Jeremiah 32:16-19 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 32:16-25

We have here Jeremiah's prayer to God upon occasion of the discoveries God had made to him of his purposes concerning this nation, to pull it down, and in process of time to build it up again, which puzzled the prophet himself, who, though he delivered his messages faithfully, yet, in reflecting upon them, was greatly at a loss within himself how to reconcile them; in that perplexity he poured out his soul before God in prayer, and so gave himself ease. That which disturbed him was not the bad... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 32:16

Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah ,.... When he had finished his worldly business, and which yet was by a divine order, and to answer a divine purpose, then he betook himself to prayer; and it is proper we should be quite free from worldly cares and concerns when we enter upon religious duties, particularly prayer to God; when the soul ought to be separated from the world and the things of it, and wholly devoted to God: I prayed unto the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 32:17

Ah Lord God !.... Which the Vulgate Latin version repeats three times, "Ah, ah, ah", as being greatly distressed with the trouble that was coming upon his people; and, it may be, not without some doubts and temptations about their deliverance; or, at least, was pressed in his mind with the difficulties and objections started by the Jews that were with him in the court: behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm ; with great propriety is the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 32:18

Thou showest lovingkindness unto thousands ,.... Not to thousands of persons only, but to a thousand generations, even such that love, fear, and serve him; see Exodus 20:6 ; this is very properly added, for the further strengthening of faith; for though the omnipotence of God assures us that there is nothing but what he can do, yet it gives us no certain encouragement he will do this, or that, or the other, in a favourable and gracious manner; but this his loving kindness, experienced by a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 32:19

Great in counsel, and mighty in word ,.... Counsel belongs to him, and he does all things after the counsel of his will, all things in nature, providence, and grace; and such a display of his wisdom is there in all, that show him to be excellent in counsel; to excel all others; not only to be great, but to be the greatest in counsel; and who regularly and perfectly performs all that he has wisely contrived; his wisdom and his power are equal to each other; he forms the scheme of all that he... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 32:16

I prayed unto the Lord - And what a prayer! What weight of matter, sublimity of expression, profound veneration, just conception, Divine unction, powerful pleading, and strength of faith! Historical, without flatness; condensed, without obscurity; confessing the greatest of crimes against the most righteous of Beings, without despairing of his mercy, or presuming on his goodness: a confession that, in fact, acknowledges that God's justice should smite and destroy, had not his infinite... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 32:19

Thine eyes are open upon all the ways of - men - Thou art omniscient, and knowest all things; thou art omnipresent, and seest all things. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 32:16

Verse 16 Though the Prophet was discharging his own office, yet he confesses that he was himself perplexed at the vision. It hence appears that God’s counsel was not always made known in everything to the Prophets, but as far as it was expedient. However, the Prophets were not seized with ecstasies like heathen soothsayers, who pretended they were carried away beyond all their senses. There was not then this fanaticism in the Prophets, so that they spoke like sounding brass, or like the ass of... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 32:17

Verse 17 Ah, Lord Jehovah! he says; behold, thou hast made heaven and earth. Were any one not to attend to the circumstances of the passage, he might think that the Prophet is here rambling, and does not connect his sentences, so that his prayer seems incoherent. But as I have already said, that as the Prophet knew that men take too much liberty when they speak of God’s works, he bridled himself in due time, before he came to his subject. He then made this sort of introduction, “O Lord, it does... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 32:18

Verse 18 He now adds, Thou shewest mercy to thousands, and repayest the iniquity of the fathers to the bosom of their children Here the Prophet acknowledges God’s judgments to be right, though the reason for them escapes human minds. Both these things were necessary, that is, that Jeremiah should set before himself the awful power of God, and that he should also regard God’s judgments as right, though men often think otherwise. For God has hidden reasons for his judgments; and so it happens,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 32:16-25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 32:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 32:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 32:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 32:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 32:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 32:19

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 32:16

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 32:17

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 32:18

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