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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 15:20

See Jeremiah 1:18; Jeremiah 1:19.

Jeremiah's Eighth Prophecy (Reign of Jehoiakim?). The Impending Drought and other Woes

Dialogue between the prophet and God. He intercedes; but in vain, for the nation persists in sin. In this section we probably see the state of matters in the early part of Jehoiakim's reign. There is no historical allusion to the drought which formed the occasion of the prophecy.

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See also Jeremiah 15:20 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Jeremiah 15:20. _I WILL MAKE THEE - A FENCED BRAZEN WALL_] While thou art faithful to me, none of them shall be able to prevail against thee....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    I WILL MAKE THEE, &C. Compare Jeremiah 1:18; Jeremiah 1:19; Jeremiah 6:27, DELIVER. rescue. Not the same word as in Jeremiah 15:9

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    See summary at commencement of section....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Cp. Jeremiah 1:18 f. 21 _the terrible_ The chief men in Jerusalem, probably meaning Jehoiakim and his counsellors. See note on ch. Jeremiah 12:7....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    C. The Reply of the Lord Jeremiah 15:19-21 TRANSLATION (19) Therefore thus says the LORD: If you return, then I will restore you; before Me you shall continue to stand. And if you cause the precious...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    15:20 strong (f-10) As. Zechariah 11:2 ....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    I WILL MAKE THEE UNTO THIS PEOPLE... — It is significant that the promise reproduced the very words which the prophet had heard when he was first summoned to his work (see Note on Jeremiah 1:18). Jeho...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וּ נְתַתִּ֜יךָ לָ † עָ֣ם הַ זֶּ֗ה...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And I will make thee to this people a fortified brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not (y) prevail against thee: for I [am] with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, sait...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Though the Lord would not listen to the prophet's prayer, to avert the visitation concerning the captivity; yet for Jeremiah's personal safety, the Lord remembered his covenant: see Jeremiah 1:19. Rea...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    As Jeremiah might have objected and said, that the burden was too heavy for him, if he only attempted to break down the contumacy of the people, for he was alone, and we have seen how great was the fe...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND I WILL MAKE THEE UNTO THIS PEOPLE A FENCED BRASEN WALL,.... As he had promised him, when he first called him to his office, Jeremiah 1:18, and so would not be as a liar to him: AND THEY SHALL FIG...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I [am] with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Therefore thus saith the Lord_ In these verses we have God's gracious answer to the preceding expostulation. Though the prophet betrayed much human frailty in his address, yet God vouchsafed to answe...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Prophet's Lamentation...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brazen wall, an impregnable wall against their attacks; AND THEY SHALL FIGHT AGAINST THEE, BUT THEY SHALL NOT PREVAIL AGAINST THEE, not be able to overco...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    15-21 It is matter of comfort that we have a God, to whose knowledge of all things we may appeal. Jeremiah pleads with God for mercy and relief against his enemies, persecutors, and slanderers. It wi...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    AND I WILL MAKE THEE UNTO THIS PEOPLE A FENCED BRAZEN WALL: these words are expounded by those that follow. THEY SHALL FIGHT AGAINST THEE, BUT THEY SHALL NOT PREVAIL AGAINST THEE: look, as men may thr...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 15:20 make H5414 (H8804) people H5971 fortified H1219 (H8803) bronze H5178 wall H2346 fight H3898 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    PRIVATE DEALINGS BETWEEN JEREMIAH AND YHWH (JEREMIAH 15:15). In this passage where he is wrestling with self-doubt Jeremiah stresses that he has been faithful to God's word (Jeremiah 15:16) and God's...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _If thou shalt take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as My mouth._ THE PERSONAL FACTOR IN OUR THOUGHT OF GOD AND MAN If Jeremiah at the time he wrote these words had been asked our mod...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 15:20 God repeats his promise to protect (Jeremiah 1:17). God will DELIVER Jeremiah, but the promise implies continued persecution.

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Timothy 4:16; 2 Timothy 4:17; 2 Timothy 4:22; Acts 18:10; Acts 18:9

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