But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:
Ver. 14. But have walked after the imagination of their own heart.] Than the which they could not have chosen a worse guide, since it is evil, "only evil," and "continually" so. Gen 6:5 See Trapp on " Gen 6:5 "
Which their fathers taught them.] See Jeremiah 7:18 .
The punishment described in general terms in the preceding three verses is now detailed at great length. Jeremiah 9:10 THE HABITATIONS I. E - the temporary encampments of the shepherds (see Jeremiah...
CHAPTER 9 _ 1. The prophet's complaint and Jehovah's answer (Jeremiah 9:1) _ 2. The cause of desolation and destruction (Jeremiah 9:10) 3. The call for the mourning and wailing women (Jeremiah 9:17...
FAITHLESSNESS AND ITS RETRIBUTION: THE DIRGE OF DEATH. The humblest caravanserai would be preferable to life among these evil men, with their calumnies and the unfaithful use of power by those in auth...
BECAUSE THEY HAVE FORSAKEN MY LAW. These three verses declared the reasons why these awful judgments shall come upon Israel. They had forsaken God's law; they had turned to the worship of Baalim, or...
IMAGINATION. stubbornness. Reference to Pentateuch, (see note on Jeremiah 3:17)....
Du. and Gi. consider this passage to be condemned by prosaic wording and the vagueness or absence of metre. Co. thinks it to contain Jeremianic elements, worked up later. It certainly forms a remarkab...
_the Baalim_ See on ch. Jeremiah 2:8....
See introd. summary to the section....
B. Impending Destruction Jeremiah 9:9-21 Because of the national corruption, destruction is necessary and imminent. The land will become desolate (Jeremiah 9:9-15) and death will reign supreme through...
But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them: WALKED AFTER THE IMAGINATION OF THEIR OWN HEART - (). BAALIM - plural of Baal, to exp...
1-22. The prophet continues his lament. The impending doom....
IMAGINATION. — Stubbornness, as in Jeremiah 3:17. BAALIM. — The generic name for false gods of all kinds, and therefore used in the plural. (Comp. Jeremiah 2:8; Jeremiah 2:23.)...
_[Jeremiah 9:13]_ וַ יֵּ֣לְכ֔וּ אַחֲרֵ֖י שְׁרִר֣וּת לִבָּ֑ם...
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
NATIONAL PERVERSITY Jeremiah 9:1-16 Jeremiah 9:1-6 Once the voice of joy and thanksgiving had been heard in Jerusalem, but now on every side there was bloodshed, and the patriot-prophet could only w...
In answer to his own question, Jeremiah sighed for some adequate means of expressing the anguish of his heart, and then for escape to some lonely place in the wilderness. All this was in the nature of...
But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which (l) their fathers taught them: (l) He shows that the children cannot excuse themselves by their fathers: for both fat...
It is blessed to remark, that in all the Lord's chastisements, he hath one uniform object in view for their reform. All his dispensations are to bring his people back to himself. Hence the wise among...
He then adds,_And they have walked after the hardiness, _or _obstinacy_, or _imaginations_, _of their own heart _(246) He opposes the imaginations, or hardness of the heart, to the voice of God, as we...
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...
BUT HAVE WALKED AFTER THE IMAGINATION OF THEIR OWN HEART,.... What their own hearts devised, chose, and were best pleased with; Jeremiah 7:24, AND AFTER BAALIM; the idols of the Gentiles; these they...
THE DESOLATION OF THE LAND...
but have walked after the imagination of their own heart, following their own sinful desires in all the acts of their lives, AND AFTER BAALIM, the idols of the heathen, WHICH THEIR FATHERS TAUGHT THEM...
IMAGINATION: Or, stubbornness...
12-22 In Zion the voice of joy and praise used to be heard, while the people kept close to God; but sin has altered the sound, it is now the voice of lamentation. Unhumbled hearts lament their calami...
IMAGINATION, or stubbornness and obstinacy: see JEREMIAH 7:24. BAALIM: see JEREMIAH 2:23. The prophet doth not charge them with new crimes, but with their tenacious sticking to their idolatry. WHICH T...
Jeremiah 9:14 walked H3212 (H8799) according H310 dictates H8307 hearts H3820 after H310 Baals H1168 fathers H1 taught
THOSE WHO ARE TRULY WISE WILL KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT GOD AND WILL THUS UNDERSTAND WHY HE ACTS LIKE HE DOES IN BRINGING FINAL JUDGMENT ON JUDAH (JEREMIAH 9:12). The passage commences by asking who the tr...
Jeremiah 9:1. _Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!_ Jeremiah foresaw that the Chaldeans would c...
CONTENTS: Message in the temple gate, continued. Detestation of the sins of the people. The vanity of trusting in anything but God. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: Those who will not know God...
Jeremiah 9:2. _Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodgingplace of wayfaring men._ In countries where the peasantry are very poor, travellers provide for themselves as they can. Even in Spain many of th...
_Because they have forsaken My law. .. give them water of gall to drink._ THE WAGES OF SIN A quaint preacher, addressing miners, drew a picture of two mines. He represented payday at one of the mines...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 9:12 The WISE MAN knows THE LAND is RUINED because the people of Judah have forsaken God’s law, followed their own hearts
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES. For Chronology and History, see chap. 7. 1. GEOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES. Jeremiah 9:26. “_Egypt_.” sit. on N.E. angle of Africa; a vast plain; in general features it may be...
EXPOSITION JEREMIAH 9:1 The Hebrew more correctly attaches this verse to Jeremiah 8:1. OH THAT MY HEAD WERE WATERS, etc.! A quaint conceit, it may be said. But "if we have been going on pace for pace...
Now Jeremiah declares, Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes were as a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! Oh that I had in the wildernes...
1 Peter 1:18; Ephesians 2:3; Ephesians 4:17; Galatians 1:14; Genesis