Jeremiah 7:29-31

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 7:29-34

Here is, I. A loud call to weeping and mourning. Jerusalem, that had been a joyous city, the joy of the whole earth, must now take up a lamentation on high places (Jer. 7:29), the high places where they had served their idols; there must they now bemoan their misery. In token both of sorrow and slavery, Jerusalem must now cut off her hair and cast it away; the word is peculiar to the hair of the Nazarites, which was the badge and token of their dedication to God, and it is called their crown.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:29

Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away ,.... This supplement is made, because the word is feminine; and therefore cannot be directed to the prophet, but to Jerusalem, and its inhabitants; shaving the head is a sign of mourning, Job 1:20 and this is enjoined, to show that there would soon be a reason for it; wherefore it follows: and take up a lamentation on high places : that it might be heard afar off; or because of the idolatry frequently committed in high places. The... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:30

For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the Lord ,.... Meaning not a single action only, but a series, a course of evil actions; and those openly, in a daring manner, not only before men, but in the sight of God, and in contempt of him, like the men of Sodom, Genesis 13:13 , they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it ; that is, set their idols in the temple; here Manasseh set up a graven image of the grove, 2 Kings 21:7 ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:31

And they have built the high places of Tophet ,.... Where was the idol Moloch; and which place had its name, as Jarchi thinks, from the beating of drums, that the parents of the children that were burnt might not hear the cry of them: which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom; a valley near Jerusalem, and lay to the south of it, Joshua 15:8 , to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire : which was done, as Jarchi says, by putting them into the arms of the brasen image Moloch,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:29

Cut off thine hair - נזרך גזי gozzi nizrech , shear thy nazarite. The Nazarite was one who took upon him a particular vow, and separated himself from all worldly connections for a certain time, that he might devote himself without interruption to the service of God; and during all this time no razor was to pass on his head, for none of his hair was to be taken off. After the vow was over, he shaved his head and beard, and returned to society. See Numbers 6:2 ; (note), etc., and the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:31

Tophet - in the valley of the son of Hinnom - Tophet was the place in that valley where the continual fires were kept up, in and through which they consecrated their children to Moloch. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:29

Verse 29 Here again Jeremiah exhorts his own people to lament; and he uses the feminine gender, as though he called the people, the daughter of Sion, or the daughter of Jerusalem. He then, according to a common mode of speaking, calls the whole people a woman. (211) He first bids her to shave off the hair The word נזר, nesar, means the hair, derived from the Nazarites, who allowed their hair to grow: and there may be here a striking allusion to the Nazarites who were sacred to God; as though... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:30

Verse 30 Lest the Jews should murmur and complain that God was too rigorous, the Prophet adds, that they were not given up to destruction without the justest reasons. How so? They had done evil To do evil here means, that they had not offended in one thing, but had given themselves up to wickedness and evil doings. It is the same as though he had said, that they were so corrupt that they were wholly inured to the doing of evil, and had by long use contracted evil habits; for they continually... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:31

Verse 31 Jeremiah in this verse also inveighs against those superstitions by which the Jews had corrupted the true and pure worship of God. He says, that they had builded high places, which was prohibited in the law. (Leviticus 26:30.) Now God, as it has been before said, prefers obedience to all sacrifices, (1 Samuel 15:22 :) hence the Prophet justly condemned them, that they forsook the Temple and built for themselves high places or groves, and also altars. He then mentions one particular... read more

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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 7:29-34

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:31

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:29

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:31

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:29

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:30

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:31

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 7:1-34

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