Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Jeremiah 5:25
These things. — i.e., the rain and the harvest which, from the prophet’s point of view, had been withheld in consequence of the sins of the people.
These things. — i.e., the rain and the harvest which, from the prophet’s point of view, had been withheld in consequence of the sins of the people.
Verse Jeremiah 5:25. _YOUR INIQUITIES HAVE TURNED AWAY THESE_ THINGS] When these appointed weeks of harvest do not come, should we not examine and see whether this be not in God's judgments? Have not...
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...
INIQUITIES. Hebrew. _'avah._ App-44. SINS. Hebrew. _chata'_. App-44. GOOD. the good (singular)...
See summary at beginning of section....
_these things_ the blessings mentioned. For the thought cp. Amos 4:6 ff....
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...
Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you. YOUR SINS HAVE WITHHOLDEN GOOD THINGS FROM YOU - national guilt had caused the suspension of thes...
1-9. The universal corruption of the city prevents forgiveness....
עֲוֹנֹותֵיכֶ֖ם הִטּוּ ־אֵ֑לֶּה וְ חַטֹּ֣אותֵיכֶ֔ם מָנְע֥וּ...
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...
Your (s) iniquities have turned away these [things], and your sins have withheld good [things] from you. (s) If there is any stay, that we receive not God's blessings in abundance, we must consider t...
_Away. The rain comes unseasonably._...
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...
Inasmuch as hypocrites, according to what has been said before, often reply to God, and bring this and that objection, the Prophet here checks what they might have alleged; for he says that God’s bene...
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...
YOUR INIQUITIES HAVE TURNED AWAY THESE THINGS,.... Whereas of late years rain was withheld from them in common, and they had not the former and latter rain in its season, nor the appointed weeks of th...
Your iniquities have turned away these [things], and your sins have withholden good [things] from you. Ver. 25. _Your iniquities have turned._] See on Isaiah 59:2; Isaiah 1:2 ....
_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...
Your iniquities have turned away these things, the blessings of God's goodness, AND YOUR SINS HAVE WITHHOLDEN GOOD THINGS FROM YOU, acting as a barrier against the flow of God's gifts....
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...
YOUR INIQUITIES HAVE TURNED AWAY THESE THINGS: q.d. Do not say your ground is parched up with drought, or your fruits are corrupted and rotted by too much or unseasonable rain; we have nothing now in...
Jeremiah 5:25 iniquities H5771 away H5186 (H8689) sins H2403 withheld H4513 (H8804) good H2896...
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...
_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...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 5:25 YOUR INIQUITIES HAVE TURNED THESE AWAY refers to the rain in v. Jeremiah 5:24 that had not come. The Israelites’ sin had led to a change in
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...
Deuteronomy 28:23; Deuteronomy 28:24; Isaiah 59:2; Jeremiah 2:17;...