Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 11:7
For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day [that] I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, [even] unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.
7. rising early ] Cp. ch. Jer 7:13.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
In protesting I protested, a usual way in the Hebrew, by which they express the seriousness and vehemency of an action. By protesting he meaneth the same with charging and commanding, with promises annexed to obedience, and threatenings denounced in case of disobedience. This God saith he had done with a great deal of patience and diligence, even from the time that this people were brought by him out of the land of Egypt.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
7. rising early (Jer7:13).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
For I earnestly protested unto your fathers,…. Or “witnessing, witnessed” g; testified his great affection for them; importunately solicited their observation of his precepts for their good; and strictly cautioned them against neglect and disobedience:
the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt;
[See comments on Jer 11:4]:
even unto this day, rising early, and protesting, saying, obey my voice; that is, from the time of the giving of the law, in all successive ages, to the present time, he had sent his prophets to them, time after time, morning by morning, early and late, to press, exhort, and stir them up to an obedience to his will, and to warn them of the evils that would come by disobedience to it.
g “testificando tesficatus sum”, Schmidt; “contestando contestatus sum”, Pagninus, Montanus, Cocceius.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
We observed in the last Lecture the complaint which God made against his people, — that, he had tried every means to reconcile them to himself, but all in vain. But there is great weight and emphasis in these words, — that by protesting he protested, etc.; as though he subjected himself to the judgment of a third party; for we are wont to protest against those who do not winingly come before the tribunal of a judge. God then takes this figure from the common practice of men, and says that he protested, and that not only once, but repeatedly. He afterwards adds that he had done this not only in one age, but from the time their fathers came forth from bondage to that day. It was then extreme perverseness, when God ceased not to call them to himself, and yet spoke to the deaf. But what follows is still more emphatical, — that he rose early: for to take this transitively as some do, is what I do not approve. God then says, that he was so solicitous about their welfare, that he rose early to call them. There is no doubt but that God applies here to himself what properly belonged to his Prophets, as he also concedes to his servants what rightly belongs to him, and what cannot be applied to men, except by way of concession.
But God does here extol the authority of his word, when he says that he rose early; and at the same time he amplifies their ingratitude, inasmuch as they had despised him, when they saw that he, like the head of a family, provided for their welfare. We hence then learn how much God values his word; for he testifies that there is no difference between him and his servants, whose labors he employs in teaching his ChurJeremiah We also hence learn how inexcusable is our wickedness when we reject God speaking thus familiarly to us. We now then perceive the import of this passage. But it may, in the third place, be observed, that God’s name is in vain pretended, except when he himself speaks. The Papists of this day would have whatever they say, according to their own fancies, to be received without any dispute; but God shews in this place that he is not offended except when he is himself despised; and he at the same time declares that he is so connected with his prophets, that they bring nothing of their own, nor anything else except what proceeds from him.
He now adds, that this only he required from his chosen people, to obey his voice The justness of this precept shews how base and wicked was the impiety of the people; and God also shews that they had not the pretext of error or of ignorance; for the only way of evading was to pretend that they wished no other thing than to render to God the worship due to him; but the rule he had prescribed in his law was such as could not be mistaken. It hence follows that they wilfully went astray after superstitions, for they were sufficiently taught in the law what God approved. This then is the reason why he so often repeats that he required nothing from the children of Abraham except to hear his voice.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(7) Rising early.The phrase in its spiritual meaning, as applied to Jehovah, is almost peculiar to Jeremiah, and is used by him twelve times. In its literal sense, or as denoting only ordinary activity, it is found often, e.g., Gen. 20:8; Pro. 27:14. (See Note on Jer. 7:13.)
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Jer 11:7 For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day [that] I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, [even] unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.
Ver. 7. Rising early, ] i.e., Endeavouring earnestly. See Jer 5:8 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
rising early, &c. See note on Jer 7:13.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
I earnestly: 1Sa 8:9, Eph 4:17, 2Th 3:12
in the: Jer 7:13, Jer 7:23-25, Jer 25:4, Jer 35:15, Exo 15:26, Exo 23:21, Exo 23:22, Deu 4:6, Deu 5:29, Deu 6:2, Deu 8:6, Deu 10:12, Deu 10:13, Deu 11:26-28, Deu 12:32, Deu 28:1-14, Deu 30:20
Reciprocal: Gen 6:3 – My 1Sa 15:22 – obey Isa 28:10 – For precept Jer 7:24 – they Jer 13:10 – evil Jer 25:3 – rising Jer 26:5 – my Jer 31:32 – which Jer 32:23 – but Jer 34:13 – in the Jer 35:14 – rising Zec 3:6 – protested Mat 23:37 – how 1Co 15:31 – protest Heb 8:9 – they continued
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Verse 7. Through all the history of the nation from its escape from Egypt to the present time, God had never ceased to admonish and insist on obedience to his law. Their corrupt walk, therefore, was not due to any lack of
information; it was due to their disregard for it. (See this thought in Isa 1:3.)
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
11:7 For I earnestly protested to your fathers in the day [that] I brought them out of the land of Egypt, [even] to this day, {c} rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.
(c) Read Jer 7:13 .
Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes
The importance of doing so was clear, in that the Lord had commanded His people to hear and obey the covenant, when He first gave it and ever since.