Jeremiah 5:13 NIV

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 5:13

And the prophets shall become wind ,.... Their prophecies shall vanish into air; they shall become of no effect; they shall never be accomplished: and the word is not in them ; not the word of the Lord; he never spoke by them; they speak of themselves; they never were inspired or commissioned by him to say what they do: thus shall it be done unto them; the same evils they say shall befall us shall come upon them; they shall perish by the sword or famine; we have reason to believe that... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 5:13

And the prophets shall become wind - What are the prophets? Empty persons. Their words are wind; we hear the sound of their threatening but of the matter of the threatenings we shall hear no more. And the word is not in them - There is no inspirer, but may their own predictions fall on their own heads! This seems the natural sense of this passage. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 5:13

Verse 13 The Prophet goes on with the same subject; and this passage is worthy of especial notice, as it commends to us in no common way the public preaching of the truth. For what can be imagined more abominable than to deny God? yet if his word is not allowed to have authority, it is the same as though its despisers attempted to thrust God from heaven, or denied his existence. We hence see how the majesty of God is, as it were, indissolubly connected with the public preaching of his truth.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:1-31

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:10-18

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:12-13

Culpable unbelief. The Jews are accused of unbelief as a sin. It is therefore sometimes to be regarded in this light (e.g. Hebrews 4:1-16 .). Let us consider the characteristics of a culpable unbelief and its origin. I. UNBELIEF IS MORALLY CULPABLE WHEN IT ARISES FROM AN EVIL HEART . 1. This unbelief must be distinguished 2. It is recognized II. THE EVIL TENDENCIES TOWARDS A CULPABLE UNBELIEF ARE ABUNDANT AND POWERFUL . These are... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:13

And the prophets , etc. A continuation of the speech of the unbelieving Jews. The word is not in them . The Authorized Version gives a good meaning, but it involves an interference with the points. The pointed text must be rendered, he who speaketh ( through the prophets , viz. Jehovah) is not in them . Thus the Jews hurl against prophets like Jeremiah the very charge which Jeremiah himself brings against the "false prophets" in Jeremiah 23:25-32 . Thus shall it be done ; rather,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 5:13

Word - Rather, speaker. Literally, And he who speaketh is not in them, i. e., there is no one who speaketh in them; what the prophets say has no higher authority than themselves.Thus ... - i. e., May the evil which the prophets threaten fall upon their head. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 5:10-13

Jeremiah 5:10-13 . Go ye up upon her walls, &c. Ye Babylonians, go, execute my vengeance on them; and destroy I commission you not only to take the city, but to make havoc of its inhabitants. But make not a full end Leave a remnant. Thus he sets bounds to the destroying sword, beyond which it must not go. Take away her battlements Lay her fortifications level with the ground. For they are not the Lord’s I disown them, and take away my protection from them. For the house of ... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 5:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 5:13

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 5:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:1-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:10-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:12-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 5:13

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 5:10-13

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