Jeremiah 19:8 WEB

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 19:1-9

The corruption of man having made it necessary that precept should be upon precept, and line upon line (so unapt are we to receive, and so very apt to let slip, the things of God), the grace of God has provided that there shall be, accordingly, precept upon precept, and line upon line, that those who are irreclaimable may be inexcusable. For this reason the prophet is here sent with a message to the same purport with what he had often delivered, but with some circumstances that might make it... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 19:8

And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing ,.... An hissing to its enemies; an hissing because desolate; when its walls should be broken down, its houses burnt with fire, and its inhabitants put to the sword, or carried captive: everyone that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and hiss ; surprised to see the desolations of it; that a city once so famous and flourishing should be reduced to such a miserable condition; and yet hiss by way of detestation and abhorrence of it, and... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 19:8

Verse 8 Jeremiah proceeds with his denunciation, and it was necessary for him to add this amplification, that he might penetrate into their hard and perverse hearts; for had he employed only a single sentence, or a common mode of speaking, in describing their calamity and the ruin of the city, they would not have been at all moved. Hence he enlarges on the subject, and advances with greater vehemence, and always speaks in the person of God, that his denunciation might have greater weight. I... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 19:1-11

The breaking of the potter's vessel. Another symbolic action, but in this case the revelation to the mind of the prophet was not dependent upon its being performed. It is because of the public significance of it he is enjoined to perform it. The "elders of the priests" and the "elders of the people" are invited to the scene. I. THE SYMBOL . This was a "potter's earthen bottle [or ' vessel ']," and thus had to be carefully distinguished from the "clay" spoken of in Jeremiah... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 19:1-13

The broken bottle. That was a strange scene—the royal family, the nobles, the chief priests, together with the populace of Jerusalem, gathered, at the summons of a prophet whose power could not be ignored though his teaching was opposed, in the valley of Hinnom, now reeking with the odors of foul crime; and the prophet facing them, alone and fearless, with a common potter's vessel in his hand, while he draws a most awful picture of impending calamity, and sternly charges his audience with... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 19:1-13

The breaking of the potter's vessel. I. THE PRELIMINARIES OF THE BREAKING . Spectators of the proper sort needed to be deliberately gathered together in the proper place. We may suppose that the elders of the people and of the priests were peculiarly responsible for all that concerned the safety of the city. This symbolic action was best performed before the select responsible few. As they went forth with the prophet they had time to ask themselves what the meaning of this... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 19:1-15

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 19:1-15

Denunciations of doom. This chapter is filled with these awful warnings of the prophet. And they are made the more awful by the reflection that, fitted as they were to rouse the most careless and hardened, yet they failed with those to whom they were addressed. And so this sad chapter teaches us such lessons as these: 1. The earnest purpose of God to save man from his sin . Hence these warnings. 2. The awfully hardening power of the sin which could despise them . 3. What... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 19:8

(Comp. Jeremiah 18:16 .) read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 19:6-9

Jeremiah 19:6-9. Therefore, behold, the days come And are at no great distance; that this place shall no more be called Tophet, &c. In Joshua’s time it was called The valley of the son of Hinnom; in after ages, it had the name of Tophet, from the noise of drums and tabrets sounding there while children were burning. Here it is foretold that it should have a new name and be called, The valley of Slaughter. See note on Jeremiah 7:32-33. I will make void the counsel, &c., in... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 19:1-9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 19:8

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 19:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 19:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 19:1-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 19:1-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 19:1-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 19:1-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 19:8

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 19:6-9

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