So shall ye serve strangers— Some understand and read this, strange gods; but it seems best to understand it of strange people. "As you have refused to have me for your God, your master, and king, you shall have other kings and masters in a strange land, and shall experience the difference between my dominion, and that of those severe and tyrannical masters."
The reason why God so chastises His people. As they in a land especially consecrated to Yahweh had served “strange” (i. e., foreign gods, so shall they in a land belonging to others be the slaves of s...
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...
WHEREFORE... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 29:24; Deuteronomy 29:25). STRANGE... STRANGERS. foreign... foreigners, or aliens....
See summary at beginning of section....
The punishment was to be severe, because the wickedness which had called it forth was gross. _in a land that is not yours_ Referring to the approach of exile, and therefore belonging to the time of th...
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,...
And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land...
1-9. The universal corruption of the city prevents forgiveness....
Note the distinct prophecy of the captivity of Judah....
WHEN YE SHALL SAY. — The implied promise in Jeremiah 5:18 is explained. Then there shall come the backward glance at the past, which brings with it questionings and repentance. STRANGE GODS. — Stronge...
וְ הָיָה֙ כִּ֣י תֹאמְר֔וּ תַּ֣חַת מֶ֗ה עָשָׂ֨
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...
And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Why doeth the LORD our God all these [things] to us? then shalt (r) thou answer them, As ye have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in your land, so sha...
_Own. You shall thus know the difference between the masters. (Calmet)_...
Reader! do as the Psalmist did, after reading these verses, and say, I will sing of mercy and judgment. And let your song as his was, be dedicated to the Lord: for to the Lord alone the praise and glo...
It hence appears that what I have said is true, — that the Prophet did not soften what was severe in the threatenings which we have noticed, but that he treated the Jews according to their perversenes...
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...
AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, WHEN YE SHALL SAY,.... That is, the people of the Jews, to whom the prophet belonged, after they had been spoiled by the enemy, and carried captive: WHEREFORE DOTH THE LORD...
And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these [things] unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your lan...
_And when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the Lord our God all these things?_ Those that fall under the severity of God's judgments are apt to think so favourably of themselves, as to wonder why they sh...
And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the Lord, our God, all these things unto us? when they finally reach the point that they make inquiry concerning the punishment striking t...
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...
WHEREFORE DOETH THE LORD OUR GOD ALL THESE THINGS UNTO US? this speaks either their unparalleled insolency, in a manner challenging God, as if they had not deserved such dealing at his hands, they mig...
Jeremiah 5:19 say H559 (H8799) Why H8478 H4100 LORD H3068 God H430 do H6213 (H8804) answer...
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...
_When ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the Lord our God these things unto us?_ IN THE TIME OF TRIBULATION I. Acknowledgment of God as that Supreme Ruler of all from whose hand afflictions come. It is on...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 5:18 Israel’s punishment will be for disciplinary purposes, to bring them to their senses (see Leviticus 26:14) and to educate them....
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 9:8; 1 Kings 9:9; 2 Chronicles 7:21; 2 Chronicles 7:22;...