Bible Commentary

And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these [things] unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land [that is] not yours. 19. The punishment was … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 5:19”

Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you. 18. Du. for metre and style excludes the whole remainder of the ch. from Jeremiah’s authorship. Without such drastic treatment of the text, we may yet hesitate to accept this v. as it seems an unwarranted interruption of the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 5:18”

And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, [which] thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword. 17. which thy sons and thy … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 5:17”

Their quiver [is] as an open sepulcher, they [are] all mighty men. 16. Their quiver is an open sepulchre ] Their arrows are deadly. Cp. Psa 5:9. Their quiver ] Cp. Jer 4:29 (“bowmen”). Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Their quiver – See Jer 4:29, note. Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 5:16”

Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it [is] a mighty nation, it [is] an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say. 15. Although the description suits the Babylonians (cp. Isa 5:26 of the Assyrians; also Isa 28:11; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 5:15”

Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them. 14. “Ye” (the people) “thy” (Jeremiah’s). Cp. Jer 23:39. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Jer 5:14 I will make My … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 5:14”

And the prophets shall become wind, and the word [is] not in them: thus shall it be done unto them. 13. and the prophets shall become wind ] the rejoinder continued. As the word is generally used in Jeremiah of the false prophets, Gi. takes it in that sense here, but he is obliged for … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 5:13”

They have belied the LORD, and said, [It is] not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: 12. It is not he ] lit. not he! probably corresponding to our own colloquial expression, and used as a rejoinder by those who refused to credit prophetic warnings of disaster. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 5:12”

For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the LORD. Whether Israel be put here for the ten tribes, and Judah for the two, as often they are, Jer 2:4, and sundry other places; or rather, whether Judah here be only explicative, and the word meant … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 5:11”

Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they [are] not the LORD’s. 10. Judah is likened to a vineyard. So in Jer 12:10; Isa 5:1 ff. her walls ] This sense for the MT. as here vocalised is very questionable. It is best, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 5:10”