Jeremiah 5:31 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 5:25-31

Here, I. The prophet shows them what mischief their sins had done them: They have turned away these things (Jer. 5:25), the former and the latter rain, which they used to have in due season (Jer. 5:24), but which had of late been withheld (Jer. 3:3), by reason of which the appointed weeks of harvest had sometimes disappointed them. ?It is your sin that has withholden good from you, when God was ready to bestow it upon you.? Note, It is sin that stops the current of God's favour to us, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets prophesied falsely ,.... That the people would have peace and prosperity, and not be carried captive into Babylon, as Jeremiah and other true prophets of the Lord had predicted: and the priests bear rule by their means ; or rather "the princes"; for the word signifies princes as well as priests, and to the former government more properly belongs; and so Jarchi interprets it of the judges of the people, and their exactors; these governed the people according to the words of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets prophesy falsely - The false prophets predict favorable things, that they may please both the princes and the people. The priests bear rule by their means - The false prophets affording them all that their influence and power can procure, to enable them to keep their places, and feed on the riches of the Lord's house. And my people love to have it so - Are perfectly satisfied with this state of things, because they are permitted to continue in their sins without reproof... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 5:31

Verse 31 Let us now see what was this monstrous thing which the Prophet here refers to, and which he abhorred. The prophets, he says, prophesy falsely It was no doubt enough to make all astonished, when these impostors assumed the name of prophets at Jerusalem, where God had chosen his habitation and his sanctuary: how great and how base a profanation was it of God’s name? There were indeed at that time impostors everywhere, who boasted that they were God’s prophets, who in many places passed... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:1-31

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:30-31

The result of the prophet's examination of the moral condition of the people. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:30-31

The most appalling condition to which a nation can sink. After enumerating the sins of his people in ever-darkening series , the prophet at length reaches a form of evil worse than all others, at the sight of which he starts back with an exclamation of horror; this is corruption at the very fountain of instruction and worship, and the willing acquiescence in it by the nation. I. CONSIDER THE FEARFUL NATURE OF THIS EVIL . 1. False prophecy . The prophet should be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:30-31

Mutual helpers in wrong-doing. I. THE TEMPTATIONS HERE SET FORTH . Three classes are mentioned—the prophet, the priest, and the people in general. Each class plays only too well its iniquitous and deplorable part, just because of the strong assistance which it gains from the attitude of the others. Each class acts as tempter in its turn, and that none the less effectually because it may do it unconsciously. Each one also tempts because he is tempted, and one hardly knows where... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets … the priests . (See on Jeremiah 2:26 .) Bear rule by their means ; rather, rule at their beck . (literally, at their hands , comp. Jeremiah 33:13 ; 1 Chronicles 25:2 , 1 Chronicles 25:3 ; 2 Chronicles 23:18 ). An example of this interference of the false prophets with the priestly office is given by Jeremiah himself. ( Jeremiah 29:24-26 ). My people love to have it so. Sometimes the prophets speak as if the governing classes alone were responsible for the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:31

A wonderful and horrible thing indeed. Consider— I. IN WHAT IT CONSISTED . 1. "The prophets prophesy falsely ." The prophets were not mere predicters of future events, but the utterers of God's will—those who spoke forth , as the very word "prophet" denotes, the hitherto undeclared mind of God. For this purpose they were specially selected, trained, privileged, commissioned. Hence every inducement that could possibly bear on them to lead them to be faithful to their... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 5:25-31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 5:31

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 5:31

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 5:31

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:1-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:30-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:30-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:30-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:31

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:31

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