Jeremiah 7:20

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 7:16-20

God had shown them, in the foregoing verses, that the temple and the service of it, of which they boasted and in which they trusted, should not avail to prevent the judgment threatened. But there was another thing which might stand them in some stead, and which yet they had no value for, and that was the prophet's intercession for them; his prayers would do them more good than their own pleas: now here that support is taken from them; and their case is said indeed who have lost their interest... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:20

Therefore thus saith the Lord God ,.... Since these are their thoughts, and this the fruit of their doings: behold, my anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place ; like fire, to consume and destroy it; meaning Jerusalem, which was burned with fire; as an emblem of God's wrath, and an instance of his vengeance upon it, for sins; which came down in great abundance, like a storm or tempest: upon man and upon beast ; upon beasts for the sake of man, they being his property,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:20

Verse 20 Jeremiah proceeds still with the same subject, and explains more at large what we have noticed in the preceding lecture, that the ruin of Mount Sion and of the Temple was nigh at hand, according to what God had before done to Shiloh, where the Ark had long been kept. But that his threatening might have more weight, he introduced God as the speaker, — Behold, he says, my wrath, even mine indignation, has been poured down on this place He refers to the metaphor he had before used; and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 7:1-34

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 7:1-34

The relations of righteousness and religion. This chapter, as indeed so much other of Jeremiah's prophecies, teaches not a little Concerning this great theme. In this chapter we note how it shows— I. THAT RIGHTEOUSNESS IS THE PRINCIPAL THING . 1. It is God's solemn demand (verse 2). 2. It is God's perpetual demand. See the whole chapter, the whole prophecy. "Amend your ways and your doings" (verse 3) is its constant appeal. 3. At first it was his only... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 7:13-25

Rising up early. A striking expression concerning Jehovah. In Jeremiah 7:25 it is strengthened: "Daily rising up early." It speaks to us— I. OF THE ANXIETY OF JEHOVAH FOR HIS PEOPLE . He who has important business on hand, or dear ones in trying circumstances, or great results dependent upon immediate and strenuous exertion, will show diligence in some such way. He will be unable to rest. So it is with God and his Church. Not that he can be said to fear or be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 7:16-20

The hypocrisy of the worship of Jehovah proved; its punishment. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 7:17-20

Idolatry a detailed insult to Jehovah. This is frequently stated in the Bible. It must be the case from the very nature of the worship of false gods. It is a denial and robbery of the true God. But the description here given helps us to realize more completely the intense sinfulness of the worship of idols, because of the circumstances attending it. I. AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES . 1. It was done publicly in the streets of Jerusalem and the cities of Judah . God was displaced... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 7:20

Upon man, and upon beast. That all creation shares in the curse of man is repeatedly affirmed in the Old Testament as well as the New. Inferentially, this doctrine appears from the narrative of the Fall, and still more clearly from Isaiah's description of Paradise regained ( Isaiah 11:1-16 ). Hosea speaks of sufferings of the animals arising out of the guilt of Israel ( Hosea 4:3 ), and a consciousness of the "solidarity" of all living creatures is ascribed to a Ninevite king in the Book... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 7:20

The innocent victims of sin. I. THERE ARE MANY SUCH . All forms of life are mentioned here—human, animal, plant from the stateliest trees down to the lowliest herb—and all shall suffer because of the sin of but a portion of them. How many, even of men, were innocent! And the young children—what had they done? Yet none were to escape, though it was but a portion of the men of the day who had done such wrong. II. HENCE SOME SAY , " THE WAY OF THE LORD Is NOT ... read more

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