Verse Jeremiah 12:6. For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father] Thou hast none to depend on but God: even thy brethren will betray thee when they have it in their power.
Believe them not] Do not trust to them; do not commit thyself to them; they are in heart thy enemies, and will betray thee.
Yahweh rebukes Jeremiah’s impatience, showing him by two proverbial sayings, that there were still greater trials of faith in store for him. Prosperous wickedness is after all a mere ordinary trial, a...
CHAPTER 12 The Prophet's Prayer and the House Forsaken, Yet Compassion _ 1. The prophet's prayer (Jeremiah 12:1) 2. The house forsaken, yet compassion (Jeremiah 12:7) _ Jeremiah 12:1. In his outburs...
THE PROBLEM OF UNRIGHTEOUS PROSPERITY. Jeremiah raises (for the first time in Hebrew literature) the problem of the prosperity of the unrighteous, apparently in connexion with his experiences at Anath...
CALLED. called loudly....
Jeremiah 12:1. See summary at commencement of section. Pe. points out that this passage is very important in religious history, since it is probably the first expression we have in Hebrew literature o...
The Divine answer. God does not solve the difficulty, but warns the prophet that he will need still more patience in the future....
_even they have cried aloud after thee_) Co. omits this clause, as it otherwise appears that the danger consisted of secret, not open attack. Gi. (_Metrik_) makes the whole _v_. to be an addition in w...
FOR EVEN THY BRETHREN, &C.— "The Edomites and Ishmaelites, the Moabites and Ammonites, sprung from the same original, from Abraham and Lot, joined the army of Nebuchadnezzar, to make war against thee,...
D. The Answer of God Jeremiah 12:5-6 TRANSLATION (5) If with foot racers You have run and they have made you weary, then how shall you hotly contend (in a race) with horses? And if you are trusting i...
For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto the...
1-4. The prosperity of the wicked perplexes Jeremiah....
THY BRETHREN. — It is not certain whether we are to think actually of the sons of the same father, or only of the men of Anathoth (Jeremiah 11:23), as belonging to the same section of the priesthood....
כִּ֧י גַם ־אַחֶ֣יךָ וּ בֵית ־אָבִ֗יךָ גַּם
CHAPTER VII THE BROKEN COVENANT Jeremiah 11:1 and Jeremiah 12:1 THERE is no visible break between these two Chapter s. They seem to summarise the history of a particular episode in the prophet's car...
Now we hear the prophet as he appealed to Jehovah to be his Defender, and. finally, we hear the divine determination. concerning his evil neighbors. This peril was revealed to him by Jehovah. It was...
_To thee. Edom, &c., made a league with Sedecias, which they broke. They always bore a hatred to the Jews, though sprung from the same stock, chap. xxvii. 1., and Lamentations iv. 21. (Calmet)_...
I venture to look far beyond Jeremiah and all his personal troubles, in what is here said. Who indeed, but must eye Jesus, in what is here said of his brethren. John 7:3. And with respect to Jesus, wh...
Here God addresses his Prophet, in order to confirm the whole of what we have observed. Jeremiah’s object was, as we have said, to set forth the judgment of God: he therefore undertook the part of art...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 11 AND 12. Chapter 11 suggests some observations. God addresses Himself again to Israel on the ground of their responsibility, reminding them of the call to o...
FOR EVEN THY BRETHREN, AND THE HOUSE OF THY FATHER,.... The men of Anathoth; EVEN THEY HAVE DEALT TREACHEROUSLY WITH THEE; by laying schemes, and consulting methods, to take away his life privately;...
For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee...
_If thou hast run with the footmen_ Here God speaks, and applies a proverbial expression to the prophet's circumstances, the import of which is, that if men find themselves unable to contend with a le...
THE CONSPIRACY IN THE PROPHET'S OWN FAMILY...
For even thy brethren and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee, his very closest relatives practicing perfidy against the prophet; YEA, THEY HAVE CALLED A MULTITUDE AF...
THEY HAVE CALLED A MULTITUDE AFTER THEE: Or, they cried after thee fully FAIR WORDS: _ Heb._ good things...
1-6 When we are most in the dark concerning God's dispensations, we must keep up right thoughts of God, believing that he never did the least wrong to any of his creatures. When we find it hard to un...
The men of Anathoth, thine own town and country, and those of thy own family, have conspired evil against thee secretly. THEY HAVE CALLED A MULTITUDE AFTER THEE; either they have exposed thee to the r...
Jeremiah 12:6 brothers H251 house H1004 father H1 treacherously H898 (H8804) called H7121 (H8804) multitude H4392 after
YHWH RESPONDS WITH A WARNING TO JEREMIAH THAT HE WILL YET FACE WORSE THINGS THAN THIS (JEREMIAH 12:5). YHWH calls on Jeremiah to recognise that what he has endured up to now is as nothing compared wit...
CONTENTS: Message on the broken covenant, concluded. Jeremiah's complaint to God and God's rebuke. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: When we find it hard to understand God's providences toward w...
Jeremiah 12:4. _He shall not see our last end._ This is sadducean language, as Psalms 104:5. “The Lord will not see, neither will the God of Jacob regard.” This species of atheism blunts the edge of t...
_Righteous art Thou, O Lord, when I plead with Thee._ COMMUNION WITH GOD IN AFFLICTION I. Why God sees fit to afflict His children by the dispensations of His providence. 1. God sometimes afflicts...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 12:5 God responds with a rebuke and a caution. Jeremiah must prepare for worse times. He cannot trust even family and friends. ⇐...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. See on chap. 11, Bleek’s theory; for which there is a weight of argument. All commentators agree to connect Jeremiah 12:1 with the conclusi...
EXPOSITION JEREMIAH 12:1 Painfully exercised by the mysteries of the Divine government, the prophet opens his grief to Jehovah. Righteous art thou, etc.; rather, _Righteous wouldest thou be_,_ O Jeho...
Now Jeremiah goes on and he is talking now about the situation, the wicked man Jehoahaz that is in power. And he begins by saying, Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee (Jeremiah 12:1):...
Acts 16:22; Acts 18:12; Acts 19:24; Acts 21:28; Ezekiel 33:30;...
For even — The men of Anathoth, thine own town and country, and those of thy own family have conspired evil against thee secretly. A multitude — They have exposed thee to the rage of a multitude. Thou...