Jeremiah 9:14 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 9:14

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 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 9:2-22

Complaint of the treachery and folly of the people; lamentation over their consequences. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 9:10-22

The terrible threatenings of love. There are few more awful passages of Scripture than this. The doom denounced on the guilty people is indeed dreadful. Nevertheless that doom had not yet descended. There was a merciful pause, during which space was given for repentance. Meanwhile the prophet was bidden to utter these threatenings. Notice— I. How TERRIBLE THEY ARE . 1. In themselves . The fertile hills and pastures of their country shall be laid waste, so that no living... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 9:12-15

The inquest on the slain of Judah and Jerusalem. I. GOD DEMANDS IT . 1. For his righteousness is impugned. Men had not failed, could not fail, to notice the terrible judgments which God had sent upon Judah and Jerusalem, and, as is implied by his own declaration of their causes ( Jeremiah 9:12 ), they had either not seen or had denied the righteousness of what had been done. This questioning of the Divine righteousness and equity is a procedure all too common still. 2. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 9:12-16

The causes of national disaster. I. IT IS PROFITABLE TO INQUIRE INTO THE CAUSES OF NATIONAL DISASTER . 1. Intellectually , this is a subject of profound interest, dealing with fundamental principles and the vast issues to which they lead when working on the largest scale. 2. Morally , it is of great practical importance for the warning it supplies to all nations. The sight of terrible ruin rushing down upon a people is appalling, but the awe with which... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 9:12-16

The affliction of God's professed people an enigma to be explained. I. THE MYSTERY . This consists partly in the particular subjects of it, and partly in the degree to which it has gone. It is spoken of here prophetically as a future thing that has already taken place; and the problem is stated accordingly as a realization, and not a thing only conceived of. From time to time the history of Israel and Judah presents such scenes. It is by no means one of uninterrupted progress. There... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 9:14

Imagination ; rather, stubbornness (see on Jeremiah 3:17 ). Baalim . The Hebrew has "the Baalim;" practically equivalent to "the idol-gods" (see on Jeremiah 2:8 ). Which their fathers taught them . "Which" refers to both clauses, i . e . to the obstinacy and the Baal-worship. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 9:14

Hereditary sin real sin. God here declares that he will punish those who have walked "after Baalim, which their fathers taught them." Therefore the fact of their having been trained in this sin by their fathers is not held to acquit them of guilt in what they do. Their sin, though hereditary, is real. I. THIS SEEMS UNJUST . It has often been objected to that because the fathers ate sour grapes the children's teeth should be set on edge ( Ezekiel 18:2 ). Why should I be punished... read more

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

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

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 9:2-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 9:10-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 9:12-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 9:12-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 9:12-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 9:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 9:14

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