Jeremiah 9:16

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 9:16

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

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He then alludes to their mischievous tradition; for the fathers had imbued their children with ungodly errors, and had withdrawn them from God, that their doctrine might become altogether familiar to them.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

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 9:12-16

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 9:16

I will scatter them also , etc. (comp. Deuteronomy 28:64 ; Le 26:33 ). I will send a [the] sword after them . Even in the land of their captivity they shall have no rest. A special prophecy to the same effect was addressed to the Jewish fugitives in Egypt ( Jeremiah 44:27 ). In both cases it is the unbelievers who are referred to; the nation as such was, through its Divine calling, indestructible. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 9:10-22

The punishment described in general terms in the preceding three verses is now detailed at great length.Jeremiah 9:10The habitations i. e - the temporary encampments of the shepherds (see Jeremiah 6:3).So that none can ... - Or, “They are parched up, with no man to pass through them; neither do they hear the voice of cattle; from the birds of the heaven even to the beasts they “are fled, they are gone.”Jeremiah 9:11Dragons - Rather, jackals.Jeremiah 9:12For what the land perisheth ... - This is... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 9:15-16

Jeremiah 9:15-16. I will feed them, &c., with wormwood See on Deuteronomy 29:18. The word rendered wormwood here, it seems, had better be rendered wolfsbane, as signifying an herb which is not only bitter and nauseous, but also noxious. And give them water of gall to drink Or juice of hemlock, as some read it; some other herb that is poisonous as well as distasteful. By these expressions is signified not only a scarcity of meat and drink, but the most grievous calamities. I... read more

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