What does Jeremiah 8:9 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"The wiseb men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?"
THEY HAVE REJECTED THE WORD OF THE LORD - It became in the hands of the Soferim or scribes a mere code of ceremonial observance. Compare Mark 7:13....
CHAPTER 8 _ 1. The horrors of the invasion (Jeremiah 8:1) _ 2. Hardened hearts and retribution (Jeremiah 8:4) 3. Utter destruction threatened (Jeremiah 8:13) 4. The prophet's lamentation (Jeremiah...
JUDAH'S UNNATURAL CONDUCT AND ITS PUNISHMENT. There is something unnatural in the persistency of the people's misconduct; they show no inclination to return to Yahweh, but pursue a headstrong course a...
REJECTED. The second of four downward steps. See note on Jeremiah 6:10....
Jeremiah 8:4 to Jeremiah 9:1. Forecast of punishment as the result of sin The section may be thus summarized. (i) Jeremiah 8:4. Human fortunes and conduct are as a rule liable to change, but Israel...
B. Unwise Proclamations by National Leaders Jeremiah 8:8-12 TRANSLATION (8) How can you say, We are wise! The Torah of the LORD is with us. But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has labored false...
The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them? THE WISE MEN ARE ... DISMAYED - confounded. THEY HAVE REJECTED THE...
1-3. The dead shall share in the universal punishment....
THEY HAVE REJECTED THE WORD OF THE LORD. — The “wise men” are apparently distinguished from the scribes, probably as students of the ethical or sapiential books of Israel, such as the Proverbs of Solo...
הֹבִ֣ישׁוּ חֲכָמִ֔ים חַ֖תּוּ וַ יִּלָּכֵ֑דוּ הִנֵּ֤ה בִ דְבַר ־יְהוָה֙ מָאָ֔סוּ וְ חָכְמַֽת ־מֶ֖ה לָהֶֽם׃ ס
Jeremiah 8:1; Jeremiah 9:1; Jeremiah 10:1; Jeremiah 26:1 In the four Chapter s which we are now to consider we have what is plainly a finished whole. The only possible exception Jeremiah 10:1 shall be...
FALSE PROMISES OF PEACE Jeremiah 8:4-22 This chapter is filled with denunciation of the unreasonable and infatuated obstinacy of Israel. As the horse rushes madly to the fight, so were the people se...
Utter desolation would overtake them so that death would be chosen rather than life. This sin of idolatry had been aggravated by the people's terrible persistence therein. If men fall it is naturally...
The (g) wise [men] are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom [is] in them? (g) They who seem wise may be ashamed of their ignorance for al...
_Them. Those who understand, and do not observe the law, are not wise. (Worthington)_...
I bring the whole of this beautiful Chapter, from this verse to the end into one view, for the sake of shortness, and from necessity; but otherwise nothing could be more desirable than to dwell upon e...
He says now that the _wise were ashamed, and astonished, and ensnared _By which words he means, that the Jews gained nothing by their craftiness, while they arrogated to themselves wisdom, and under t...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7, 8, AND 9. Chapter 7 begins a new prophecy, contemplating especially the temple, which, instead of being a protection (as the people, without conscience, wo...
THE WISE MEN ARE ASHAMED,.... Of the wisdom of which they boasted, when it would appear to be folly, and unprofitable to them: THEY ARE DISMAYED AND TAKEN; frightened at the calamities coming upon th...
_The wise [men] are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom [is] in them?_ Ver. 9. _The wise men are ashamed._] They have cause to be ashame...
_The wise men are ashamed_ That is, they have reason to be so, who have not made a better use of their wisdom, and reduced their knowledge to practice. _They are confounded and taken_ All their wisdom...
THE JEWS PERSIST IN WICKEDNESS...
THE WISE MEN ARE ASHAMED: Or, have they been ashamed, etc. WHAT WISDOM IS IN THEM? _HEB._THE WISDOM OF WHAT THING...
4-13 What brought this ruin? 1. The people would not attend to reason; they would not act in the affairs of their souls with common prudence. Sin is backsliding; it is going back from the way that le...
THE WISE MEN ARE ASHAMED, THEY ARE DISMAYED AND TAKEN; they trusted to their refuge of lies, but when God shall bring the judgment threatened, the wisest among them will find that they shall be confou...
Jeremiah 8:9 wise H2450 ashamed H3001 (H8689) dismayed H2865 (H8804) taken H3920 (H8735) rejected H3988 (H8804) word H1697 LORD H3068 wisdom H2451 The wise men are - or, Have they been, etc. Jeremiah...
YHWH EXPRESSES AMAZEMENT AT THE UNWILLINGNESS OF HIS PEOPLE TO RETURN TO HIM, AND THEIR COMPLETE DISREGARD FOR HIS REQUIREMENTS, AND WARNS THEM THAT AS A CONSEQUENCE THEY WILL LOSE EVERYTHING (JEREMIA...
Jeremiah 8:1. _At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bo...
CONTENTS: Message in the temple gate, continued. Terrible judgments impending. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: Impenitence brings certain ruin. All the boasted wisdom of man cannot serve to k...
Jeremiah 8:1. _At that time they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah of the princes of the priests, and the bones_ (as in the Chaldaic) _of the_ false _prophets._ They shall spread them be...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 8:9 These so-called WISE MEN will BE PUT TO SHAME (Jeremiah 2:26; Jeremiah 6:15) because of their changing of God’s WORD. Rejecting God’s word proves they are really unwise....
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—Chronology and History, as in chap. 7. Observe, however, that a new section in this extended prophetic address commenced with Jeremiah 8:4, which continues to chap. Jere...
EXPOSITION JEREMIAH 8:1 Punishment will even overtake the sinners who have long since been deceased. JEREMIAH 8:1 THEY SHALL BRING OUT THE BONES. Not only shall many of the dead bodies remain unbur...
At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inha...
1 Corinthians 1:18; 1 Corinthians 1:26; 2 Timothy 3:15; Deuteronomy 4:6; Ezekiel 7:26; Isaiah 19:11; Isaiah 8:20; Jeremiah 49:7; Jeremiah 6:15;...