And said, It is not He— היא לוא lo hu. "Not He;" that is, either, he hath not spoken, or, he will not do as the prophets have threatened in his name. See Psalms 94:7.
For they said, Jehovah will not see, Neither will the God of Jacob regard.
Verse Jeremiah 5:12. _THEY HAVE BELIED THE LORD_] כחשו _kichashu_. They have _denied_ or disavowed the Lord. IT IS _NOT HE_] לוא הוא _lo hu, he is not_; there is no such being; therefore this evil s...
IT IS NOT HE - i. e., Who speaks by the prophets....
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 ...
THE COMING OF THE FOE. Let the enemy, therefore, destroy the vineyard of Judah, for of its owner Judah has said, He does nothing, rejecting His warnings by (true) prophets. The word they have rejected...
BELIED. acted deceitfully against. Compare Joshua 24:27. EVIL. calamity....
See summary at beginning of section....
_It is not he_ lit. _not he!_probably corresponding to our own colloquial expression, and used as a rejoinder by those who refused to credit prophetic warnings of disaster. Cp. Zephaniah 1:12....
3. _Treacherous unbelief_ (Jeremiah 5:10-18) TRANSLATION (10) Go up against her rows and destroy, but do not make a full end; Remove her shoots for they do not belong to the LORD. (11) For the house...
They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: BELIED - denied. IT IS NOT HE - rather, '(Yahweh) is not HE' - i:e., the...
5:12 not; (h-9) Or 'It is not He.'...
1-9. The universal corruption of the city prevents forgiveness....
_It is_ NOT HE] It is not God who sends these messages of woe....
IT IS NOT HE. — _i.e._, It is not Jehovah who speaks. They listened to the prophet’s warnings as if they came from himself only, and brought with them no certainty of the “sword” or “famine” which the...
כִּֽחֲשׁוּ֙ בַּ יהוָ֔ה וַ יֹּאמְר֖וּ לֹא ־ה֑ו
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...
They have (k) lied about the LORD, and said, [It is] not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: (k) Because they gave no credit to the words of his prophets, as i...
Mark Reader, I pray you, in those days as now, how the Lord mingles compassion with punishment. Destroy, saith the Lord: but make not a full end. There is a blessing in it. Isaiah 65:8. Oh! how sweet...
He expresses more clearly and fully what he had previously said. Their perfidy was, that they had _denied God _I do not wholly reject what others have said, that they lied to God: but as ב is here use...
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...
THEY HAVE BELIED THE LORD, AND SAID, IT IS NOT HE,.... Or, "denied the Lord" x, as some render the words, saying that there was no God; which, though they might not deliver in express words, yet inasm...
They have belied the LORD, and said, [It is] not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: Ver. 12. _They have belied the Lord._] Or, They give the Lord the lie - as...
_Go ye up upon her walls_, &c. Ye Babylonians, go, execute my vengeance on them; _and destroy_ I commission you not only to take the city, but to make havoc of its inhabitants. _But make not a full en...
FAITHLESSNESS AND TREACHERY...
They have belied the Lord, denying Jehovah, the God of the covenant, AND SAID, IT IS NOT HE, insisting that He was not the true and only God, NEITHER SHALL EVIL COME UPON US, NEITHER SHALL WE SEE SWOR...
10-18 Multitudes are ruined by believing that God will not be so strict as his word says he will; by this artifice Satan undid mankind. Sinners are not willing to own any thing to be God's word, that...
THEY HAVE BELIED THE LORD: this may signify either a denying, viz. a renouncing, making little or nothing of him, as some; or a denying, i.e. not believing, that these words of the prophet were God's...
Jeremiah 5:12 lied H3584 (H8765) LORD H3068 said H559 (H8799) evil H7451 come H935 (H8799) see...
YHWH CALLS ON HIS CHAMPION, WHOSE GREAT MIGHT HE MAKES CLEAR, IN ORDER THAT HIS FORCES MIGHT DENUDE JUDAH BECAUSE OF THEIR TREACHERY TOWARDS HIM (JEREMIAH 5:10). The instrument of YHWH's judgment is c...
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...
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...
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 John 5:10; 1 Samuel 6:9; 1 Thessalonians 5:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:3;...
Belied — Not believing that these words of the prophet were God's word....