George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Jeremiah 8:8
Falsehood. The impostors have deceived you, and they are themselves taken prisoners. (Calmet)
Falsehood. The impostors have deceived you, and they are themselves taken prisoners. (Calmet)
Verse Jeremiah 8:8. _THE PEN OF THE SCRIBES_ IS _IN VAIN._] The _deceitful pen_ of the scribes. They have written falsely, though they had the truth before them. It is too bold an assertion to say tha...
THE LAW OF THE LORD - The “Torah,” or written law, the possession of which made the priests and prophets so boastfully exclaim, “We are wise.” LO, CERTAINLY ... - Rather, Verily, lo! the lying pen “of...
CHAPTER 8 _ 1. The horrors of the invasion (Jeremiah 8:1) _ 2. Hardened hearts and retribution (Jeremiah 8:4) 3. Utter destruction threatened (Jeremiah 8:13) 4. The prophet's lamentation ...
JUDAH'S UNNATURAL CONDUCT AND ITS PUNISHMENT. There is something unnatural in the persistency of the people's misconduct; they show no inclination to return to Yahweh, but pursue a headstrong course a...
NO MAN. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Genus),. scarcely any....
Jeremiah 8:4 to Jeremiah 9:1. Forecast of punishment as the result of sin The section may be thus summarized. (i) Jeremiah 8:4. Human fortunes and conduct are as a rule liable to change, but Israel...
_the law_ The reply of the priests such as the two Pashhurs (Jeremiah 20:1; Jeremiah 21:1) and prophets such as Shemaiah (Jeremiah 29:24) was, We _do_know the Law and have it in writing. But, behold,...
DISCOURSE: 1041 EXPOSTULATION WITH THE IMPENITENT Jeremiah 8:4. Thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord; Shall they fall, and not arise? Shall he turn away, and not return? Why then is this peop...
B. Unwise Proclamations by National Leaders Jeremiah 8:8-12 TRANSLATION (8) How can you say, We are wise! The Torah of the LORD is with us. But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has labored false...
How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain. THE LAW OF THE LORD IS WITH US - (, "Behold, thou art called a J...
1-3. The dead shall share in the universal punishment....
LO, CERTAINLY IN VAIN.. IN vain] RV 'But, behold, the false pen of the scribes hath wrought falsely,' i.e. they have used their knowledge of the Law to deceive others, persuading them that they may tr...
HOW DO YE SAY...? — The question is put to priests and prophets, who were the recognised expounders of the Law, but not to them only. The order of scribes, which became so dominant during the exile, w...
אֵיכָ֤ה תֹֽאמְרוּ֙ חֲכָמִ֣ים אֲנַ֔חְנוּ וְ תֹורַ֥ת...
Jeremiah 8:1; Jeremiah 9:1; Jeremiah 10:1; Jeremiah 26:1 In the four Chapter s which we are now to consider we have what is plainly a fin
FALSE PROMISES OF PEACE Jeremiah 8:4-22 This chapter is filled with denunciation of the unreasonable and infatuated obstinacy of Israel. As the horse rushes madly to the fight, so were the people set...
Utter desolation would overtake them so that death would be chosen rather than life. This sin of idolatry had been aggravated by the people's terrible persistence therein. If men fall it is naturally...
How do ye say, We [are] wise, and the law of the LORD [is] with us? Lo, certainly in vain he hath made [it]; (f) the pen of the scribes [is] in vain. (f) The law does not profit you neither need it t...
I bring the whole of this beautiful Chapter, from this verse to the end into one view, for the sake of shortness, and from necessity; but otherwise nothing could be more desirable than to dwell upon e...
Interpreters think that the Prophet here directs his words to the priests, and the false prophets, and the other chiefs of the people, because they proudly arrogated to themselves the knowledge of the...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7, 8, AND 9. Chapter 7 begins a new prophecy, contemplating especially the temple, which, instead of being a protection (as the people, without conscience, wo...
HOW DO YE SAY, WE ARE WISE,.... Which they were continually boasting of, though they were ignorant of the judgment of the Lord, and were more stupid than the stork, turtle, crane, and swallow: AND TH...
How do ye say, We [are] wise, and the law of the LORD [is] with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he [it]; the pen of the scribes [is] in vain. Ver. 8. _How do ye say, We are wise?_] If ye were so, ye w...
_How do ye say, We are wise?_ As if he had said, These things considered, where is your wisdom? you see the very fowls of the air are not so stupid as you are. He speaks not merely to the princes and...
How do ye say, We are wise, and the Law of the Lord is with us? They prided themselves upon their possessing the Law, Romans 2:17; but this fact alone served rather to emphasize their dead orthodoxy,...
THE JEWS PERSIST IN WICKEDNESS...
CERTAINLY, IN VAIN MADE HE IT, THE PEN OF THE SCRIBES IS IN VAIN: Or, the false pen of the scribes worketh for falsehood...
4-13 What brought this ruin? 1. The people would not attend to reason; they would not act in the affairs of their souls with common prudence. Sin is backsliding; it is going back from the way that le...
HOW DO YE SAY, WE ARE WISE? q. d. These things considered, where is your wisdom, when you see the very fowls of the air are not so stupid as you are? he speaks either to princes and priests, or to the...
Jeremiah 8:8 say H559 (H8799) wise H2450 law H8451 LORD H3068 false H8267 pen H5842 scribe H5608 ...
YHWH EXPRESSES AMAZEMENT AT THE UNWILLINGNESS OF HIS PEOPLE TO RETURN TO HIM, AND THEIR COMPLETE DISREGARD FOR HIS REQUIREMENTS, AND WARNS THEM THAT AS A CONSEQUENCE THEY WILL LOSE EVERYTHING (JEREMIA...
Jeremiah 8:7 Our text makes mention of the discrimination of times by the faculty of instinct, and contrasts it favourably with man's want of discrimination, though endowed with reason. I. The birds...
Jeremiah 8:1. _At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bo...
Jeremiah 8:1. At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bon...
CONTENTS: Message in the temple gate, continued. Terrible judgments impending. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: Impenitence brings certain ruin. All the boasted wisdom of man cannot serve to k...
Jeremiah 8:1. _At that time they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah of the princes of the priests, and the bones_ (as in the Chaldaic) _of the_ false _prophets._ They shall spread them be...
_The stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times._ INSTINCT CONTRASTED WITH REASON IN ITS DISCERNMENT OF TIMES I. The birds of passage show in their periodic migrations, their discernment of seas...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 8:8 The Judeans possess God’s LAW, just as they possess the temple. But their SCRIBES, the professional copiers and teachers of the Scriptures, have altered God’s word to fit...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—Chronology and History, as in chap. 7. Observe, however, that a new section in this extended prophetic address commenced with Jeremiah 8:4, which continues to chap. Jere...
EXPOSITION JEREMIAH 8:1 Punishment will even overtake the sinners who have long since been deceased. JEREMIAH 8:1 THEY SHALL BRING OUT THE BONES. Not only shall many of the dead bodies remain unbur...
At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inha...
1 Corinthians 3:18; Hosea 8:12; Isaiah 10:1; Isaiah 10:2; Job 11:12;...
How — These things considered where is your wisdom? He speaks to the whole body of the people. The Lord — This may have a more special eye to the priests. In vain — For any use they made of it; neithe...