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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 5:1-9

Here is, I. A challenge to produce any one right honest man, or at least any considerable number of such, in Jerusalem, Jer. 5:1. Jerusalem had become like the old world, in which all flesh had corrupted their way. There were some perhaps who flattered themselves with hopes that there were yet many good men in Jerusalem, who would stand in the gap to turn away the wrath of God; and there might be others who boasted of its being the holy city and thought that this would save it. But God bids... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 5:3

O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth ?.... That is, thou hast no regard to such deceitful men, such hypocritical worshippers and formal professors, but to true and upright men: God looks not at outward appearances, but to the heart; he can see through all masks and vizards, there is no deceiving of him; he desires truth in the inward parts, and his eyes are on that; he has respect to men that have the truth of grace, the root of the matter in them, oil in their vessels, together with... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 5:4

Then I said, surely these are poor, they are foolish ,.... The prophet, observing that reproofs and corrections in providence had no effect upon the people, he thought within himself that surely the reason must be, because these people are poor, and in low circumstances in the world, and are so busy in their worldly employments to get bread for their families, that they were not at leisure to attend unto divine things; nor of capacity to receive instruction and correction by providences;... read more

John Gill

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

I will get me unto the great men, and speak unto them ,.... The princes, nobles, and judges, the elders of the people, the scribes and doctors of the law: for they have known the way of the Lord, and the judgment of their God ; it might be reasonably expected that they had, having had a good education, and being at leisure from worldly business to attend to the law, and the knowledge of it, and whatsoever God had revealed in his word, both in a way of doctrine and duty: but these have... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 5:6

Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them ,.... Meaning King Nebuchadnezzar out of Babylon, a place full of people, and so comparable to a forest, as the king is to a lion, for his strength, fierceness, and cruelty; and who came from thence, besieged and took Jerusalem; and who not only slew their young men with the sword, but also the king's sons, and the princes and nobles of Judah, 2 Chronicles 36:17 . and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them ; which, having sought for... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 5:7

How shall I pardon thee for this ?.... Because of their manifold transgressions, and multiplied backslidings; or "wherefore, or for what, shall I pardon thee?" F18 אי לזאת אסלח לך "ad quid, vel ob quid, vel quare parcam tibi?" De Dieu. as the Targum; can any reason be given why I should? what goodness is there in thee, or done by thee, that I should do this unto thee? The particle אי , according to Kimchi, is a word of exclamation; and, according to Jarchi, of admiration;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 5:8

They were as fed horses in the morning ,.... Adulterers are compared to horses, because they are very salacious and lustful creatures; wherefore the Septuagint renders the word: "horses are become mad after the females"; or, "as horses mad after the females are they become"; and especially to such as are well kept and are fat, and who, having much food given them in the night, and being full in the morning, go forth neighing, as Kimchi observes; and are the more salacious in the morning, by... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 5:9

Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord ,.... For such adulteries and lasciviousness, and that in a way of punishment. The Targum adds, "to bring evil upon them;' the evil of punishment for the evil of sin: and shall not my soul be avenged upon such a nation as this ? which cannot delight in sin, but hates it; and therefore must punish for it; vindictive and punitive justice is essential to God; as sin is contrary to his nature, it is agreeable to it to punish for it; he... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 5:4

These are poor - They are ignorant; they have no education; they know no better. read more

Adam Clarke

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

I will get me unto the great men - Those whose circumstances and rank in life gave them opportunities of information which the others could not have, for the reasons already given. These have altogether broken the yoke - These have cast aside all restraint, have acted above law, and have trampled all moral obligations under their feet, and into their vortex the lower classes of the people have been swept away. Solon said, "The laws are like cobwebs; they entangle the small fry, but the... read more

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