14. ye . . . thy . . . this people—He turns away from addressing the people to the prophet; implying that He puts them to a distance from Him, and only communicates with them through His prophet ( :-). fire . . . wood—Thy denunciations of judgments shall be fulfilled and shall consume them as fire does wood. In Jeremiah 23:29 it is the penetrating energy of fire which is the point of comparison. read more
15. (Jeremiah 1:15; Jeremiah 6:22). Alluding to Jeremiah 6:22- :, c. Israel—that is, Judah. mighty—from an Arabic root, "enduring." The fourfold repetition of "nation" heightens the force. ancient—The Chaldeans came originally from the Carduchian and Armenian mountains north of Mesopotamia, whence they immigrated into Babylonia like all mountaineers, they were brave and hardy (see on Jeremiah 6:22- :). language . . . knowest not— Isaiah 36:11 shows that Aramaic was not understood by the... read more
16. open sepulchre—(Compare :-). Their quiver is all-devouring, as the grave opened to receive the dead: as many as are the arrows, so many are the deaths. read more
18. Not even in those days of judgments, will God utterly exterminate His people. I will not make a full end with you— (Jeremiah 5:10; Jeremiah 4:27). read more
19. Retribution in kind. As ye have forsaken Me (Jeremiah 2:13), so shall ye be forsaken by Me. As ye have served strange (foreign) gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers (foreigners) in a land not yours. Compare the similar retribution in Deuteronomy 28:47; Deuteronomy 28:48. read more
21. eyes . . . ears, and—Translate, "and yet" (compare Deuteronomy 29:4; Isaiah 6:9). Having powers of perception, they did not use them: still they were responsible for the exercise of them. read more
22. sand—Though made up of particles easily shifting about, I render it sufficient to curb the violence of the sea. Such is your monstrous perversity, that the raging, senseless sea sooner obeys Me, than ye do who profess to be intelligent [CALVIN], (Job 26:10; Job 38:10; Job 38:11; Proverbs 8:29; Revelation 15:4). read more
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 5:13
13. Continuation of the unbelieving language of the Jews. the prophets—who prophesy punishment coming on us. the word—the Holy Spirit, who speaks through true prophets, is not in them [MAURER]. Or else, "There is no word (divine communication) in them" (Hosea 1:2) [ROSENMULLER]. thus, &c.—Their ill-omened prophecies shall fall on themselves. read more