God had sent upon Judah and Jerusalem, and, as is implied by his own declaration of their causes ( Jeremiah 9:12 ), they had either not seen or had denied the righteousness of what had been done. This questioning of the Divine righteousness and equity is a procedure all too common still. 2. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 9:12-16

The causes of national disaster. I. IT IS PROFITABLE TO INQUIRE INTO THE CAUSES OF NATIONAL DISASTER . 1. Intellectually , this is a subject of profound interest, dealing with fundamental principles and the vast issues to which they lead when working on the largest scale. 2. Morally , it is of great practical importance for the warning it supplies to all nations. The sight of terrible ruin rushing down upon a people is appalling, but the awe with which... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 9:12-16

The affliction of God's professed people an enigma to be explained. I. THE MYSTERY . This consists partly in the particular subjects of it, and partly in the degree to which it has gone. It is spoken of here prophetically as a future thing that has already taken place; and the problem is stated accordingly as a realization, and not a thing only conceived of. From time to time the history of Israel and Judah presents such scenes. It is by no means one of uninterrupted progress. There... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 9:15

I will feed them … with wormwood. A figure for the bitter privations of captivity (comp. Lamentations 3:15 , "He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood"). Wormwood and gall—i.e; the poppy (Tristram)—are combined again in Deuteronomy 29:17 . read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 9:12-22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 9:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 9:15

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 9:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 9:2-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 9:10-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 9:12-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 9:12-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 9:12-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 9:15

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