Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 14:15
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.
15, 16. Gi. now ( Metrik) omits these vv., apparently as failing to satisfy the metrical conditions which prevail elsewhere in the ch. (inah).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 15. By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.] Jeremiah had told Jehoiakim that, if he rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar, he should be overthrown, and the land wasted by sword and famine: the false prophets said there shall be neither sword nor famine, but peace and prosperity. The king believed them, and withheld the tribute. Nebuchadnezzar, being incensed, invaded and destroyed the land; and the false prophets fell in these calamities. See 2Kg 25:3; La 2:11-19.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
It is a most dangerous thing for ecclesiastical ministers to deliver that to people as the will of God which is not so. God here threateneth that these prophets, in testimony of the truth of the word of God delivered by Jeremiah, should die by these very judgments which they falsely prophesied to this people, as from God, an immunity from: see Jer 6:15; 20:6; 1Ki 22:25.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
15. (Jer 5:12;Jer 5:13).
By sword and famine . . .consumedretribution in kind both to the false prophets and totheir hearers (Jer 14:16).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets,…. The false prophets, as the following description shows:
that prophecy in my name, and I sent them not; made use of his name, pretending his authority, though they were not sent by him:
yet they say, sword and famine shall not be in the land; though the Lord by his true prophet had said there should be both; which proves that they were not sent by the Lord, since what they said was in direct opposition to the word of the Lord; wherefore their doom in righteous judgment follows:
by sword and famine shall these prophets be consumed; they should be some of the first, if not the first that should perish by these calamities; which would abundantly prove the falsehood of their predictions, and show that their lies could neither secure themselves nor others from the judgments which the Lord had said should come upon them.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Jeremiah, after having declared to the false prophets, that as they had by their flatteries deceived the people, they would have to suffer the punishment they had deserved, turns now his address to the people themselves. God might, however, have seemed to deal with them rather hardly, that he inflicted so severe a punishment on men who had been deceived; but the answer to this is evident; for it is certain that except the world winingly sought falsehoods, the power of the devil to deceive would not be so great. When men therefore are led astray by impostures, it happens through their own fault, inasmuch as they are more ready to embrace vanity than to submit to God and his word. And we must remember that saying of Paul, that all the reprobate are blinded and given up to a reprobate mind, because they wilfully seek falsehood, and will not obey the truth. (Rom 1:28) And on this account God declares that he tries the hearts of men, whenever false prophets come abroad; for every one who really fears God shall by no means be led away by the deceits of Satan and of impostors. Hence, whenever men are too credulous and readily embrace deceptions, it is certain that their hypocrisy is thus justly punished by God. And it was well known to the Prophet, that the Jews ever wished for such prophets as soothed their ears and promised them an abundant harvest and a fruitful vintage. (Mic 2:11) As then they had itching ears, a liberty was justly given to Satan to deluge the whole land with falsehood; and so indeed it happened. There is then no wonder that the Lord was so severe in chastising the people; for they had not been deceived except through their own fault. The same thing happens at this day. Though we are touched with pity when we see the ministers of Satan prevail in deceiving the common people: yet we must remember that a reward is rendered by heaven for the impiety of men, who either extinguish or smother the light of God as much as they can, and seek to plunge into darkness.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(15) Therefore thus saith the Lord.To the mind of a true prophet, feeling that he was taught of God, nothing could be more hateful than the acts of those who, for selfish ends, were leading the people to their destruction. For them there was therefore the righteous retribution that they should perish in the very calamities which they had asserted would never come.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
15, 16. I sent them not A solemn reiteration of God’s purpose to execute his own truth as against all assurances to the contrary. The chariot-wheels of Jehovah’s purposes shall roll on, even though they roll in fire.
I will pour their wickedness upon them it is the animus of wickedness to destroy all good and precious things, even God himself; hence this is the direst of threats.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Jer 14:15 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.
Ver. 15. Yet they say. ] Heb., They are saying. This is all their song, though the present famine doth in part confute them; but the people were willing enough to be deceived, and were therefore worthily punished. Being infatuated, they were seduced; and being so seduced, they were justly judged, as Augustine somewhere. The blind led the blind, and both fell into the ditch, though it befell the blind guides to lie nethermost.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Sword and famine shall not: Jer 5:12, Jer 5:13, Jer 6:15, Jer 8:12, Jer 20:6, Jer 23:14, Jer 23:15, Jer 28:15-17, Jer 29:20, Jer 29:21, Jer 29:31, Jer 29:32, 1Ki 22:25, Eze 14:10, Amo 7:17, 2Pe 2:1-3, 2Pe 2:14-17, Rev 19:20
Reciprocal: Deu 13:5 – prophet Deu 18:20 – the prophet Deu 19:19 – Then shall Neh 6:14 – on the prophetess Isa 9:15 – the prophet Jer 8:11 – they Jer 16:4 – consumed Jer 23:30 – General Jer 24:10 – General Jer 27:15 – ye Lam 1:19 – my priests Lam 2:20 – shall the priest Lam 4:11 – Lord Eze 13:14 – ye shall be Hos 4:5 – and the prophet Mic 3:5 – concerning Luk 6:39 – shall Joh 10:1 – He
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jer 14:15. Not only will these false prophets be exposed for their corrupt teaching, but they will perish by the very instrument they said would never come.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Because the false prophets had denied the coming warfare and accompanying famine, they would die in it. This would be the proof that the Lord had not sent them and that they had been false to Him.