Jeremiah 1:14-16 ASV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 1:11-19

Here, I. God gives Jeremiah, in vision, a view of the principal errand he was to go upon, which was to foretel the destruction of Judah and Jerusalem by the Chaldeans, for their sins, especially their idolatry. This was at first represented to him in away proper to make an impression upon him, that he might have it upon his heart in all his dealings with this people. 1. He intimates to him that the people were ripening apace for ruin and that ruin was hastening apace towards them. God, having... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 1:14

Then the Lord said unto me ,.... Explaining the above vision: out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land ; that is, out of Babylon, which lay north, as Jarchi says, and so the Talmud F20 T. Bab. Gittin, fol. 6. 1. and Bava Bathra, fol. 25. 2. ; or north east, as Kimchi and Ben Melech, to the land of Israel; from hence came Nebuchadnezzar and his army, which are meant by "the evil" that should break forth, or "be opened" F21 תפתח ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 1:15

For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the Lord ,.... Which belonged unto and were under the jurisdiction of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and the "call" of them, as Kimchi well observes, is no other than putting it into their hearts to come: and they shall come ; being influenced and directed by the providence of God, who had a principal concern in this matter: and they shall set everyone his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem ;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 1:16

And I will utter my judgments against them ,.... Not against the kingdoms of the north, but against the people of the Jews. The sense is, that God would enter into judgment with this people, and pass sentence upon them, and execute it: touching all their wickedness ; or on account of all their sins and transgressions hereafter mentioned: who have forsaken me . The Targum is, "who have forsaken my worship"; for to forsake the public worship of God, attendance on his word and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 1:14

Shall break forth - תפתח tippathach , shall be opened. The door shall be thrown abroad, that these calamities may pass out freely. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 1:15

Shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates - As the gates of the cities were the ordinary places where justice was administered, so the enemies of Jerusalem are here represented as conquering the whole land, assuming the reins of government, and laying the whole country under their own laws; so that the Jews should no longer possess any political power: they should be wholly subjugated by their enemies. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 1:16

I will utter my judgments - God denounced his judgments: the conquest of their cities, and the destruction of the realm, were the facts to which these judgments referred; and these facts prove that the threatening was fulfilled. Worshipped the works of their own hands - Idolatry was the source of all their wickedness and was the cause of their desolations. For למעשי lemaasey , the works, more than a hundred MSS. of Kennicott's and De Rossi's, with many editions, have למעשה ... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 1:14

Verse 14 And thus God testifies that the fire was already kindled in Chaldea and Assyria, which was not only to boil the Jews, but also reduce them to nothing. And then he expresses the same in other words — that evil would come from the north upon all the Jews. We shall hereafter see that there is presented here a brief summary of the truth which was committed to Jeremiah; at least it is a summary of one half of it; for God designed also to provide for his own elect; and he thus terrified... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 1:15

Verse 15 This verse contains an explanation of the last; for God more dearly and more specifically expresses what he had before referred to — that the evil would come from the north. He says that he would be the sender of this evil, and speaks thus of it: Behold, I call all the families of the kingdoms of the north The prediction would not have been so effectual had not this declaration been expressly added — that the Chaldeans would come by the authority of God; for men are ever wont to... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 1:16

Verse 16 God now assigns the reason why he had resolved to deal so severely with the Jews. It was necessary to teach them two things, — first, that the Chaldeans would not of themselves come upon them, but through God, who would gather and arm them; and secondly, that God Would not act in a cruel manner, nor forget his covenant, in becoming a rigid avenger, but that he would thus be angry, because there was extreme iniquity in the Jews, so that it was needful to distress and wholly to break... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 1:11-19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 1:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 1:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 1:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 1:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 1:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 1:16

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 1:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 1:15

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 1:16

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