Jeremiah 5:10-6:21

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 5:10-19

We may observe in these verses, as before, I. The sin of this people, upon which the commission signed against them is grounded. God disowns them and dooms them to destruction, Jer. 5:10. But is there not a cause? Yes; for, 1. They have deserted the law of God (Jer. 5:11): The house of Israel and the house of Judah, though at variance with one another, yet both agreed to deal very treacherously against God. They forsook the worship of him, and therein violated their covenants with him; they... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 5:10

Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy ,.... These are the words of the prophet, or of the Lord by the prophet, to the Chaldeans, ordering them to ascend the walls of Jerusalem, and break them down, as they did, even all the walls of it round about, Jeremiah 52:7 , there can be nothing done without the Lord's will; and there is no evil in a city but what is done, or ordered, or suffered to be done by him, Amos 3:6 , but make not a full end ; meaning not of the walls, for a full end was... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 5:10

Go ye up upon her walls - This is the permission and authority given to the Chaldeans to pillage Jerusalem. Take away her battlements - Some translate נטישות netishoth , branches; others, vines. Destroy the branches, cut down the stem; but do not damage the root. Leave so many of the people that the state may be regenerated. The Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic, read, "Leave her foundations, for they are the Lord's;" and this agrees with "Destroy, but make not a full end." read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 5:10

Verse 10 Here God by the mouth of his Prophet addresses the enemies of his people, whom he had appointed to be the ministers of his vengeance: and this was usual with the prophets, when they sought more effectually to rouse and more sharply to touch the hearts of men; for we know how great is their indifference when God summons them to judgment. As then Jeremiah saw that simple instruction availed but little, he used this mode of speaking. He then in the person of God addresses the Chaldeans,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:1-31

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:10

Her walls . There is a doubt about "walls," which should, as some think, rather be vine-rows (a change of points is involved; also of shin into sin—the slightest of all changes), or shoots, or branches (comparing the Syriac). The figure would thus gain somewhat in symmetry. However, all the ancient interpreters (whose authority, overrated by some, still counts for something) explain the word as in the Authorized Version, and, as Graf remarks, in order to destroy the vines, it' would be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:10

The vineyard spoiled because of the degenerate branches. I. Look AT THE FIGURE WHICH UNDERLIES THIS EXHORTATION . We find in other parts of Scripture passages curiously rich in illustration of the emphatic exhortation here. Turn to Isaiah 5:1-7 : here is presented to us the picture of a vineyard protected by a fence against marauders and wild beasts, planted with the choicest vine, and tilled in the most complete and careful manner. But when the vineyard, in spite of all... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:10

Battlements not the Lord's. Jeremiah is telling of the defenses of Judah and Jerusalem. In the approaching invasion they should fall and prove utterly worthless; for, by reason of the people's sin, that blessing of the Lord which had made their battlements impregnable hitherto was withdrawn, and so, the people being no longer the Lord's, their defenses were not either, and so were no defenses at all. But often those who are not under the Divine displeasure—nations, Churches,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:10-18

Provoked by the open unbelief of the men of Judah, Jehovah repeats his warning of a sore judgment. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 5:10

Her walls - It is Possible that not the city walls, but those of a vineyard are meant. Judaea is God’s vineyard Isaiah 5:1-7, and God permits the enemy to enter the vineyard to destroy her.Battlements - tendrils. The tendrils and branches of Judah’s vine are given up to ruin, but not the stock. See Isaiah 6:13 note. read more

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