The former rain — The former to prepare the ground for sowing, and the latter to prepare the corn for ripening. Reserveth — He gives seasonable harvests according to his appointment. God would let them know what a foolish, as well as wicked thing it is to set themselves against that God, that keeps the whole order of nature at his own disposal, which he can order as he sees men behave towards him.
Verse Jeremiah 5:24. _GIVETH RAIN, BOTH THE FORMER AND THE LATTER_] Jeremiah 3:3. _THE APPOINTED WEEKS OF THE HARVEST._] As the early rains fell in the northern parts of Judea about the end of _Sept...
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...
THAT GIVETH RAIN. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 11:14). BOTH. even. Some codices omit this word. THE APPOINTED... HARVEST. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 8:22)....
See summary at beginning of section....
God's _grace_as shewn in nature illustrated. As the people refused to fear Him in consideration of His power (Jeremiah 5:22), so neither does His bounty prevail with them. _rain, both the former and t...
DISCOURSE: 1039 GOD’S BOUNTIES, AND OUR INGRATITUDE Jeremiah 5:23. _This people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart. They are revolted and gone: neither say they in. their heart, Let us now fear...
LET US NOW FEAR THE LORD— The vicissitudes of seasons, of cold and heat, of drought and moisture, so wisely fitted for the growth of the fruits of the earth, and other uses of human life, are so remar...
4. _Religious apostasy_ (Jeremiah 5:19-24) TRANSLATION (19) And it shall come to pass when you shall say, For what reason did the LORD our God do all these things to us? Then you shall say unto them,...
Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest. RAIN, BO...
1-9. The universal corruption of the city prevents forgiveness....
Jeremiah reminds them of the providence of God, who sends the winter and spring rains, so needful for the crops, and maintains a dry season between Passover and Pentecost for harvesting. 25-28. A str...
THE LORD OUR GOD, THAT GIVETH RAIN... — In the climate of Palestine, as it is now, there are not two distinct rainy seasons. The whole period from October to March has that character. The “early” rain...
וְ לֹֽא ־אָמְר֣וּ בִ לְבָבָ֗ם נִ֤ירָא נָא֙
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...
_Rain, in autumn and in spring, Deuteronomy xi. 14. (Calmet) --- Fulness. Hebrew, "the weeks for harvest." (Haydock) --- That of barley began at the Passover, and that of wheat ended before the feast...
Reader! observe how graciously the Lord goeth on to expostulate, and to reason with his people. Both Israel and Judah shall hear. And by what strong appeals from his omnipotency, he calls them to cons...
_GRATITUDE FOR HARVEST_ ‘The appointed weeks of the harvest.’ Jeremiah 5:24 The inspired writers, in urging the claims of God and of religion upon those to whom they addressed their messages, somet...
The Prophet in other words proves here that the _Jews _had been justly charged with perverseness: he says, that it did not come to their minds, that they did not think, to fear God. We hence see that...
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...
NEITHER SAY IN THEIR HEART,.... It came not into their mind, they never once thought of it, namely, of what follows, LET US NOW FEAR THE LORD OUR GOD; they were not influenced and engaged to the fear...
Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest. Ver. 24. _...
_Fear ye not me? saith the Lord_ He ascribes their stupidity and foolishness to their want of the fear of God. As if he had said, If you would but call to mind God's almighty power, and your own weakn...
Neither say they in their heart, in repenting of their evil ways. LET US NOW FEAR THE LORD, OUR GOD, THAT GIVETH RAIN, BOTH THE FORMER, shortly after the crop has been sown, from October to December,...
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...
NEITHER SAY THEY IN THEIR HEART; they are so careless that they never trouble themselves about it; or so obdurate and stiff that they never lay it to heart, or consider that it is God that disposeth o...
Jeremiah 5:24 say H559 (H8804) heart H3824 fear H3372 (H8799) LORD H3068 God H430 gives H5414 ...
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...
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...
FEAR (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...
Jeremiah 5:23 I. One of our besetting sins is the habit of overlooking God's hand in the midst of His own works. It is a sin of very old standing in the world, and it has its root in unbelief, becaus...
Jeremiah 5:21 Notice the results of self-will as shown in the text. I. Self-will in relation to the Divine government destroys the natural capacities and faculties of man. II. Self-will in relation...
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...
_O foolish people, and without understanding._ GOD’S JUDGMENT OF SELF-WILL The text is part of a message which was to be declared in the house of Jacob, and published in Israel. It shows that three...
_But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone._ ISRAEL’S APOSTASY Our state of heart and mind toward God is shown, not by those emotions which are kindled in u...
_Let us now fear the Lord our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: He reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest._ THE FORMER AND THE LATTER RAIN Such are t...
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...
1 Kings 17:1; Acts 14:17; Amos 4:7; Deuteronomy 11:13; Deuteronomy 1