Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, (r) and destroy them with double destruction.
(r) Read (Jeremiah 11:20).
Verse Jeremiah 17:18. _LET THEM BE CONFOUNDED_] They shall be confounded. These words are to be understood as simple _predictions_, rather than _prayers_....
In the rest of the prophecy Jeremiah dwells upon the moral faults which had led to Judah’s ruin. Jeremiah 17:6 LIKE THE HEATH - Or, “like a destitute man” Psalms 102:17. The verbs “he shall see” (or...
CHAPTER 17 _ 1. Judah's sin (Jeremiah 17:1) _ 2. The curse and the blessing (Jeremiah 17:5) 3. The worship of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 17:12) 4. Concerning the Sabbath ...
JEREMIAH 16:1 TO JEREMIAH 17:18. THE COMING DISTRESS A PENALTY FOR SIN. The prophet is forbidden to found a family, because of the coming sorrows (_cf._ 1 Corinthians 7:29 ff.), in which death will be...
DOUBLE. Compare Jeremiah 16:18, and see note on Isaiah 40:2....
See introd. summary to section....
_destroy them with double destruction_ lit. as mg. _break them with a double breach_. Cp. Jeremiah 4:6. This may mean a literally twofold punishment, the one part for their apostasy as a nation, the o...
V. PROPHETIC PRAYER Jeremiah 17:12-18 TRANSLATION (12) O throne of glory exalted from the beginning, the place of our sanctuary! (13) O hope of Israel, the LORD! All that forsake You shall be put to...
Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise. Prayer of the prophet for deliverance from the enemies whom he excited by his faithful denunciations....
1-4. The sin of Judah is indelible. Hence the severity of the punishment....
LET THEM BE CONFOUNDED... — The prayer reminds us of that of the Psalmist (Psalms 35:4; Psalms 40:14). DOUBLE DESTRUCTION. — Literally, _break them with a two-fold breaking_ — _i.e.,_ the “double reco...
יֵבֹ֤שׁוּ רֹדְפַי֙ וְ אַל ־אֵבֹ֣שָׁה אָ֔נִי י
CHAPTER IX THE DROUGHT AND ITS MORAL IMPLICATIONS Jeremiah 14:1; Jeremiah 15:1 (17?) VARIOUS opinions have been expressed about the division of these Chapter s. They have been cut up into short sect...
Once again Jehovah declared His determination to deal with the people in judgment, because of the defiant definiteness of their sin. That sin was "written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a d...
_Let them be confounded, &c. Such expressions as these in the writings of the prophets, are not to be understood as imprecations proceeding from malice or desire of revenge, but as prophetic predictio...
This passage seems to be a break in the midst of the Prophet's sermon, in which he fervently addresseth the Lord in prayer, and a blessed prayer it is. It needs no comment: for it is as plain as it is...
The Prophet, as we have seen, had a hard contest, not only with one man or with a few, but with the whole people, and then it is probable that there were many sects, for when he cried against the avar...
The great thing, amidst all that was going on, was to trust in Jehovah. He who, failing in this, made flesh his arm, should not see when good came. Meantime the fire of God's anger was kindled and sho...
LET THEM BE CONFOUNDED THAT PERSECUTE ME,.... With words with reproaches, with scoffs and jeers, saying, "where is the word of the Lord?" Jeremiah 17:14; let such be ashamed that scoffingly put such a...
Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction. Ve...
Jer. 17:16-18. What we find in these verses is a confirmation that when the prophet Jeremiah, and other inspired penmen of the Old Testament, imprecated judgments on their enemies, those parts of thei...
_Behold, they say unto me_ Scoffing at me, as if I had denounced threatenings in thy name, without any order or direction from thee: _Where is the word of the Lord?_ Like the scoffers, mentioned by St...
The Depth of the Nation's Corruption...
Let them be confounded that persecute me, so that they will be heaped with disgrace before him, BUT LET NOT ME BE CONFOUNDED, with his simple trust in the Lord; LET THEM BE DISMAYED, BUT LET NOT ME BE...
DESTROY THEM WITH DOUBLE DESTRUCTION: _ Heb._ break them with a double breach...
12-18 The prophet acknowledges the favour of God in setting up religion. There is fulness of comfort in God, overflowing, ever-flowing fulness, like a fountain. It is always fresh and clear, like spr...
That is, with abundant destruction. Concerning these prayers of the prophet against his enemies, SEE POOLE ON "JEREMIAH 11:20"....
Jeremiah 17:18 ashamed H954 (H8799) persecute H7291 (H8802) shame H954 (H8799) dismayed H2865 (H8735) dismayed...
JEREMIAH ESTABLISHES HIS OWN POSITION AND CALLS FOR VINDICATION (JEREMIAH 17:12). Jeremiah exults in the glory of the significance of the Temple as YHWH's throne, and as the one place where YHWH was t...
CONTENTS: Sign of the unmarried prophet, concluded. Message in the gates concerning the Sabbath. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: The heart of man, out of communion with God, is wicked and dece...
Jeremiah 17:1. _The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron._ Yea, it is deeply written on the heart, as the diamond will write on polished stones, on tablets of brass, or on the brazen altars of B...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 17:17 For now Jeremiah stands with God, not the people. Thus he fulfills God’s commands in Jeremiah 1:7,...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. Jeremiah 17:1 continue the prophecy of chap. 16. A distinct break in the continuity of the book is noticeable at Jeremiah 17:19. [_Keil_ se...
EXPOSITION Jeremiah 17:1 are closely connected with the preceding chapter. We have just been pointed to the striking contrast between the conduct of the heathen and that of the backsliding men of Juda...
Chapter 17 The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond (Jeremiah 17:1): Interesting that they were using diamonds for pens in those days, isn't it? Diamonds set in...
Jeremiah 11:20; Jeremiah 14:17; Jeremiah 16:18; Jeremiah 17:16;...