Jeremiah 32:33-36

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 32:26-44

We have here God's answer to Jeremiah's prayer, designed to quiet his mind and make him easy; and it is a full discovery of the purposes of God's wrath against the present generation and the purposes of his grace concerning the future generations. Jeremiah knew not how to sing both of mercy and judgment, but God here teaches to sing unto him of both. When we know not how to reconcile one word of God with another we may yet be sure that both are true, both are pure, both shall be made good, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 32:33

And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face ,.... When he reproved them for their sins; called them to repentance; instructed them in their duty; and warned them of the dangers they exposed themselves to; instead of turning the face to him, as scholars to their masters, and as subjects to their prince, to listen to what was said to them; they turned their backs or necks, the hinder part of them; expressive of contempt, and showing great rudeness and irreverence: though I... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 32:34

But they set their abominations ,.... Their idols, which were abominable to the Lord, and ought to have been so to them: these they placed in the house (which is called by my name), to defile it ; in the temple; as by Ahaz, Manasseh, and others: see Jeremiah 7:30 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 32:35

And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom ,.... Or "the high places of that Baal F11 במות הבעל אשר בגיא "quae in valle", Montanus; "excelsa Baal qui erat in valle", Calvin. , which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom"; to distinguish him from other Baalim; and who seems to be the same with Molech after mentioned; and the signification of their names agree; the one is lord or master; the other king: to cause their sons and their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 32:36

And now therefore thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel , concerning this city ,.... Here begins the confirmation of the other part of the prophecy concerning the return of the Jews to their city and country, when they should again buy and possess fields and vineyards; which was thought impossible, supposing the destruction of the city; or however not easily reconcilable with it; but this is as strongly affirmed as the former; for though they had sinned so heinously, and had provoked... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 32:33

Though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them - From the frequent reference to this, we may naturally conclude that morning preaching prevailed much in Judea. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 32:33

Verse 33 Here the Prophet expresses more clearly the perverseness of the people, as though he had said, that they had deliberately rejected every instruction, and had shewn no regard for God; for he who turns his back on us, does this knowingly and wilfully, and indeed not without contempt. When any one addresses me, and I look another way, is it not a manifest sign of contempt or disdain? and he who speaks, does he not see that he is disregarded? Thus God then complains that the Jews had not... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 32:34

Verse 34 There was here, as it were, an extreme wickedness, for the Jews had profaned the Temple itself. It was a grievous offense, when every one had, as we have seen, private services at home, where they burned incense on the roofs, and poured libations to foreign gods; but when impiety had gone so far, that even the Temple itself was polluted with idols, what hope was there of repentance? He says that they had set their abominations in the Temple. It is called, indeed, a house after the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 32:35

Verse 35 After having complained of the profanation of his own Temple, God now says that the Jews had sinned through another superstition, even because the valley of the son of Hinnom had become to them a temple instead of the true one. God had forbidden in the Law sacrifices to be offered except where he appointed, “Thou shalt not do so to thy God, but thou shalt come to the place where he has put the memorial of his name.” (Deuteronomy 12:4) As God then had expressly testified that... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 32:36

Verse 36 God has hitherto been shewing that the Jews were worthy of that extreme punishment with which he had already visited the kingdom of Israel, and that they could not complain of extreme severity, though they were to rot in exile after the ruin of the city and the Temple, for they had polluted the land which ought to have been sacred to God, and had everywhere spread abroad their abominations, so that even the Temple was not free from their filth and defilements, and they had not thus... read more

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