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Jeremiah 9:1-26
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Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 9:1-11Jeremiah 9:1-11 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryJeremiah wept much, yet wished he could weep more, that he might rouse the people to a due sense of the hand of God. But even the desert, without communion with God, through Christ Jesus, and the influences of the Holy…The Prophet's Lamentation; Wickedness of Judah. (b. c. 606.)Jeremiah 9:1-11 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleTHE PROPHET'S LAMENTATION; WICKEDNESS OF JUDAH. (B. C. 606.) The prophet, being commissioned both to foretel the destruction coming upon Judah and Jerusalem and to point out the sin for which that destruction was brough…The Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 9:1Jeremiah 9:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe Hebrew more correctly attaches this verse to Jeremiah 8:1-22. Oh that my head were waters, etc.! A quaint conceit, it may be said. But "if we have been going on pace for pace with the passion before, this sudden con…The Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 9:1Jeremiah 9:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryGrief for others. I. THE RIGHT SPIRIT IN WHICH TO REGARD THE MISERIES OF OTHER MEN IS ONE OF GRIEF. A less worthy spirit is too common. 1. Self-congratulation. The evil condition of others is simply used as a dark backg…The Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 9:1Jeremiah 9:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryVicarious grief. It is a common occurrence in the history of God's Church that when general indifference to religious truth, to impending judgments, or depraved spiritual condition, etc; is exhibited by the multitude, o…The Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 9:1Jeremiah 9:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe testimony of tears. Tears are an unusual, a strange sad sight in a strong man. But here Jeremiah appears utterly broken down. He abandons himself to a very agony of sorrow. His tears remind us of those of our Lord a…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Jeremiah 9:1-11Jeremiah wept much, yet wished he could weep more, that he might rouse the people to a due sense of the hand of God. But even the desert, without communion with God, through Christ Jesus, and the influences of the Holy…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Prophet's Lamentation; Wickedness of Judah. (b. c. 606.)THE PROPHET'S LAMENTATION; WICKEDNESS OF JUDAH. (B. C. 606.) The prophet, being commissioned both to foretel the destruction coming upon Judah and Jerusalem and to point out the sin for which that destruction was brough…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 9:1Grief for others. I. THE RIGHT SPIRIT IN WHICH TO REGARD THE MISERIES OF OTHER MEN IS ONE OF GRIEF. A less worthy spirit is too common. 1. Self-congratulation. The evil condition of others is simply used as a dark backg…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 9:1The Hebrew more correctly attaches this verse to Jeremiah 8:1-22. Oh that my head were waters, etc.! A quaint conceit, it may be said. But "if we have been going on pace for pace with the passion before, this sudden con…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 9:1The testimony of tears. Tears are an unusual, a strange sad sight in a strong man. But here Jeremiah appears utterly broken down. He abandons himself to a very agony of sorrow. His tears remind us of those of our Lord a…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 9:1Incessant weeping over the calamities of Israel. We have here still another measure of how great, in the estimation of the prophet, the calamity was which had fallen upon his people. Other measures have already been giv…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 9:1The moral degradation of women. The expression, "the slain of the daughter of my people," suggests this subject. Therefore we may thus apply the prophet's Words. Note— I. THE MORAL DEGRADATION OF THE DAUGHTERS OF A PEOP…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 9:1Vicarious grief. It is a common occurrence in the history of God's Church that when general indifference to religious truth, to impending judgments, or depraved spiritual condition, etc; is exhibited by the multitude, o…Joseph S. Exell and contributors