Jeremiah 19:15

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 19:10-15

The message of wrath delivered in the Jer. 19:1-9 is here enforced, that it might gain credit, two ways:? I. By a visible sign. The prophet was to take along with him an earthen bottle (Jer. 19:1), and, when he had delivered his message, he was to break the bottle to pieces (Jer. 19:10), and the same that were auditors of the sermon must be spectators of the sign. He had compared this people, in the chapter before, to the potter's clay, which is easily marred in the making. But some might say,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 19:15

Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ,.... See Gill on Jeremiah 19:3 ; behold, I will bring upon this city, and upon all her towns : the city of Jerusalem, and all the cities and towns near it, even all the cities and towns in Judea; of which Jerusalem was the metropolis, and therefore called hers: all the evil that I have pronounced against it ; or decreed against it, as the Targum; all that he had purposed, and all that he had threatened, or spoke of by the Prophet... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 19:15

Because they have hardened their necks - A metaphor taken from unruly and unbroken oxen, who resist the yoke, break and run away with their gears. So this people had broken and destroyed the yoke of the law. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 19:15

Verse 15 The reason is subjoined, Because they have hardened their neck. He again confirms what we have before observed, — that they had fallen, not through ignorance, but through perverseness; for they had learned with sufficient clearness from the law what was right, and they had also been often warned by the prophets. Hence then their wickedness appeared and their untameable spirit, for they had heard the sound doctrine of the law, and had many to warn them. Now this passage teaches us that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 19:1-15

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 19:1-15

Denunciations of doom. This chapter is filled with these awful warnings of the prophet. And they are made the more awful by the reflection that, fitted as they were to rouse the most careless and hardened, yet they failed with those to whom they were addressed. And so this sad chapter teaches us such lessons as these: 1. The earnest purpose of God to save man from his sin . Hence these warnings. 2. The awfully hardening power of the sin which could despise them . 3. What... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 19:14-15

Here begins a fresh section of the narrative. Jeremiah has executed his commission, and now proceeds to the temple, where he repeats before the assembled people his announcement of the awful judgment. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 19:14-15

The warning confirmed. The warning of the discourse in the valley of Hinnom is confirmed by a repetition of it under more ordinary circumstances. I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CONFIRMATION OF THE WARNING . 1. It was repealed . The scribe must bring from his treasury things old as well as things new. Men need "line upon line." Unpopular truths must not only be revealed once for all, they must be impressed upon people until they are accepted. 2. It was repeated... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 19:15

Upon all her towns . The cities of Judah are regarded as in a manner subject to the capital. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 19:14-15

Since it was this repetition of the prophecy in the temple which so greatly irritated Pashur, these two verses ought to be joined to the next chapter. read more

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