Against the God (1) of Creation Jeremiah 5:22, and (2) of Providence Jeremiah 5:24, They sin, not merely by apostasy, but by a general immorality extending to all classes...
CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The apostate conditions of Jerusalem (Jeremiah 5:1) _ 2. The impending judgment (Jeremiah 5:10) 3. Sowing and reaping (Jeremiah 5:19) 4. The horrible thing ...
LET EVIL-DOERS FEAR YAHWEH. The folly of not fearing Yahweh is rebuked by a reminder of the power of Him who has set an impassable limit even to the sea (_cf._ the rebuke of Job's presumption by the d...
SHALL. NOT. ? Note the repeated Figure of speech _Erotesis_, in the form of Figure of speech _Anaphora._ App-6....
See summary at beginning of section....
The refrain taken up again from Jeremiah 5:9....
5. _Social injustice_ (Jeremiah 5:25-29) TRANSLATION (25) Your iniquities have turned away these things and your sins have withheld good from you. (26) For wicked men are found among My people. They...
1-9. The universal corruption of the city prevents forgiveness....
הַֽ עַל ־אֵ֥לֶּה לֹֽא ־אֶפְקֹ֖ד נְאֻם ־יְהֹוָ
Jeremiah 5:1; Jeremiah 6:1 CHAPTER IV THE SCYTHIANS AS THE SCOURGE OF GOD Jeremiah 4:3 - Jeremiah 6:30 IF we would under
Having thus declared that judgment was determined on, the prophet now carefully declared the reason for it. This was, first, the utter corruption of conduct. Among the people not a man was to lie foun...
_Nation? It is contrary to God's justice not to punish the guilty. (Worthington)_...
The complaint in those verses ends with the same solemn and just enquiry, as we had before. I have often thought, and I see no reason to alter the sentiment, that never was there a scripture more suit...
He repeats what we have before noticed, so there is no need of an explanation. But the repetition is not without its use; for the Jews had become so torpid, that all reproofs and threatenings were reg...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4, 5, AND 6. Chapter 4 resumes the subject of Chapter s 2, 3, and, applying it at that time to the people, tells them that, if they return, it must be unto th...
SHALL I NOT VISIT FOR THESE THINGS?.... Jeremiah 5:9....
Shall I not visit for these [things]? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? Ver. 29. _Shall I not visit?_] See Jeremiah 5:9 ....
_Your iniquities have turned away these things_ See note on Jeremiah 3:3. _For among my people are found wicked men_ I need not search for such among the heathen nations, for they are easily found amo...
Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord? Shall not My soul be avenged on such a nation as this? Cf v. 9....
BLINDNESS OF HEART, INGRATITUDE, DECEIT, AND VIOLENCE...
19-31 Unhumbled hearts are ready to charge God with being unjust in their afflictions. But they may read their sin in their punishment. If men will inquire wherefore the Lord doeth hard things unto t...
It is expressed as a thing taken for granted, he certainly will. Can I be a God, and wink at such things? It cannot be. See this explained JEREMIAH 5:9....
Jeremiah 5:29 punish H6485 (H8799) says H5002 (H8803) LORD H3068 I H5315 avenge H5358 (H8691) nation...
YHWH ASKS HIS PEOPLE WHY IN VIEW OF HIS CLEARLY REVEALED POWER THEY DO NOT FEAR HIM, AND CONCLUDES THAT IT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE REVOLUTIONARIES AND REBELS, CAUGHT UP IN SIN (JEREMIAH 5:20). YHWH addres...
YHWH PRESENTS THE REASONS WHY THE INVASION IS NECESSARY (JEREMIAH 5:1). Invasion is seen as necessary because there are no righteous people in Jerusalem, and they are full of adultery (both spiritual...
Jeremiah 5:10. _Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for the are not the LORD'S. For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very tre...
CONTENTS: Jeremiah's second message, continued. God's charges against them and the judgments threatened. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: Sinners have reason to expect punishment on account of...
Jeremiah 5:2. _Though they say the Lord liveth, surely they swear falsely._ These words being in every one's mouth, are but words, not sentiments. If men knew the grandeur of God, and studied his perf...
_As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great and waxen rich._ WICKED PROFESSORS THE BANE OF THE CHURCH I. God has a people on earth. 1. His creat...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 5:26 WICKED MEN grow FAT AND SLEEK through DEEDS OF EVIL. The FATHERLESS had no adult male in the family to protect a
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. The description here of unblushing immorality and total disorganisation leads Kimchi and others to date this chapter after Josiah’s times;...
EXPOSITION Is the punishment thought too severe? Then let the moral condition of Jerusalem be inquired into. Must not such transgressions precipitate its people into ruin? There are four well-marked...
Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places, if you can find a man, if there be any that is executing judgment, and that is seeking truth; and...
James 5:4; Jeremiah 5:9; Jeremiah 9:9; Malachi 3:5...