Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Jeremiah 11:9
And the LORD said to me, A (f) conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
(f) That is, general consent to rebel against me.
And the LORD said to me, A (f) conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
(f) That is, general consent to rebel against me.
Verse Jeremiah 11:9. _A CONSPIRACY IS FOUND_] They were all _fratres conjurati_, sworn brothers, determined to cast off the Divine yoke, and no longer to have God to reign over them....
A CONSPIRACY - The defection from the covenant was as general as if it had been the result of preconcerted arrangement. The decided course taken by Josiah may, however, have led the opposite party to...
CHAPTER 11 The Broken Covenant and the Plot Against Jeremiah _ 1. The broken covenant (Jeremiah 11:1) _ 2. The plot revealed and Jehovah's answer (Jeremiah 11:18) Jeremiah 11:1. Jehovah
They have silently agreed to apostatize....
See summary at commencement of section....
Judah has fallen back into apostasy. It is now clear that Josiah's reforms have had no lasting results. The passage may therefore be placed in Jehoiakim's reign....
A CONSPIRACY IS FOUND, &C.— By a _conspiracy_ is meant a general consent and agreement to forsake the worship of the true God, and to serve other gods. It was also a part of this conspiracy in the cit...
B. Exposure of the Conspiracy Jeremiah 11:9-17 TRANSLATION (9) And the LORD said unto me: Conspiracy is found among the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. (10) They have returned to the i...
And the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. CONSPIRACY - a deliberate combination against God and against Josiah's reformation....
A CONSPIRACY] The words seem to point to an actual secret combination against Josiah on account of his reforms....
1-14. Punishment must follow faithlessness....
A CONSPIRACY. — The words explain the rapid apostasy that followed on the death of Josiah. There had been all along, even while he was urging his reforms, an organised though secret resistance to the...
וַ יֹּ֥אמֶר יְהוָ֖ה אֵלָ֑י נִֽמְצָא ־קֶ֨שֶׁר֙...
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...
THE PENALTY OF A BROKEN COVENANT Jeremiah 11:1-20 This and the following two Chapter s belong to the earlier ministry of Jeremiah, when he still dwelt in his native home of Anathoth. The prophet refe...
He then proceeded to deal with the broken Covenant. There came to him from the Lord a special word commissioning him to pronounce a curse on "the man that heareth not the words of this covenant." To t...
_Conspiracy. They are leagued together to do evil, with all earnestness. (St. Jerome)_...
Was there ever a more pitiable view of degeneracy, than Judah here affords? Was this the great and understanding people, that was once the astonishment and envy of the whole earth? What? had they inde...
Here the Prophet joins closer battle with the men of his age, and says, that they were worse than their fathers; for this is the meaning of the word, banding or joining together. For when the Israelit...
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...
AND THE LORD SAID UNTO ME,.... After he had given him the order to publish and proclaim the words of the covenant, and exhort to obedience to them; he showed the prophet the reason of it, and opened t...
And the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. Ver. 9. _A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah._] A combination in sinful cours...
_And the Lord said, A conspiracy is found_, &c. Namely, by him whose eye is upon the hidden works of darkness. There is a combination formed among them against God and religion, a dangerous design to...
And the Lord said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem, a plot in opposition to Jehovah and to the demands of right and duty, the entire nation...
Israel's Conspiracy Against the Lord and its Punishment...
1-10 God never promised to bestow blessings on his rational creatures, while they persist in wilful disobedience. Pardon and acceptance are promised freely to all believers; but no man can be saved w...
All sorts of people, whether of the city or country, have done alike, as if they had conspired together to break my law, and to provoke me to wrath, they are all alike and act alike. The thing is mani...
Jeremiah 11:9 LORD H3068 said H559 (H8799) conspiracy H7195 found H4672 (H8738) men H376 Judah H3063 inhabitants...
YHWH CALLS ON HIS PEOPLE TO HEAR THE WORD OF HIS COVENANT AND REMINDS THEM OF THE COVENANT CURSE WHICH FALLS ON ALL WHO FAIL TO OBSERVE IT, BUT THEN DRAWS ATTENTION TO THEIR FAILURE TO OBSERVE IT, IND...
CONTENTS: Jeremiah's message on the broken covenant. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: Those who enter into solemn covenant with God must expect on their part to fulfill the conditions, else He...
Jeremiah 11:14. _Pray not thou for this people._ The Chaldaic and the LXX, Deprecate not the scourge of war coming upon them. We find the same sentiments more fully expressed in Ezekiel 14., confirmin...
_And the Lord said unto me, A conspiracy is found _ A SAD RELAPSE 1. The prophet calls the people’s relapse a plot or conspiracy; thereby suggesting, perhaps, the secrecy with which the prohibited...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 11:1 Jeremiah’s Struggles with God and Judah. As the nation faces invasion, Jeremiah struggles to serve God faithfully. He is surprised by opposition ...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 11:9 CONSPIRACY. Against Yahweh, to serve other gods (v. Jeremiah 11:10)....
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—The “covenant” summarised in Jeremiah 11:2 refers to the nation’s renewal of vows with Jehovah upon the Book of the Law being discovered du...
EXPOSITION The superscription in Jeremiah 11:1 evidently belongs to the three chapters 11-13, though Jeremiah 11:1 and Jeremiah 12:1 are more closely connected with each other than with...
Shall we turn to Jeremiah the eleventh chapter as we continue our study through the book of Jeremiah. Chapter 11 begins a new section of the book, not a whole new division, but it's a new message, and...
Acts 23:12; Ezekiel 22:25; Hosea 6:9; Jeremiah 5:31; Jeremiah 6:13;...
A conspiracy — All sorts of people have done alike, as if they had conspired together to break my law....