Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Jeremiah 15:11
Thy remnant — The latter words of the verse expound the former; for by remnant is meant the remnant of days that Jeremiah had to live.
Thy remnant — The latter words of the verse expound the former; for by remnant is meant the remnant of days that Jeremiah had to live.
Verse Jeremiah 15:11. _I WILL CAUSE THE ENEMY TO ENTREAT THEE_ WELL _IN THE_ _TIME OF EVIL_] This was literally fulfilled; see Jeremiah 39:11, c. Nebuchadnezzar had given strict charge to Nebuzar-ada...
SHALL BE WELL WITH THY REMNANT - Or, thy loosing shall be for good; in the sense of being set free, deliverance. TO ENTREAT THEE WELL ... - Rather, “to supplicate thee in the time of evil etc.;” fulfi...
CHAPTER 15 The Prophet's Deep Soul-Exercise _ 1. The answer (Jeremiah 15:1) _ 2. The prophet's grief and sorrow and Jehovah's answer (Jeremiah 15:10) Jeremiah 15:1. The preceding prayer is
THE SORROW AND STRENGTH OF PROPHETIC SERVICE. The experience of the prophet, as described in the following section, may be the result of his unpopularity at the time of the drought, and therefore be r...
THE LORD SAID. Jehovah said. This formula, as commencing. sentence, occurs only here and Jeremiah 46:25. It is adopted only in Luke 11:39; Luke 12:42; Luke 18:6
Jeremiah 15:10-21. The prophet bewails his lot. God's reply The passage as a whole is one of the most eloquent and pathetic in the Book. The date cannot be determined with confidence. The latter part...
The _v_. is difficult without applying considerable conjectural emendation. The whole is best taken as Jeremiah's utterance. "The Lord said "is not a formula which elsewhere in Jeremiah introduces a D...
VERILY IT SHALL BE WELL WITH THY REMNANT— _Verily I will give thee a happy deliverance._ Or, _I will bring thee to better things._ Houbigant....
II. PROPHETIC AGONY Jeremiah 15:10-21 Jeremiah suffered a great deal of mental anguish during his ministry. The rejection of his prophetic intercession on three successive occasions plunges Jeremiah t...
The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction. VERILY - literally, Shall it not be?...
1-9. The coming woes described....
IT SHALL BE WELL WITH THY REMNANT] RV 'I will strengthen thee for good.' His enemies shall not only spare Jeremiah, but invoke his aid. This took place more than once: see Jeremiah 21:1.; Jeremiah 37:...
VERILY IT SHALL BE WELL WITH THY REMNANT. — The passage is obscure, and the reading uncertain; (1) _Thy freedom shall be for good,_ or (2) _I afflict thee for thy good,_ or (3) _I strengthen thee for...
אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה אִם ־לֹ֥א _שֵֽׁרִיתִ֖ךָ_† לְ טֹ֑וב...
CHAPTER IX THE DROUGHT AND ITS MORAL IMPLICATIONS Jeremiah 14:1; Jeremiah 15:1 (17?) VARIOUS opinions have been expressed about the division of these Chapter s. They have been cut up into short sect...
To this great appeal Jehovah again replied by declaring mercy to be impossible, and judgment inevitable, and this on account of the sin of Manasseh which had been persisted in, namely, the rejection o...
The LORD said, (m) Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee [well] in the time of evil and in the time of affliction. (m) In this perplexity the Lord com...
_Remnant; posterity, (Calmet) or rather possessions, as the prophet never married, chap. xvi. 2. (Haydock) --- God assures him that he shall be protected. (Menochius) --- The Chaldeans treated him wit...
We have here the prophet mourning unmanfully. Jeremiah affords an instance, that he, like all others of Adam's race, partook of the common stock of corruption. Alas! how unsuitable and unbecoming is i...
God at the beginning of this verse no doubt intimates that he would be propitious to his servant, and grant him what he asked. We then conclude that the Prophet’s prayer was heard; and hence also beco...
The beginning of chapter 15 is an answer to the close of chapter 14; but the instruction and the principles it contains are very remarkable. Jehovah declares that if Moses and Samuel (whose love for I...
THE LORD SAID,.... In answer to the prophet's complaint: VERILY IT SHALL BE WELL WITH THY REMNANT: not with the remnant of his people, or those that should escape the threatened calamities; but the s...
_The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee [well] in the time of evil and in the time of affliction._ Ver. 11. _Verily it shall be well wi...
_Wo is me, my mother_ The prophet here complains of the opposition he met with from his countrymen for speaking unwelcome truths. _Thou hast borne me a man of contention to the whole earth_ Or, _whole...
The Prophet's Lamentation...
The Lord said, Verily, it shall be well with thy remnant, literally, "I confirm thee for good," namely, that his tribulations would finally turn out to his benefit; VERILY, I WILL CAUSE THE ENEMY TO E...
I WILL CAUSE THE ENMITY TO ENTREAT THEE WELL: Or, I will entreat the enemy for thee...
10-14 Jeremiah met with much contempt and reproach, when they ought to have blessed him, and God for him. It is a great and sufficient support to the people of God, that however troublesome their way...
The latter words of the verse expound the former; for by remnant is here meant the residue or remnant of days Jeremiah had yet to live, not the remnant of the people who should come out of Babylon. I...
Jeremiah 15:11 LORD H3068 said H559 (H8804) Surely H3808 H518 well H2896 remnant H8281 (H8765) ...
YHWH RESPONDS BY ASSURING HIM THAT HE IS WATCHING OVER HIM FOR GOOD FOR HE AND HIS REMNANT ARE THE HOPE OF THE FUTURE (JEREMIAH 15:11). YHWH's response is to encourage him by pointing out what He is d...
JEREMIAH TOO FEELS THAT HE HAS BEEN BORN TO AFFLICTION AND STRIFE BUT IS COMFORTED BY YHWH AS HE OUTLINES THE FUTURE THAT LIES AHEAD, INCLUDING THE INVASION FROM THE NORTH (JEREMIAH 15:10). The though...
THE LORD SAID The Remnant, of whom Jeremiah was the representative, are carefully distinguished from the unbelieving mass of the people. The coming captivity, which they must share, for they too have...
CONTENTS: Message on the drought, concluded. The people abandoned to ruin. Jeremiah complains of his hardships. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah, Moses, Samuel. CONCLUSION: Miserable is the case of those w...
Jeremiah 15:1. _Though Moses and Samuel stood before me,_ as when Moses by his prayers saved the nation, Exodus 32:11, and Samuel in Mizpeh was heard, when the Lord terrified the Philistine armies by...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES—For _Chronology of the Chapter and Historical Facts_, see on chap. Jeremiah 10:5 _in loc_. 1. PERSONAL ALLUSIONS. Jeremiah 15:1. “_Moses and Samuel_,” here mentioned as h...
EXPOSITION JEREMIAH 15:1 Second rejection of Jeremiah's intercession; awfulness of the impending judgment. JEREMIAH 15:1 THOUGH MOSES AND SAMUEL, etc. It is a mere supposition which is here made; t...
Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go foRuth (Jeremiah 15:1). Now it is interesti...
Ecclesiastes 8:12; Jeremiah 29:11; Jeremiah 39:11; Jeremiah 39:12;...