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Jeremiah 14:10-16
The Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 14:10-16
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The Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 14:1-22Jeremiah 14:1-22 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION This chapter must be read in connection with the following one. They describe chiefly Jeremiah's twofold attempt at intercession (see verses 7-9 and 19-22)—a tender and appealing attempt indeed. The terrible…Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 14:10-16Jeremiah 14:10-16 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryThe Lord calls the Jews "this people," not "his people." They had forsaken his service, therefore he would punish them according to their sins. He forbade Jeremiah to plead for them. The false prophets were the most cri…Divine Threatenings. (b. c. 606.)Jeremiah 14:10-16 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleDIVINE THREATENINGS. (B. C. 606.) The dispute between God and his prophet, in this chapter, seems to be like that between the owner and the dresser of the vineyard concerning the barren fig-tree, Luke 13:7. The justice…The Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 14:10Jeremiah 14:10 · The Pulpit CommentaryThus have they loved to wander, … therefore the Lord doth not accept them; i.e. with such pertinacity have they been set upon "wandering" (roving lawlessly about), that the Lord hath no more pleasure in them. "Therefore…The Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 14:10-12Jeremiah 14:10-12 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe severities of Jehovah-sword, famine, and pestilence. I. THE OCCASION OF THESE SEVERITIES. This occasion is stated in Jeremiah 14:10. The people have spoken of Jehovah as a stranger and traveler, which way of speakin…
commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 14:1-22EXPOSITION This chapter must be read in connection with the following one. They describe chiefly Jeremiah's twofold attempt at intercession (see verses 7-9 and 19-22)—a tender and appealing attempt indeed. The terrible…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Jeremiah 14:10-16The Lord calls the Jews "this people," not "his people." They had forsaken his service, therefore he would punish them according to their sins. He forbade Jeremiah to plead for them. The false prophets were the most cri…Matthew HenrycommentaryDivine Threatenings. (b. c. 606.)DIVINE THREATENINGS. (B. C. 606.) The dispute between God and his prophet, in this chapter, seems to be like that between the owner and the dresser of the vineyard concerning the barren fig-tree, Luke 13:7. The justice…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 14:10-12The severities of Jehovah-sword, famine, and pestilence. I. THE OCCASION OF THESE SEVERITIES. This occasion is stated in Jeremiah 14:10. The people have spoken of Jehovah as a stranger and traveler, which way of speakin…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 14:10Thus have they loved to wander, … therefore the Lord doth not accept them; i.e. with such pertinacity have they been set upon "wandering" (roving lawlessly about), that the Lord hath no more pleasure in them. "Therefore…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 14:11Pray not for this people. So in Jeremiah 7:16 (on which see note); Jeremiah 11:14.Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 14:12Their cry. The word is very forcible; it is the shriek in which an unsophisticated man gives vent to his pain and grief. An oblation. It is the vegetable offering (Authorized Version, "meat offering;" Luther, "speisopfe…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 14:13-16False prophets. I. OFFICIAL TEACHERS MAY BE FALSE TEACHERS. The false prophets belonged to the recognized order of prophets. No rank in the Church confers infallibility. Popes have been heretics. The authority of a teac…Joseph S. Exell and contributors