Jeremiah 14:13 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 14:10-16

The dispute between God and his prophet, in this chapter, seems to be like that between the owner and the dresser of the vineyard concerning the barren fig-tree, Luke 13:7. The justice of the owner condemns it to be cut down; the clemency of the dresser intercedes for a reprieve. Jeremiah had been earnest with God, in prayer, to return in mercy to this people. Now here, I. God overrules the plea which he had offered in their favour, and shows him that it would not hold. In answer to it thus he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 14:13

Then said I, Ah, Lord God !.... Being grieved at heart for the people, because he was forbid to pray for them, and because the Lord had resolved on the ruin of them; and the rather he pitied them, because they were deceived by the false prophets, and therefore he tries to excuse them, and lay the blame upon them, as follows: behold, the prophets say unto them ; that is, the false prophets, as the Targum; Jeremiah does not call them so, being willing to make the best of it: ye shall... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 14:13

Ah, Lord God! behold, the prophets say unto them - True, Lord, they are exceedingly wicked; but the false prophets have deceived them; this is some mitigation of their offense. This plea God does not admit; and why? the people believed them, without having any proof of their Divine mission. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 14:13

Verse 13 The Prophet no doubt relates what he had expressed in prayer to God; but yet he has a reference to the people. He then prayed in the manner he now relates; but he renders public the prayers he offered by himself and without a witness, in order that he might restore the Jews from their impiety. Now Jeremiah’s colloquy with God availed not a little to touch the Jews; for as though they themselves had been present, he set before them what he had heard from God’s mouth. We now then... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 14:1-22

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 14:10-16

The answer of Jehovah. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 14:13

"Pleading with Providence, the good prophet lays the blame on ill teaching, but the stern answer ( Jeremiah 14:14 ), admitting the plea as true, rejects it as inadequate ( Jeremiah 14:14 ), and denounces sorrows which ( Jeremiah 14:17-22 ) the prophet passionately deprecates" (Rowland Williams). Ah, Lord God! rather, Alas! O Lord Jehovah (see on Jeremiah 1:6 ). The prophets say unto them . The greater part of the prophetic order had not kept pace with its more spiritual members... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 14:13-16

False prophets. I. OFFICIAL TEACHERS MAY BE FALSE TEACHERS . The false prophets belonged to the recognized order of prophets. No rank in the Church confers infallibility. Popes have been heretics. The authority of a teacher must be sought in his message, not in his office. It is our duty to try the spirits by their correspondence with known revelation ( 1 John 4:2 ), by the fruits of their lives and doctrines ( Matthew 7:16 ), and by the standard of our own ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 14:13-16

False teachers no adequate excuse for evil conduct. No doubt the people to whom Jeremiah was sent had been encouraged in their ungodliness by the faithlessness and sin of their prophets. Blind guides were leading the blind, and with the inevitable result. And here Jeremiah pleads, as an excuse for his people's sin, that they had been thus misled. But God refuses to admit the plea. Now, on this, note— I. FALSE TEACHING IS SOME EXCUSE FOR EVIL CONDUCT . The deepest... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 14:13-16

The peculiar doom of the false prophets. I. THE SIN OF THE PROPHETS . That they are found liars is, comparatively speaking, a small part of their offence. Their lie is productive of so much that adds to the peril of the position—so much that is peculiarly insulting to Jehovah. Their sin and the punishment of it were not unlike the sin and punishment of Ananias and Sapphira. Ananias and Sapphira were smitten, not because they had lied, but because they had lied against the Holy... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 14:10-16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 14:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 14:13

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 14:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 14:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 14:10-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 14:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 14:13-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 14:13-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 14:13-16

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