Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Jeremiah 5:7
Verse Jeremiah 5:7. In the harlots' houses.] In places consecrated to idolatry. In the language of the prophets, adultery generally signifies idolatry. This we have often seen.
Verse Jeremiah 5:7. In the harlots' houses.] In places consecrated to idolatry. In the language of the prophets, adultery generally signifies idolatry. This we have often seen.
Rather, Why, “for what reason” should “I pardon thee?” WHEN ... - Or, “though I bound them to me by oath, yet they committed adultery.” THE HARLOTS’ HOUSES - The harlot’s house, i. e., the temple of...
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 ...
THE SINS OF JERUSALEM. Jeremiah is bidden to seek even one man in Jerusalem, for whose sake Yahweh may spare the city (_cf._ Genesis 18:16), one man of justice and faithfulness (_mg.) ;_ even the oath...
CHILDREN. sons. FORSAKEN ME. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:15; Deuteronomy 32:21). SWORN. Compare Jeremiah 5:2. FED THEM TO THE FULL. So in many codices, with two earl
If the MT. be right, the transition to Jehovah's words is an abrupt one. Du., however, considers that an abbreviation of the common formula "Thus saith Jehovah" was misunderstood and so brought about...
2. _Sexual impurity_ (Jeremiah 5:7-9) TRANSLATION (7) Wherefore should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and have sworn by no-gods; and when I fed them, then they committed adultery and t...
How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops...
5:7 God. (d-18) Or 'no gods,' as ch. 2.11. satiated (e-21) Some read 'adjured.'...
1-9. The universal corruption of the city prevents forgiveness....
WHEN I HAD FED THEM TO THE FULL. — The reading of the Hebrew text gives, _though I had bound them by oath, sc.,_ by the covenant, as of marriage; and this, as heightening the enormity of the sin that...
אֵ֤י לָ זֹאת֙ _אֶֽסְלַֽח_† ־לָ֔ךְ בָּנַ֣יִךְ עֲזָב֔וּנִי
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...
How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and (g) sworn by [them that are] no gods: when I had fed them to the full, then they committed adultery, and assembled themselves by tr...
_How can. I have only the character of judge left. (Calmet)_...
How striking the expostulation? How unanswerably just the appeal? Do not fail to observe, Reader, that the Lord doth not simply speak of one nation, or of another, but it is this nation, this people,...
There is here what rhetoricians call a conference: for God seems here to seek the judgment of the adverse party, with whom he contends, on the cause between them, though it was sufficiently clear; and...
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...
HOW SHALL I PARDON THEE FOR THIS?.... Because of their manifold transgressions, and multiplied backslidings; or "wherefore, or for what, shall I pardon thee?" r as the Targum; can any reason be given...
How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by [them that are] no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops...
_How shall I pardon thee for this?_ How canst thou expect that the holy God, the righteous Governor and Judge of the world, should connive at, or bear with, such iniquitous conduct in his intelligent...
FAITHLESSNESS AND TREACHERY...
How shall I pardon thee for this? It would obviously be inconsistent with God's holiness to overlook the transgressions of Israel, to let their wickedness go unpunished. THY CHILDREN HAVE FORSAKEN ME...
1-9 None could be found who behaved as upright and godly men. But the Lord saw the true character of the people through all their disguises. The poor were ignorant, and therefore they were wicked. Wh...
HOW SHALL I PARDON? how canst thou expect that I shall bear such affronts? I shall expose myself, and seem to lay aside my power; I shall be looked upon as one that either regard not such injuries, or...
Jeremiah 5:7 How H335 pardon H5545 (H8799) this H2063 children H1121 forsaken H5800 (H8804) sworn H7650 ...
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...
YHWH GIVES HIS REASONS WHY JERUSALEM WILL NOT BE PARDONED AND JEREMIAH MAKES A VAIN SEARCH FOR A RIGHTEOUS MAN (JEREMIAH 5:1). YHWH now vindicates His decision to bring inevitable judgment. He assures...
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 Lord, are not Thine eyes upon the truth?_ TRUTHFULNESS The allusion is not to doctrinal truth, or truth in the abstract, but to practical truth as it should exist in the hearts and lives of men. T...
_Run ye. .. and see. .. if ye can find a man._ A MAN; OR, THE DIVINE IDEAL UNREALISED I. The Divine idea of a man. One “that executeth Judgment, that seeketh the truth.” This involves-- 1. A righte...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 5:7 God cannot find a reason to PARDON (see v. Jeremiah 5:1), for the Israelites swear by THOSE WHO ARE NO GODS. Th
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 6:9; 1 Corinthians 8:4; Amos 8:14; Deuteronomy 32:15;...
They then — Such is the natural effect of unsanctified prosperity....