Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible
Jeremiah 5:28
Yea, they overpass, &c.— Yea, they have exceeded all expression of wickedness; or, have been wicked beyond expression. Houbigant renders it, Therefore they burst forth into words of iniquity.
Yea, they overpass, &c.— Yea, they have exceeded all expression of wickedness; or, have been wicked beyond expression. Houbigant renders it, Therefore they burst forth into words of iniquity.
Verse Jeremiah 5:28. _THEY JUDGE NOT THE CAUSE, YET THEY PROSPER_] Perhaps we might be justified in translating, "And shall they prosper?...
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...
WAXEN FAT. Reference to Pentateuch, (the same word as in Deuteronomy 32:15). THE WICKED. a lawless one. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44. THE FATHERLESS. an orphan. YET THEY PROSPER: or, that they [the fath...
See summary at beginning of section....
_waxen fat_ Fatness was looked on as a mark of prosperity. Cp. Deuteronomy 32:15; Psalms 92:14; Proverbs 28:25. _shine_ referring to their sleekness of skin. _that they should prosper_ i.e. that the
5. _Social injustice_ (Jeremiah 5:25-29) TRANSLATION (25) Your iniquities have turned away these things and your sins have withheld good from you. (26) For wicked men are found among My people. They...
They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge. S...
5:28 prosper; (a-26) Or 'that they might bring them through.'...
1-9. The universal corruption of the city prevents forgiveness....
YET THEY PROSPER] RV 'that they' (the orphans) 'should prosper.'...
THEY OVERPASS THE DEEDS OF THE WICKED. — Better (the English being ambiguous), _they exceed in deeds_ (literally, _words_ or _things_)_ of wickedness._ The prophet dwells not only on the prosperity of...
שָׁמְנ֣וּ עָשְׁת֗וּ גַּ֚ם עָֽבְר֣וּ דִבְרֵי ־רָ֔ע...
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 become fat, they shine: yea, they exceed the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they (t) prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge....
_Of the widow, is not in Hebrew. (Calmet) --- Fatherless. Protestants add, "yet they prosper, and they, " &c. (Haydock)_...
The complaint in those verses ends with the same solemn and just enquiry, as we had before. I have often thought, and I see no reason to alter the sentiment, that never was there a scripture more suit...
Here the Prophet reproves those who were high in dignity, station, and wealth, and who wished at the same time to be deemed inviolable, because they were the rulers of the people. He had spoken before...
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 ARE WAXEN FAT, THEY SHINE,.... Becoming rich they grew fat, and their faces shone through fatness; so oil, delicious food, and good living, as it fattens men, it makes their faces to shine; see...
They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge. Ver....
_Your iniquities have turned away these things_ See note on Jeremiah 3:3. _For among my people are found wicked men_ I need not search for such among the heathen nations, for they are easily found amo...
BLINDNESS OF HEART, INGRATITUDE, DECEIT, AND VIOLENCE...
They are waxen fat, from a life of laziness and indulgence, THEY SHINE, with the sleekness due to their luxurious living; YEA, THEY OVERPASS THE DEEDS OF THE WICKED, exceeding the ordinary measure of...
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...
THEY ARE WAXEN FAT, THEY SHINE; or, so fat that they shine; by reason.of their wealth and riches they pamper themselves till their eyes stand out with fatness, PSALMS 73:7; their wrinkles are filled u...
Jeremiah 5:28 fat H8080 (H8804) sleek H6245 (H8804) surpass H5674 (H8804) deeds H1697 wicked H7451 plead...
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...
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...
_As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great and waxen rich._ WICKED PROFESSORS THE BANE OF THE CHURCH I. God has a people on earth. 1. His creat...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 5:26 WICKED MEN grow FAT AND SLEEK through DEEDS OF EVIL. The FATHERLESS had no adult male in the family to protect a
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 Corinthians 5:1; Amos 4:1; Deuteronomy 32:15; Ezekiel 16:47;...
Overpass — They go beyond the Heathens themselves in wickedness....