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Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Jeremiah 17:1-27

Jeremiah 17:04. Refutation of the objection (Jeremiah 16:10) that the people had not generally served idolsJeremiah 17:1-41 The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus,1Graven with a diamond point on the tablet of their heart,On the horns of their altars;2 As their children remember their altars,And their images of Baal2 by3 the green trees, by the high hills.3 My mountain together with4 the fields,Thy substance and all thy treasures will I give up to spoil,Thy heights!—for... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Jeremiah 17:13

Jeremiah TWO LISTS OF NAMES Jer_17:13 . - Luk_10:20 . A name written on earth implies that the bearer of the name belongs to earth, and it also secondarily suggests that the inscription lasts but for a little while. Contrariwise, a name written in heaven implies that its bearer belongs to heaven, and that the inscription will abide. We find running throughout Scripture the metaphor of books in which men’s names are written. Moses thought of a book which God has written, and in which his... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Jeremiah 17:1-14

Human and Divine Help Contrasted Jeremiah 17:1-14 The Jews were always seeking alliance either with Egypt or Babylon. What was true of them applies to us all; but we cannot depend upon human aid, without departing from the Lord. The heath is probably the juniper, a lonely tree, dwelling in arid wastes, unvisited by dew. The soul that rests on God is watered from His throne. The roots of such are fed from the hidden springs of Eternity. The heart is deceitful; it tends constantly to... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 17:1-27

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 diamond." This declaration is followed by a contrast between the man who trusts in man and the "man who trusteth in Jehovah." The first dwells in the midst of desert desolation. The second is rooted by the springs of fruitfulness. This is true notwithstanding contrary appearances. Jehovah is the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 17:1-27

Section 5. The Word Concerning The Droughts: The Certainty Of Exile For Judah (Jeremiah 14:1 to Jeremiah 17:27 ). The new section is again introduced by the words ‘The word of YHWH which came to Jeremiah --’ (Jeremiah 14:1) although in slightly altered form (literally ‘that which came, the word of YHWH, to Jeremiah’). “The word concerning the droughts” gives illustrative evidence confirming that the impending judgment of Judah cannot be turned aside by any prayers or entreaties, and that... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 17:12-18

Jeremiah Establishes His Own Position And Calls For Vindication (Jeremiah 17:12-18 ). Jeremiah exults in the glory of the significance of the Temple as YHWH’s throne, and as the one place where YHWH was to be truly worshipped, and declares that all who forsake Him will be put to shame, to which YHWH replies that all who forsake Him will perish (will be written in the earth), because they have deserted Him as the perennial spring of living water. This causes Jeremiah, aware of his own... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 17:1-18

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-Judges :) or social joy ( Jeremiah 16:8 f.; cf. Jeremiah 7:34), as a sign that Yahweh will make both to cease in the universal disaster. The reason for this great suffering... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 17:13

The hope of Israel; that is, he in whom alone the true Israel of God can hope. All they that forsake thee shall be ashamed; those who forsake thy law, and that rule thou hast given them whereby to direct their conversations, first or last will be ashamed of such their disobedience. And they that depart from me shall be written in the earth; and those that depart from what I have, as thy prophet, revealed to them as thy will, shall have no portion beyond the earth which they seem so fond of; or... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Jeremiah 17:1-27

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. Chronology of the Chapter. Jeremiah 17:1-18 continue the prophecy of chap. 16. A distinct break in the continuity of the book is noticeable at Jeremiah 17:19. [Keil seems alone in suggesting that this section “may very well be joined with the preceding general reflections as to the springs of mischief and of well-being; inasmuch as it shows how the way of safety appointed to the people lies in keeping the decalogue, as exemplified in one of its fundamental... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 17:1-27

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 iron.it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars; Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills. O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for... read more