Jeremiah 8:4-7

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 8:6

And heard, i.e. that I might hear; the words rather of God than of the prophet, which the continuance of the speech seems to show in the next verse, in the close whereof it is plain that God speaks, expressing himself after the manner of men, who are wont to listen diligently after the things they are very desirous of. See 1 Kings 20:33; Malachi 3:16. Not aright; or, not so, as the LXX., and the word is thus used, Exodus 10:11; Psalms 1:4; not so as I would have had them; so far from... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 8:7

In the heaven, i.e. in the air, which is often called heaven, where the birds fly, Psalms 8:8; compare Jeremiah 7:33, who possibly observe the fit time by the temperature of the air. Knoweth her appointed times, i.e. observeth the several seasons of her going and coming by some natural instinct, and this is said of the stork: what kind of fowl is here meant is disputable: see English Annotations and Latin Synopsis. Observe the time of their coming; the same thing diversified in these several... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Jeremiah 8:1-22

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—Chronology and History, as in chap. 7. Observe, however, that a new section in this extended prophetic address commenced with Jeremiah 8:4, which continues to chap. Jeremiah 9:22.1. Geographical Reference. Jeremiah 8:22. “Gilead:” a mountainous region, bounded on the west by Jordan, east by high plateau of Arabia, north by Bashan, south by valley of Heshbon; covering an area of cir. 60 miles by 20. The mountains of Gilead have an elevation of between 2000 and 3000... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 8:7-8

Jeremiah 8:7-8 Our text makes mention of the discrimination of times by the faculty of instinct, and contrasts it favourably with man's want of discrimination, though endowed with reason. I. The birds of passage show, in their periodic migrations, their discernment of seasons, and this, both as regards the time of their visiting and the time of their leaving us. Probably some peculiarity in the material structure of the migratory birds renders them extremely sensitive to changes of temperature,... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Jeremiah 8:4-8

DISCOURSE: 1041EXPOSTULATION WITH THE IMPENITENTJeremiah 8:4-8. Thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord; Shall they fall, and not arise? Shall he turn away, and not return? Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? They hold fast deceit, they refuse, to return. I hearkened and heard; but they spake not aright; no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What hare I done? Every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle. Yea, the... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Jeremiah 8:6

repented (See Scofield " :-") . read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Jeremiah 8:6

What Have I Done? December 27, 1857 by C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892) "What have I done?" Jeremiah 8:6 . Perhaps no figure represents God in a more gracious light than those figures of speech, which represent him as stooping from his throne, and as coming down from heaven to attend to the wants and to behold the woes of mankind. We must have love for that God, who, when Sodom and Gomorrah were reeking with iniquity, would not destroy those cities, although he knew their guilt and their... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 8:1-22

Chapter 8At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants, out of their graves: And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 8:1-22

Jeremiah 8:1-2 . At that time they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah of the princes of the priests, and the bones (as in the Chaldaic) of the false prophets. They shall spread them before the sun, the moon, the stars and the planets, the gods they have adored, gods which now could neither pity nor save. Oh barbarous insults of a wanton soldiery! The cause of those depredations was not malice against the dead, but conformably to ancient usages, and the hope of finding... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Jeremiah 8:4-7

Jeremiah 8:4-7Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding.A great evil and an urgent questionI. A great evil. “Backsliding.”1. It is an evil in its nature; it is a great sin against God, involving the basest ingratitude, the abuse of the greatest mercies, and the violation of the most solemn vows.2. It is an evil in its influence.(1) Upon self. It arrests the progress of the soul, darkens its prospects, curtails its liberty, and destroys its usefulness.(2) Upon... read more

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