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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 16 - Introduction

* Prohibitions given to the prophet. (1-9) The justice of God in these judgments. (10-13) Future restoration of the Jews, and the conversion of the Gentiles. (14-21)

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See also Jeremiah 16 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Jeremiah 16:1 to Jeremiah 17:18. Further prophecies of disaster, with passages of comfort interspersed This section, though Jeremianic in its general character, owes to editorship such unity as it po...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _THE PROPHET, UNDER THE TYPES OF ABSTAINING FROM MARRIAGE, AND FROM HOUSES OF MOURNING AND FEASTING, FORESHEWETH THE UTTER RUIN OF THE JEWS, BECAUSE THEY WERE WORSE THAN THEIR FATHERS. THEIR RETURN FR...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    REVIEW OF CHAPTER TEN I. Facts to Master 1. The time when Jeremiah received this word from God (Jeremiah 14:1). 2. Two titles of God used in Jeremiah 14:8. 3. Number of times God forbids Jeremi...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 (e-0) (The title of this book, 'Jermiah'), The name may mean, 'Jah is exalted.' Compare the large use made of the name _ Jehovah_ in this book; it occurs about 700 times. _ Adonai Jehovah_ 14 time...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 16 In this chapter the ruin and destruction of the Jews is set forth, and confirmed by the prophet's being forbid to be merry, or to go into the house of feasting or mourning...

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