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Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Jeremiah 9:3

DISCOURSE: 1045FORTITUDE RECOMMENDED ON THE SIDE OF TRUTHJeremiah 9:3. They are not valiant for the truth upon the earth.IT is by no means uncommon to see men valiant in their country’s cause, or fearless in the commission of iniquity. But courage on the side of religion is a quality but rarely seen. This virtue attaches not itself to strength of nerves, nor is it a necessary attendant on constitutional intrepidity. It is a grace, produced in the heart by the Holy Spirit; and is found equally... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Jeremiah 9:23-24

DISCOURSE: 1046THE ONLY TRUE AND SUFFICIENT GROUNDS OF GLORYINGJeremiah 9:23-24. Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches; but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and Knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth. [Note: The Author’s first Sermon before the University, preached in 1785, now above forty-six... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 9:1-26

Chapter 9Now Jeremiah declares,Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes were as a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men ( Jeremiah 9:1-2 );You know now why he was called the weeping prophet. He wished that his head were water and his eyes were the fountain that these tears might run continually for the tragedy of the people. "Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 9:1-26

Jeremiah 9:2 . Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodgingplace of wayfaring men. In countries where the peasantry are very poor, travellers provide for themselves as they can. Even in Spain many of the passadoes only lodge the traveller; he must provide his own food. Jeremiah preferred a lodging among the country poor, rather than occupy his station in the temple. In the East they have caravanseras, often dirty and very offensive. Jeremiah 9:4 . Take ye heed every one of his neighbour. ... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Jeremiah 9:1-2

Jeremiah 9:1-2Oh that my head were waters.Christian anguish over spiritual desolationThere is a solemn beauty in Jeremiah’s devotion to the welfare of his fellow countrymen. Blinded as they were by sin, they could not appreciate his anxiety, and when his loving devotion broke into the tenderest words of warning, they regarded him in the light of an enemy instead of a sincere friend. The depth of his feeling, the tenderness of his words, remind us strongly of another scene which took place more... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Jeremiah 9:2

Jeremiah 9:2Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men. Two prayers of Jeremiah(with Jeremiah 14:8-9):--In all the fellowship of, the prophets Jeremiah is by far the most unwilling and reluctant. If Isaiah’s watchword was “Here am I--send me,” Jeremiah’s might have been, “I would be anywhere else but here--let me go.” It was out of this besetting mood of his that the prayer rose which I have taken as the first of my texts, “Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Jeremiah 9:3

Jeremiah 9:3They are not valiant for the truth.Valiant for the truthI. Inquire what is the truth. It is “the glorious Gospel of the blessed God.” Without a knowledge of this, oh! how ignorant is the wisest in the things of time!1. “The truth as it is in Jesus” was at first but obscurely revealed; a veil was cast over it which prophets and righteous men desired to remove.2. “The truth as it is in Jesus” is a jewel only to be found in the casket of God’s Word, not in the traditions of men; and... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Jeremiah 9:5

Jeremiah 9:5And weary themselves to commit iniquity.The uneasiness of a sinful lifeThough these words were spoken of the Jews more than two thousand years ago, yet I shall endeavour to show that it may be said of all wicked men; that a wicked life is full of weariness and difficulties; that virtue is more easy than vice, and piety than wickedness.1. Vice oppresses our nature, and consequently, it must be uneasy: whereas virtue improves, exalts, and perfects our nature; therefore virtue is a... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Jeremiah 9:6

Jeremiah 9:6Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit.Strong indictment of Christian countriesWho has not felt as Jeremiah? “This is a Christian country.” Why? Because the majority are as bent on self-pleasing, as careless of God, as heartlessly and systematically forgetful of the rights and claims of others, as they would have been had Christ never been heard of?1. A Christian country? Behold its meaningless shibboleths, its two hundred forms or fashions of Christian belief! How this disunion... read more

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