Search for: chapter 5
1521 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 756.1 (Matthew Henry)
… this chapter was delivered after the first captivity, in the time of Jeconiah or Jehoiachin, when many were carried away to Babylon; for it has a double reference …
1522 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 758.1 (Matthew Henry)
… this chapter we have, I. The prophet’s humble complaint to God of the success that wicked people had in their wicked practices ( Jeremiah 12:1, 12:2 ) and his appeal …
1523 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 762.1 (Matthew Henry)
… this chapter, I. The greatness of the calamity that was coming upon the Jewish nation is illustrated by prohibitions given to the prophet neither to set up …
1524 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 763.1 (Matthew Henry)
… this chapter, I. God convicts the Jews of the sin of idolatry by the notorious evidence of the fact, and condemns them to captivity for it, Jeremiah 17:1-17:4. II …
1525 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 765.1 (Matthew Henry)
… this chapter that was of those foregoing—the approaching ruin of Judah and Jerusalem for their sins. This Jeremiah had often foretold; here he has particularly …
1526 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 765.10 (Matthew Henry)
… the chapter before, to the potter’s clay, which is easily marred in the making. But some might say, “It is past that with us; we have been made and hardened long since …
1527 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 774.1 (Matthew Henry)
… foregoing chapter Jeremiah had charged those prophets with lies who foretold the speedy breaking of the yoke of the king of Babylon and the speedy return …
1528 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 776.1 (Matthew Henry)
… two chapters are wholly taken up with precious promises of a return out of captivity, and that typical of the glorious things reserved for the church in the …
1529 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 778.1 (Matthew Henry)
… this chapter we have, I. Jeremiah imprisoned for foretelling the destruction of Jerusalem and the captivity of king Zedekiah, Jeremiah 32:1-32:5. II. We have …
1530 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 783.1 (Matthew Henry)
This chapter brings us very near the destruction of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans, for the story of it lies in the latter end of Zedekiah’s reign; we have in it …
1531 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 784.3 (Matthew Henry)
… foregoing chapter we had the king in close conference with Jeremiah, and here again, though ( Jeremiah 38:5 ) he had given him up into the hands of his enemies; such …
1532 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 791.1 (Matthew Henry)
… this chapter concerns Baruch only, yet is intended for the support and encouragement of all the Lord’s people that serve him faithfully and keep closely …
1533 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 793.1 (Matthew Henry)
This chapter reads the Philistines their doom, as the former read the Egyptians theirs and by the same hand, that of Nebuchadnezzar. It is short, but terrible …
1534 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 794.10 (Matthew Henry)
… this chapter, are much the same with what Isaiah had used in his prophecies against Moab ( Isaiah 15:1-15:6 ); for, though there was a long distance of time between …
1535 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 797.13 (Matthew Henry)
… foregoing chapter; now here we have the conclusion of that whole matter. 1. A copy is taken of this prophecy, it should seem by Jeremiah himself, for Baruch his …
1536 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 801.2 (Matthew Henry)
… this chapter— The prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and pours out his complaint before the Lord; for it is very feelingly and fluently that the …
1537 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 803.1 (Matthew Henry)
… ( Lamentations 5:19-5:22 ); for those that lament and do not pray sin in their lamentations. Some ancient versions call this chapter, “The Prayer of Jeremiah.”
1538 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 803.16 (Matthew Henry)
… 5:22 ), repeat this prayer again, that the sun may not set under a cloud, and so make these the last words both in writing and reading this chapter. They here …
1539 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 805.1 (Matthew Henry)
… next chapter, we find he did eat.
1540 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 808.1 (Matthew Henry)
… ( Ezekiel 5:5-5:7 ) and profanation of his sanctuary, Ezekiel 5:11. 2. Wrath is threatened, great wrath ( Ezekiel 5:8-5:10 ), a variety of miseries ( Ezekiel 5:12, 5:16, 5:17 ), such …