Jeremiah 16:10

And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God? WHEREFORE HATH THE LORD PRONOUNCED ALL THIS GREAT EVIL AGAINST US? After the execution of the sentence pronounced, it is the Gentile nations who ask, "Wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this land?" (; 1 Kings 9:8.)...

He shews here what we have seen elsewhere, — that the people flattered themselves in their vices, so that they could not be turned by any admonitions, nor be led by any means to _repentance. _It was a great blindness, nay, even madness, not to examine themselves, when they were smitten by the hand of God; for conscience ought to have been to them like a thousand witnesses, immediately condemning them; but hardly any one was found who examined his own life; and then, though God proved them guilty, hardly one in a hundred winingly and humbly submitted to his judgment; but the greater part murmured and made a clamor, whenever they felt the scourges of God. This evil, as Jeremiah shews, prevailed among the people; and he shewed the same in the fifth chapter. Hence it is that God says, _When thou shalt declare these words to this people, and they shall say, Wherefore has Jehovah spoken all th...

10-13 Here seems to be the language of those who quarrel at the word of God, and instead of humbling and condemning themselves, justify themselves, as though God did them wrong. A plain and full answer is given. They were more obstinate in sin than their fathers, walking every one after the devices of his heart. Since they will not hearken, they shall be hurried away into a far country, a land they know not. If they had God's favour, that would make even the land of their captivity pleasant....

EXPOSITION With this chapter should be taken the first eighteen verses of Jeremiah 17:1. The heading of the Authorized Version well expresses the contents of Jeremiah 17:1, provided that "the types" are understood to be typical actions of the prophet himself. "The prophet, under the types of abstaining from marriage, from houses of mourning and feasting, foreshoweth the utter ruin of the Jews." To the inquiry, why these calamities should come upon them, the old and well-known answer is to be given (Jeremiah 17:10), accompanied by a definite prediction of captivity (Jeremiah 17:13). Then, to relieve the p

AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, WHEN THOU SHALT SHOW THIS PEOPLE ALL THESE WORDS,.... Or, "all these things" a; which he was forbid to do; as marrying and having children, going into the house of mourning or feasting, with the reasons of all, because of the calamities coming upon them: AND THEY SHALL SAY UNTO THEE, WHEREFORE HATH THE LORD PRONOUNCED ALL THIS GREAT EVIL AGAINST US? as if they were quite innocent, and were not conscious of anything they had done deserving such punishment, especially so great as this was threatened to be inflicted on them; as their dying grievous deaths, parents and children, great and small, and be unlamented, and unburied: or "what is our iniquity?" or "what is our sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?" supposing we have been guilty of some weaknesses and frailties; or of some few faults; which though they cannot be justified, yet surely are no...

THE COMING CALAMITIES: RESTORATION PROMISED, RUIN IMMINENT ON ACCOUNT OF JUDAH'S SIN AND CONCERNING THE SABBATH (16-17) CHAPTER 16 _ 1. The coming calamities (Jeremiah 16:1) _ 2. The coming days of restoration and blessing (Jeremiah 16:14) Jeremiah 16:1. In view of the coming calamities Jeremiah is bidden to remain unmarried and not to raise a family. The verses which describe the coming calamities need no further annotations. Jeremiah 16:14. The great dispersion was announced by the Lord in the preceding verse: “Therefore will I cast you out of this land, into a land that ye know

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 too common even for due mourning and burial. He is to stand aloof from the ordinary expressions of grief (Jeremiah 16:5) or social joy (Jeremiah 16:8 f.; _cf._ Jeremiah 7:34), as a sign that Yahweh will make both to cease in the universal dis

WHEREFORE... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis,_ App-6. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 29:24; Deuteronomy 29:25). Compare Jeremiah 5:19. EVIL. mischief, or calamity. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44. INIQUITY. Hebrew. _'avah._ App-44. SIN. Hebrew. _chata'._ App-44....

Du. rejects all these _vv_. Co. omits 9 13, suspects the genuineness of 14, 15 both here and in Jeremiah 23:7 f., and rejects 16, as well as portions of 17 21. Gi. retains of the whole series only Jeremiah 16:19, while admitting (_Metrik_) that 20, 21 _may_be genuine. Schmidt denies the genuineness of 14 21. There is thus a considerable consensus of authorities against the passage, but their arguments do not appear conclusive except as to 14, 15. See further in individual notes. According to Gi. (_Metrik_) metre is doubtful or non-existent, except in 7, 8, 19 21....

B. Instructions for the Prophet Jeremiah 16:10-13 TRANSLATION (10) And it shall come to pass when you declare to this people all these things that they will say unto you: For what reason does the LORD speak against us all this great evil? What is our iniquity and what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God? (11) You shall say unto them: Because your fathers forsook Me (oracle of the LORD) and went after other gods and served them and bowed down to them; and forsook Me and did not keep My law. (12) But you have done greater wickedness than your fathers; and behold, you are continuing to walk each man after the stubbornness of his evil heart so that You do not listen unto Me. (13) So I will hurl you from this land unto a land which you have not known, neither you nor your fathers. There you shall serve other gods by day and by night, because I will