Jeremias 5:26-6:30 NVIPT

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 5:25-31

Here, I. The prophet shows them what mischief their sins had done them: They have turned away these things (Jer. 5:25), the former and the latter rain, which they used to have in due season (Jer. 5:24), but which had of late been withheld (Jer. 3:3), by reason of which the appointed weeks of harvest had sometimes disappointed them. ?It is your sin that has withholden good from you, when God was ready to bestow it upon you.? Note, It is sin that stops the current of God's favour to us, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 5:26

For among my people are found wicked men ,.... Not a few only, but in general they appeared to be so, upon an inquiry into their character and conduct; for otherwise it would not have been so difficult to find a good man among them, as is suggested Jeremiah 5:1 , they lay wait as he that setteth snares ; or, "they look about" F3 ישור "aspicit", Vatablus, i. e. "quisque eorum", Piscator; "aspicient", Pagninus. ; that is, as Kimchi interprets it, every man looks in the ways, to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 5:26

They lay wait, as he that setteth snares - A metaphor taken from fowlers, who, having fixed their nets, lie down and keep out of sight, that when birds come, they may be ready to draw and entangle them. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 5:26

Verse 26 What the previous verse contains is here confirmed, — that the Jews, through their own fault, had deprived themselves of God’s favor. It was necessary to do this; for otherwise they would have had some answer to give, inasmuch as hypocrites, being so perverse, do not easily yield. Hence the Prophet confirms what he had said, — that there were wicked men among God’s people. But this ought not to be confined to some among them, as it is done by interpreters, who seem not to explain quite... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:1-31

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:19-29

Judah's own obstinacy and flagrant disobedience are the causes of this sore judgment. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:26

They lay wait, etc.; rather, they spy (literally, one spieth ), as fowlers lie in wait . A trap; literally, a destroyer ; i . e . an instrument of destruction (comp. Isaiah 54:16 , where" the waster" (or destroyer) probably means the weapon referred to previously). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:26-29

The worst kind of wickedness found among the people of Jehovah. God's people are well acquainted with the voice of those scorners who speak as if hypocrisy was the invariable accompaniment of a religious profession. They do discover, it must be admitted, far more frequently than they ought to discover, that religious profession is a mere pretence; and thereupon they never forget the few well-established instances which are a ground, in season and out of season, for a sweeping charge of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 5:20-31

Against the God(1) of Creation Jeremiah 5:22, and(2) of Providence Jeremiah 5:24,They sin, not merely by apostasy, but by a general immorality extending to all classes Jeremiah 5:25-28. It is in this immorality that their idolatry has its root.Jeremiah 5:22The sea is the symbol of restless and indomitable energy, chafing against all resistance, and dashing to pieces the works whereby man endeavors to restrain its fury. Yet God has imposed upon it laws which it must obey, and keeps it in its... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 5:25-29

Jeremiah 5:25-29. Your iniquities have turned away these things See note on Jeremiah 3:3. For among my people are found wicked men I need not search for such among the heathen nations, for they are easily found among them that are called by my name. They lay wait, &c. They use all the arts of fraud and cunning, that they may overreach others, and make a prey of them and their substance. They set a trap, they catch men Such a trap did Jezebel lay for Naboth, 1 Kings 21:9-10. Such a... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 5:25-31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 5:26

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 5:26

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 5:26

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:1-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:19-29

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:26

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 5:26-29

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 5:20-31

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 5:25-29

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