Jeremiah 5:15-18 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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 5:16

Their quiver is an open sepulchre ,.... The Chaldeans used bows and arrows in fighting; and the quiver is a case for arrows; and the phrase denotes, that their arrows would do great execution, and be very mortal; so that a quiver of them would be as devouring as an open grave, into which many dead are cast. The Septuagint and Arabic versions have not this clause; and the Syriac version renders it, "whose throats are as open sepulchres"; see Romans 3:13 , they are all mighty men ;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 5:17

And they shall eat up thine harvest ,.... The standing corn in the fields, cut it down, and give it as fodder to their horses, which is usually done by armies; or the increase of the earth, when gathered into the barn, which so great an army would consume: and thy bread ; which includes all kind of provisions: which thy sons and thy daughters should eat ; which is an aggravation of the calamity and misery, that that should become the prey of their enemies, which they with so much... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 5:18

Nevertheless, in those days ,.... When these things should be done by the king of Babylon and his army: saith the Lord, I will not make a full end with you : this was to be done at another time, not now; See Gill on Jeremiah 4:27 , Jeremiah 5:10 , though some think that this is a threatening of more and greater calamities; that this would not be all he would do to them; he had not yet done; he had other evils and calamities, to bring upon them, particularly a long captivity. 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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 5:16

Their quiver is an open sepulcher - They are such exact archers as never to miss their mark; every arrow is sure to slay one man. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 5:18

I will not make a full end - There are more evils in store for you. You shall not only be spoiled, and all your property destroyed, but ye shall be carried into captivity; and ye shall serve strangers in a land that is not yours, Jeremiah 5:19 . 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

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 5:16

Verse 16 The Prophet had already threatened the Jews with the vengeance of God, and had said that the ministers and executioners of it would be the Chaldeans: he now continues the same subject, and says that their quiver would be like an open sepulcher The nations of the East, we know, made much use of arrows and darts, for they had no pitched battles; but they pretended a flight, and then suddenly turning, they hurled their darts and arrows against their enemies. The Prophet then had a regard... read more

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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 5:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 5:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 5:18

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 5:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 5:18

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 5:16

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