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Verse Jeremiah 9:12. _WHO_ IS _THE WISE MAN_] To whom has God revealed
these things? He is the truly wise man. But it is to his prophet alone
that God has revealed these things, and the speedy fulfilm...
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The punishment described in general terms in the preceding three
verses is now detailed at great length.
Jeremiah 9:10
THE HABITATIONS I. E - the temporary encampments of the shepherds (see
Jeremiah...
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CHAPTER 9
_ 1. The prophet's complaint and Jehovah's answer (Jeremiah 9:1) _
2. The cause of desolation and destruction (Jeremiah 9:10)
3. The call for the mourning and wailing women (Jeremiah 9:17...
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FAITHLESSNESS AND ITS RETRIBUTION: THE DIRGE OF DEATH. The humblest
caravanserai would be preferable to life among these evil men, with
their calumnies and the unfaithful use of power by those in auth...
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WHO IS THE WISE MAN?
The one to whom the Lord hath revealed this impending calamity and who
prepares for it....
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WHO... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._
WHO... ? The Ellipsis is thus correctly supplied....
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See introd. summary to the section....
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_Who is the wise man_ meaning that there are none such found, with a
hint at the would-be wise, the false prophets. Cp. Hosea 14:9, where
however there is no suggestion of sarcasm....
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Du. and Gi. consider this passage to be condemned by prosaic wording
and the vagueness or absence of metre. Co. thinks it to contain
Jeremianic elements, worked up later. It certainly forms a remarkab...
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B. Impending Destruction Jeremiah 9:9-21
Because of the national corruption, destruction is necessary and
imminent. The land will become desolate (Jeremiah 9:9-15) and death
will reign supreme through...
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Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom
the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what
the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that no...
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1-22. The prophet continues his lament. The impending doom....
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FOR WHAT, etc.] rather (with RV), a new question, 'Wherefore is?' etc.
Why this heavy chastisement?...
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_[Jeremiah 9:11]_ מִֽי ־הָ אִ֤ישׁ הֶֽ חָכָם֙...
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Jeremiah 8:1; Jeremiah 9:1; Jeremiah 10:1; Jeremiah 26:1
In the four Chapter s which we are now to consider we have what is
plainly a fin
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NATIONAL PERVERSITY
Jeremiah 9:1-16
Jeremiah 9:1-6
Once the voice of joy and thanksgiving had been heard in Jerusalem,
but now on every side there was bloodshed, and the patriot-prophet
could only w...
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In answer to his own question, Jeremiah sighed for some adequate means
of expressing the anguish of his heart, and then for escape to some
lonely place in the wilderness. All this was in the nature of...
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Who [is] the (k) wise man, that may understand this? and [who is he]
to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for
what the land perisheth [and] is burned up like a wilderness...
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It is blessed to remark, that in all the Lord's chastisements, he hath
one uniform object in view for their reform. All his dispensations are
to bring his people back to himself. Hence the wise among...
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Here the Prophet reproves more sharply the insensibility of the
people, because none attended to the judgments of God; for though they
were apparent, no one considered them. The question arose from
as...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7, 8, AND 9.
Chapter 7 begins a new prophecy, contemplating especially the temple,
which, instead of being a protection (as the people, without
conscience, wo...
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WHO IS THE WISE MAN THAT MAY UNDERSTAND THIS?.... Not the calamity,
but the cause of it; a man of wisdom would inquire into it, find it
out, and understand it; but the intimation is, that there was no...
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Who [is] the wise man, that may understand this? and [who is he] to
whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for
what the land perisheth [and] is burned up like a wilderness, th...
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_Who is the wise man_ Or, _Is there not a wise man, who understands
this?_ Is there none of you so well acquainted with the will of God
and the methods of his providence, as to be able to declare the...
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THE DESOLATION OF THE LAND...
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Who is the wise man that may understand this? Who will heed and apply
this lesson, this warning, in a proper manner? AND WHO IS HE TO WHOM
THE MOUTH OF THE LORD HATH SPOKEN THAT HE MAY DECLARE IT, exp...
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12-22 In Zion the voice of joy and praise used to be heard, while the
people kept close to God; but sin has altered the sound, it is now the
voice of lamentation. Unhumbled hearts lament their calami...
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WHO IS THE WISE MAN, THAT MAY UNDERSTAND THIS, viz. the ground of all
these evils? q.d. Is there not a wise man among you, that will concern
himself and search into the cause of all these threatened j...
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Jeremiah 9:12 wise H2450 man H376 understand H995 (H8799) mouth H6310
LORD H3068 spoken H1696 (H8765) declare...
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THOSE WHO ARE TRULY WISE WILL KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT GOD AND WILL THUS
UNDERSTAND WHY HE ACTS LIKE HE DOES IN BRINGING FINAL JUDGMENT ON
JUDAH (JEREMIAH 9:12).
The passage commences by asking who the tr...
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Jeremiah 9:1. _Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain
of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the
daughter of my people!_
Jeremiah foresaw that the Chaldeans would c...
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CONTENTS: Message in the temple gate, continued. Detestation of the
sins of the people. The vanity of trusting in anything but God.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: Those who will not know God...
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Jeremiah 9:2. _Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodgingplace of
wayfaring men._ In countries where the peasantry are very poor,
travellers provide for themselves as they can. Even in Spain many of
th...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 9:12 The WISE MAN knows THE LAND is RUINED
because the people of Judah have forsaken God’s law, followed their
own hearts
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES. For Chronology and History, see chap.
7.
1. GEOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES. Jeremiah 9:26. “_Egypt_.” sit. on N.E.
angle of Africa; a vast plain; in general features it may be...
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EXPOSITION
JEREMIAH 9:1
The Hebrew more correctly attaches this verse to Jeremiah 8:1. OH THAT
MY HEAD WERE WATERS, etc.! A quaint conceit, it may be said. But "if
we have been going on pace for pace...
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Now Jeremiah declares,
Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes were as a fountain of tears,
that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my
people! Oh that I had in the wildernes...
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1 Kings 9:8; 1 Kings 9:9; Deuteronomy 29:22; Deuteronomy 32:29;...
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Who is — Is there not a wise man among you, that will search into
the cause of all these threatened judgments....