Bible Commentary

Shall I not visit for these [things]? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? Jer 5:9 Shall I not visit for these things? Unsanctified affliction followed by heavier judgments The physician, when he findeth that the potion which he hath given his patient will not work, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 5:9”

They were [as] fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbor’s wife. 8. The Hebrew of the first clause is obscure. The reading “fed horses,” which is to be preferred, represents the consonants of MT. (K’thibh), though the verb which they form is found elsewhere only in cognate languages (meaning to feed). … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 5:8”

How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by [them that are] no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots houses. 7. If the MT. be right, the transition to Jehovah’s words is an abrupt … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 5:7”

Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, [and] a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, [and] their backslidings are increased. 6. For the danger from actual wild beasts … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 5:6”

I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, [and] the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, [and] burst the bonds. 5. they know ] As experts they have leisure to study the Law, and to learn … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 5:5”

Therefore I said, Surely these [are] poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, [nor] the judgment of their God. 4. The prophet thinks, Surely it is poverty and ignorance that mislead them. Cp. Hos 4:6. the way of the Lord ] the way prescribed by God to man. judgement … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 5:4”

O LORD, [are] not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, [but] they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return. 3. do not thine eyes look upon, etc.] Dost thou not look … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 5:3”

And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely. 2. Though, as professed servants of Jehovah, they take the most solemn form of oath, yet they use it to give weight to a lie. Cp. Isa 48:1. surely ] This rendering is obtained by the change of one letter in MT., which has … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 5:2”

Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be [any] that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it. 1. Run ye to and fro ] The prophet challenges his … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 5:1”

For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, [and] the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, [that] bewaileth herself, [that] spreadeth her hands, [saying], Woe [is] me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers. 31. Thy wiles shall … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 4:31”