Jeremiah 26:8-9 WEB

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 26:7-15

One would have hoped that such a sermon as that in the Jer. 26:1-6, so plain and practical, so rational and pathetic, and delivered in God's name, would work upon even this people, especially meeting them now at their devotions, and would prevail with them to repent and reform; but, instead of awakening their convictions, it did but exasperate their corruptions, as appears by this account of the effect of it. I. Jeremiah is charged with it as a crime that he had preached such a sermon, and is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 26:8

Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking ,.... For they let him alone till he had done, either out of reverence of him as a priest and prophet; or they were awed by a secret influence on their minds that they might not disturb him: all that the Lord had commanded him to speak unto all the people ; he did as he was ordered, kept back nothing, not fearing the resentment of the people, but fearing God: that the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, took... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 26:9

Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the Lord ,.... Made use of his name in declaring a falsehood, as they would have it; this was the crime: had he said what he thought fit to say in his own name, they suggest it would not have been so bad; but to vent his own imaginations in the name of the Lord, this they judged wicked and blasphemous, and deserving of death; especially since what he said was against their city and temple: saying, this house shall be like Shiloh ; forsaken and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 26:8

And all the people - That were in company with the priests and the prophets. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 26:8

Verse 8 He says at last, that he was condemned by the priests, and the prophets, and the whole people; he at the same time introduced these words, that he had spoken all that the Lord had commanded him. Thus he briefly exposed the injustice of those by whom he was condemned; for they had no regard to what was right, as we shall presently see. But as they had brought with them a preconceived hatred, so they vomited out what they could no longer contain. It afterwards follows, — read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 26:9

Verse 9 Here is added the cause of Jeremiah’s condemnation, that he had dared to threaten with so much severity the holy city and the Temple. They did not inquire whether God had commanded this to be done, whether he had any just cause for doing so; but they took this principle as granted, that wrong was done to God when anything was alleged against the dignity of the Temple, and also that the city was sacred, and therefore nothing could be said against it without derogating from many and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 26:1-24

JEREMIAH 'S TRIAL AND DELIVERANCE . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 26:1-24

The prophet of God arraigned by the nation. Jeremiah's position, as that of all prophets, was necessarily a public one; to every man is he sent with the message. It is inadmissible for him to soften or lessen what he has to speak, which is nothing else than an indictment of the entire people (verses 4-6). In default of their repentance his arraignment by them is, therefore, all but inevitable. Indifference could not well be feigned; words like his were certain to produce an effect. I. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 26:7-11

To all devout Jews this prediction of the destruction of the temple must have been startling; but to those who placed their confidence in the mere exist-once of a consecrated building ( Jeremiah 7:4 ), it was like a blow aimed at their very life. Besides, were not the majority of the prophets of Jehovah of entirely another way of thinking? Did they not promise peace? And what could justify Jeremiah in announcing not merely war, but the downfall of the Divine habitation itself? Hence no... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 26:8

Had made an end of speaking . They allowed Jeremiah to finish his discourse (of which we have here only the briefest summary), either from a lingering reverence for his person and office, or to obtain fuller materials for an accusation (comp. the trial of Stephen, Acts 6:12-14 ). All the people . The "people" appear to have been always under some constraint. As long as the priests and prophets were alone, they dominated the unofficial classes, but when the princes appeared (verse 11),... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 26:7-15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 26:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 26:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 26:8

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 26:8

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 26:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 26:1-24

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 26:1-24

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 26:7-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 26:8

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