Jeremiah 9:13-16 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 9:12-22

Two things the prophet designs, in these verses, with reference to the approaching destruction of Judah and Jerusalem:?1. To convince people of the justice of God in it, that they had by sin brought it upon themselves and that therefore they had no reason to quarrel with God, who did them no wrong at all, but a great deal of reason to fall out with their sins, which did them all this mischief. 2. To affect people with the greatness of the desolation that was coming, and the miserable effects... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 9:13

And the Lord saith ,.... The Septuagint version adds, "to me"; there being no wise and understanding man, nor prophet F2 Vid. T. Nedarim, fol. 81. 1. & Bava Metzia fol. 85. 1, 2. , to take up this affair, and open the cause of it, therefore the Lord undertakes it himself: the question was put to them, but they not answering it, the Lord does it, because they have forsaken my law, which I set before them ; in a plain and easy manner, so as to be readily understood; yet this they... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 9:14

But have walked after the imagination of their own heart ,.... What their own hearts devised, chose, and were best pleased with; See Gill on Jeremiah 7:24 , and after Baalim ; the idols of the Gentiles; these they served and worshipped, and not the true God: which their fathers taught them ; which was so far from excusing them, that it was an aggravation of their sin, that they had continued in their wicked ways and idolatrous practices, from age to age, from one generation to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 9:15

Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel ,.... He calls himself "the Lord God of hosts", of armies above and below, in heaven and in earth, in opposition to Baalim, the idols of the Gentiles; which word signifies "lords"; which, though there be many who are called so, there is but one God, and one Lord, who is God over all, and "the God of Israel"; who had chosen them, and distinguished them by the blessings of his goodness; and yet they had forsaken him, and followed... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 9:16

I will scatter them also among the Heathen ,.... Besides the bitter judgments of famine and pestilence during the siege, what remained of them should be carried captive out of their own land into foreign countries, than which nothing could be more distressing: whom neither they or their fathers have known ; a circumstance greatly aggravating their captivity: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them ; or men that kill with the sword, as the Targum: it chiefly... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 9:15

I will feed them - with wormwood - They shall have the deepest sorrow and heaviest affliction. They shall have poison instead of meat and drink. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 9:13

Verse 13 Jeremiah now confirms what I have stated, and more fully explains it, — that though no teacher or a disciple was found in the land, yet there was sufficient power in God’s word alone, and that his judgment depended not on the will or the perceptions of men. After having then complained that all were foolish, and that there were no prophets to reprove their security and indifference, he adds, Thus saith Jehovah Here he sets God in opposition to all men, to the king and his courtiers, as... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 9:14

Verse 14 He then adds,And they have walked after the hardiness, or obstinacy, or imaginations, of their own heart (246) He opposes the imaginations, or hardness of the heart, to the voice of God, as we find in other places, where contrary things are stilted, that is, what men’s minds devise, and what God shews by his word to be right; for there is no less contrariety between the rule of right living and the imaginations of men, than there is between fire and water. Let us therefore know, that... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 9:15

Verse 15 He at length concludes that God would take vengeance, but speaks in a figurativle language, I will feed them with bitterness The word לענה lone, is rendered “wormwood;” but as this is a wholesome herb, I prefer to render it “bitterness.” (249) It is never found in a good sense, and therefore unsuitable to the nature of wormwood, which is often mentioned by Moses: and the other prophets (Deuteronomy 19:18; Deuteronomy 32:32; Hebrews 2:15.) Hence I am inclined to adopt a general term,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 9:16

Verse 16 As he had said that the Jews were following what theyhad received from their fathers,so he says now that God would scatter them among nations, which had been unknown to them and to their fathers. He then alludes to their mischievous tradition; for the fathers had imbued their children with ungodly errors, and had withdrawn them from God, that their doctrine might become altogether familiar to them. There is then a contrast to be noticed between the knowledge with which the fathers had... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 9:12-22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 9:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 9:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 9:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 9:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 9:15

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 9:13

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 9:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 9:15

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 9:16

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