Jeremiah 8:15

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 8:13-22

In these verses we have, I. God threatening the destruction of a sinful people. He has borne long with them, but they are still more and more provoking, and therefore now their ruin is resolved on: I will surely consume them (Jer. 8:13), consuming I will consume them, not only surely, but utterly, consume them, will follow them with one judgment after another, till they are quite consumed; it is a consumption determined, Isa. 10:23. 1. They shall be quite stripped of all their comforts (Jer.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 8:15

We looked for peace ,.... Outward prosperity, affluence of temporal blessings, peace with enemies, and safety from them, which the false prophets had given them reason to expect; or which last they concluded and hoped for, from their being in the defenced cities: but no good came ; they were disappointed in their expectation; the good that was promised them, and they looked for, never came, but all the reverse: and for a time of health ; or, of healing F12 מרפה "medelae, vel ... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:15

Verse 15 He explains his meaning more clearly in this verse, — that the Jews in vain flattered themselves, while they entertained vain hopes. He then says that there was no reason for them to deceive themselves; for were they to promise themselves peace a hundred times, ruin would still be nigh them, and that though they hoped for a time of healing, terror would assail them. We hence see that in the last verse his purpose was to shew how foolish the people were, who thought that they would be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:13-15

False hopes ministering despair. The lessons of life are not readily learned by most men. They require to be frequently repeated ere they produce an impression. God, therefore, deals severely with his people, whose delusion is the more unpardonable because of the piety of their fathers and the light of revelation which had been given. He will, therefore, make to "pass away from them" one by one the things that he had given: the fruits of the earth shall be cut off; the comforts of life... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:14-15

Despair. I. DESPAIR WILL ARISE ON THE PERCEPTION THAT THERE IS NO WAY OF ESCAPE FROM RUIN . The miserable Jews are pictured as first sitting still helplessly, and then rousing themselves to enter the fenced cities, only to find that death awaits them there as surely as in the open plain. People are too ready to believe that "something will turn up," and so hold on, in confidence and indifference, till their eyes are suddenly opened, and they see room for... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:15

Health ; rather , healing . Another rendering is tranquility (same sense as in Ecclesiastes 10:4 ). Trouble ; rather, terror. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 8:15

Health ... trouble - Or, “rest ... terror.” read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 8:14-15

Jeremiah 8:14-15. Let us enter into the defenced cities In these verses the prophet seems to turn to and address his countrymen by way of apostrophe; and, as one of the people that dwelt in the open towns, advises those that were in the like situation to retire with him into some of the fortified cities, and there wait the event with patience; since there was nothing but terror abroad, and the noise of the enemy who had already begun to ravage the country. By this the prophet signifies,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 8:4-17

Sin and its punishment (8:4-17)It is natural for a person who falls to pick himself up again, but the people of Jerusalem who have fallen spiritually make no attempt to return to God (4-6). It is natural for a bird to obey the laws of instinct and know the time to migrate, but the people of Jerusalem do not know the laws of God or when to return to him (7).The teachers of the law, the wisdom teachers, the priests and the prophets have all led the people astray. Instead of denouncing wrongdoing,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 8:15

trouble = terror. read more

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