Jeremiah 5:15 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 5:15

Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far ,.... From Babylon, as in Jeremiah 4:16 , O house of Israel, saith the Lord ; though the house of Israel is generally taken for the ten tribes, especially when distinguished from the house of Judah; yet here it seems to design the Jews, the posterity of Jacob, or Israel in the land of Judea; for Israel, or the ten tribes, were carried captive into Assyria before this time: it is a mighty nation ; strong and powerful; so mighty that they... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 5:15

I will bring a nation - The Scythians, says Dahler; the Babylonians, whose antiquity was great, that empire being founded by Nimrod. Whose language thou knowest not - The Chaldee, which, though a dialect of the Hebrew, is so very different in its words and construction that in hearing it spoken they could not possibly collect the meaning of what was said. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 5:15

Verse 15 The Prophet shews here how the people would become like straw or dry wood; for God would bring a sure calamity which they did not fear. But the context is to be here observed: the Prophet had said, that the word in his mouth would be like fire; he now transfers this to the Assyrians and Chaldeans. Now these things have the appearance of being inconsistent; but we have already shewn that all the scourges of God depended on the power of his word: when, therefore, the city was cut off by... 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 5:15

O house of Israel. After the captivity of the ten tribes, Judah became the sole representative of the people of Israel (scrap. Jeremiah 2:26 ). A mighty nation . The Authorized Version certainly gives apart of the meaning. The Hebrew word rendered "mighty" ( 'ēthān ), rather, "perennial," is the epithet of rocks and mountains ( Numbers 24:21 ; Micah 6:2 ); of a pasture ( Jeremiah 49:19 ); of rivers ( Deuteronomy 21:4 ; Psalms 74:15 ). As applied in the present instance, it... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 5:15

Israel is not put here for the ten tribes, but for the whole house of Jacob, of which Judah was now the representative.Mighty - “permanent, enduring.” The word is the usual epithet of the rocks Numbers 24:21, and of ever-flowing streams Deuteronomy 21:4, Hebrew). It describes therefore a nation, whose empire is firm as a rock, and ever rolling onward like a mighty river. The epithet “ancient” refers simply to time.Whose laguage thou knowest not - This would render them more pitiless, as they... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 5:14-18

Jeremiah 5:14-18. Wherefore, thus saith the Lord God of hosts The prophet now, in the name of God, answers the blasphemous speeches of these infidels, ascribing to Jehovah that power and supremacy which were calculated to give his words the greater influence. Because you speak this word because these scoffers express themselves in this manner; I will make my words in thy mouth fire, &c. Thy words shall take effect, and thy predictions begin to be accomplished suddenly and... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 5:1-19

Sins of Jerusalem and Judah (5:1-19)A search of Jerusalem reveals that the city is wholly corrupt. Injustice and selfishness abound. People claim they belong to God and they swear oaths by his name, but they remain untouched by the lessons he is trying to teach them (5:1-3). There may be some excuse for the poor and uneducated if they know nothing of God’s law, but the upper classes are just as ignorant. This indicates that the problem lies not with people’s social background or material... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 5:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 5:15

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 5:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:1-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:10-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 5:15

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 5:14-18

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 5:1-19

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