Jeremiah 17:1-7

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 17:1-4

The people had asked (Jer. 16:10), What is our iniquity, and what is our sin? as if they could not be charged with any thing worth speaking of, for which God should enter into judgment with them; their challenge was answered there, but here we have a further reply to it, in which, I. The indictment is fully proved upon the prisoners, both the fact and the fault; their sin is too plain to be denied and too bad to be excused, and they have nothing to plead either in extenuation of the crime or... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 17:5-11

It is excellent doctrine that is preached in these verses, and of general concern and use to us all, and it does not appear to have any particular reference to the present state of Judah and Jerusalem. The prophet's sermons were not all prophetical, but some of them practical; yet this discourse, which probably we have here only the heads of, would be of singular use to them by way of caution not to misplace their confidence in the day of their distress. Let us all learn what we are taught... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 17:1

The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron ,.... Or an iron tool, such as engravers use in working on hard matter: and with the point of a diamond ; such as glaziers use in cutting their glass; though this is not the word used for a diamond in Exodus 28:18 , this word is elsewhere translated an adamant, Ezekiel 3:9 . Bothart F8 Hierozoic. par. 2. l. 6. c. 11, col. 842. of which stone, see Dioseorides, Hesychius, & Stephanus in ib. takes it to be the smiris, which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 17:2

Whilst their children remember their altars ,.... Which is a further proof of their long continuance in idolatrous practices, and a fresh witness against them; they trained up their children in them; who, when grown up, could not forget them, but imitated them, and went on in the same evil ways. Some render the words, "as they remember their children, so they remember their altars F9 כזכר בניהם מזבחו־תאם "sicut recordantur filiorum suorum, ita recordantur ararum suarum"; so some in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 17:3

O my mountain in the midst of the field ,.... Meaning either the temple, called the mountain of the house, and of the Lord's house, Micah 3:12 , or else Jerusalem, which stood on a hill in the midst of a plain, surrounded with fruitful fields and gardens; or in the midst of a land like a field. The Targum is, "because thou worshippest idols upon the mountains in the field:' I will give thy substance and all thy treasures to the spoil ; all the riches of the city and temple to be the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 17:4

And thou, even thyself ,.... Or, "thou, and in thee" F12 ובך "qui sunt apud te", Junius & Tremellius. ; that is, thou and those that are in thee, all the inhabitants of Jerusalem and Judea; or, "thou even through thyself" F13 "Per te", Piscator. ; through thine own fault, by reason of thy sins and iniquities: shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee ; be removed from it, and no longer enjoy it: or, "shalt intermit from thine heritage" F14 ושמטתה ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 17:5

Thus saith the Lord ,.... Here begins a new discourse, or part of one; or, however, another cause or reason of the ruin and destruction of the Jews is suggested; namely, their trust in man, or confidence in the creature, which is resented and condemned: cursed be the man that trusteth in man ; as the Jews did in the Egyptians and Assyrians; see Jeremiah 2:36 , and in Abraham their father, and in being his seed, as they did in Christ's time; and which was trusting in the flesh; and as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 17:6

For he shall be like the heath in the desert ,.... The Vulgate Latin version renders it, "myrice": and so the Latin interpreter of the Targum; but the word that paraphrase makes use of according to R. Hai, mentioned by Kimchi, signifies something that is thorny without, and eatable within; but this is not likely to be intended here. The Septuagint version renders it, "wild myrice"; it seems to be the same that is called "erice", or "ling", and "heath"; which delights to grow in wild and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 17:7

Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord ,.... In the Word of the Lord, as the Targum, in Christ the essential Word of God; see Psalm 2:12 who have a spiritual knowledge of him, and so trust in him, Psalm 9:10 who have seen the vanity and emptiness of all other objects of trust, there being no salvation in them, only in him; who betake themselves to him as their only refuge; lay hold, rest, and rely upon him, as their Saviour; commit their all unto him; trust him with all their... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 17:1

The sin of Judah - Idolatry. Is written with a pen of iron - It is deeply and indelibly written in their heart, and shall be as indelibly written in their punishment. Writing with the point of a diamond must refer to glass, or some vitrified substance, as it is distinguished here from engraving with a steel burine, or graver. Their altars show what the deities are which they worship. There may be reference here to the different methods of recording events in those days: - A pen or... read more

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