Jeremiah 26:9

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 26:7-15

One would have hoped that such a sermon as that in the Jer. 26:1-6, so plain and practical, so rational and pathetic, and delivered in God's name, would work upon even this people, especially meeting them now at their devotions, and would prevail with them to repent and reform; but, instead of awakening their convictions, it did but exasperate their corruptions, as appears by this account of the effect of it. I. Jeremiah is charged with it as a crime that he had preached such a sermon, and is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 26:9

Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the Lord ,.... Made use of his name in declaring a falsehood, as they would have it; this was the crime: had he said what he thought fit to say in his own name, they suggest it would not have been so bad; but to vent his own imaginations in the name of the Lord, this they judged wicked and blasphemous, and deserving of death; especially since what he said was against their city and temple: saying, this house shall be like Shiloh ; forsaken and... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 26:9

Verse 9 Here is added the cause of Jeremiah’s condemnation, that he had dared to threaten with so much severity the holy city and the Temple. They did not inquire whether God had commanded this to be done, whether he had any just cause for doing so; but they took this principle as granted, that wrong was done to God when anything was alleged against the dignity of the Temple, and also that the city was sacred, and therefore nothing could be said against it without derogating from many and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 26:1-24

JEREMIAH 'S TRIAL AND DELIVERANCE . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 26:1-24

The prophet of God arraigned by the nation. Jeremiah's position, as that of all prophets, was necessarily a public one; to every man is he sent with the message. It is inadmissible for him to soften or lessen what he has to speak, which is nothing else than an indictment of the entire people (verses 4-6). In default of their repentance his arraignment by them is, therefore, all but inevitable. Indifference could not well be feigned; words like his were certain to produce an effect. I. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 26:7-11

To all devout Jews this prediction of the destruction of the temple must have been startling; but to those who placed their confidence in the mere exist-once of a consecrated building ( Jeremiah 7:4 ), it was like a blow aimed at their very life. Besides, were not the majority of the prophets of Jehovah of entirely another way of thinking? Did they not promise peace? And what could justify Jeremiah in announcing not merely war, but the downfall of the Divine habitation itself? Hence no... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 26:8-9

The perils of prophesying. I. THE PROPHET OF GOD MEETS WITH UNIVERSAL OPPOSITION . II. HE IS IN PERSONAL DANGER . 1. The responsibility of the judgments predicted is attached to himself . This is due to a false principle of association, having its root in human ignorance and depravity. Not even God is responsible. The sinner must blame himself ( Galatians 4:16 ). 2. The worst consequences are threatened . Hatred to God expresses itself... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 26:8-19

A scene in a Jewish court of law. We have here a graphic picture of the procedure under the Hebrew criminal law, for it would appear that Jeremiah was indicted and tried in accordance with correct legal order. The details of such a trial are not unimportant to the student of constitutional history. But they are also full of human interest. The law-court is a strange mirror of character. Many as are the objections to the publication of police news in the daily papers, it does at least serve... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 26:9

Were gathered against ; rather, assembled themselves unto ; i.e. constituted themselves into a legal qahal , or assembly (see on Jeremiah 26:17 ). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 26:9

The charge against Jeremiah was that of prophesying falsely, for which the penalty was death Deuteronomy 18:20. They assumed that it was absolutely impossible that Jerusalem ever could become like Shiloh.Against Jeremiah - unto Jeremiah. They regularly constituted themselves a congregation to take part in his trial. read more

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