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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Jeremiah 11:15

Beloved, dilectus. Hebrew and Septuagint have the feminine. Chaldean, "people." They presumptuously thought that they would be freed from all their abominations, by partaking of the sacrifices. (Calmet) --- But the offerings of such are not accepted. (Menochius) --- The flesh is holy, but is of no service to the obstinate sinner. (Worthington)

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See also Jeremiah 11:15 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Jeremiah 11:15. _WHAT HATH MY BELOVED TO DO IN MINE HOUSE_] This has been supposed to refer to _Abraham, Moses_, or such eminent servants of God, whose intercession was very powerful. Were even...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    A parenthesis. As in Jeremiah 7:16, all intercession is forbidden, and for this reason. Prayer for others for the forgiveness of their sins avails only when they also pray. The cry of the people now w...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 11 The Broken Covenant and the Plot Against Jeremiah _ 1. The broken covenant (Jeremiah 11:1) _ 2. The plot revealed and Jehovah's answer (Jeremiah 11:18) Jeremiah 11:1. Jehovah

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE HOLY FLESH: i.e. the sacrifices. Compare Jeremiah 7:21.Haggai 2:12. Septuagint reads, "shall vows (or litanies) and holy flesh", &c. IS PASSED FROM THEE?. taketh away from thee [thy wickedness]?...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Judah has fallen back into apostasy. It is now clear that Josiah's reforms have had no lasting results. The passage may therefore be placed in Jehoiakim's reign....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The MT. is not really intelligible. It can be approximately corrected from LXX (as in the mg.). Gi. (so Du. and Erbt), quotes Irenaeus (IV. 32), who has _adipes, fat pieces_, a rendering which can be...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    See summary at commencement of section....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    WHAT HATH MY BELOVED TO DO, &C.— The meaning of the verse seems to be, "Why doth this, my chosen and peculiar people, (my _spouse,_ as they love to call themselves, and as they once really were,) make...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    B. Exposure of the Conspiracy Jeremiah 11:9-17 TRANSLATION (9) And the LORD said unto me: Conspiracy is found among the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. (10) They have returned to the i...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest. MY BELOVED - my elect peopl...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1-14. Punishment must follow faithlessness....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    Faithless Judah's presence in the Ternpie is only an intrusion. AND THE HOLY FLESH IS PASSED FROM THEE] better, perhaps, 'shall vows and holy flesh (i.e. sacrifices) take away thy wickedness?'...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    MY BELOVED. — _sc.,_ Judah — or, perhaps, Israel collectively — as the betrothed of Jehovah. What has she to do, what part or lot has she in that house of Jehovah which she pollutes? SEEING SHE HATH W...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    מֶ֣ה לִֽ ידִידִ֞י בְּ בֵיתִ֗י עֲשֹׂותָ֤הּ הַֽ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER VII THE BROKEN COVENANT Jeremiah 11:1 and Jeremiah 12:1 THERE is no visible break between these two Chapter s. They seem to summarise the history of a particular episode in the prophet's car...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE PENALTY OF A BROKEN COVENANT Jeremiah 11:1-20 This and the following two Chapter s belong to the earlier ministry of Jeremiah, when he still dwelt in his native home of Anathoth. The prophet refe...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    He then proceeded to deal with the broken Covenant. There came to him from the Lord a special word commissioning him to pronounce a curse on "the man that heareth not the words of this covenant." To t...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    What hath my (k) beloved to do in my house, [seeing] she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh (l) is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest. (k) My people of Israe...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Amidst all these solemn things, and amidst all the judgments coming upon the people; let not the Reader overlook how the Lord graciously adverts to former times, and still calls his Church beloved. I...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    As the words are concise, this passage is in various ways perverted by interpreters: brevity is commonly obscure. But the explanation almost universally received is this, — that the Prophet in this se...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 11 AND 12. Chapter 11 suggests some observations. God addresses Himself again to Israel on the ground of their responsibility, reminding them of the call to o...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    WHAT HATH MY BELOVED TO DO IN MINE HOUSE,.... These are either the words of the prophet, as Kimchi and Ben Melech think, speaking after this manner; what has God, who is my beloved, he whom my soul lo...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    What hath my beloved to do in mine house, [seeing] she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest. Ver. 15. _What hath my belov...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _What hath my beloved to do in my house, &c._ “Why doth this, my chosen and peculiar people, as they love to call themselves, make their appearance before me in my house, since they have gone a whorin...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    What hath My beloved to do in Mine house, the congregation making a pretense at seeking Him in true worship, SEEING SHE HATH WROUGHT LEWDNESS WITH MANY, having become guilty of spiritual adultery in i...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Israel's Conspiracy Against the Lord and its Punishment...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    WHAT HATH MY BELOVED TO DO IN MINE HOUSE: _ Heb._ what is to my beloved in my house? WHEN THOU DOEST EVIL: Or, when thy evil is...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    11-17 Evil pursues sinners, and entangles them in snares, out of which they cannot free themselves. Now, in their distress, their many gods and many altars stand them in no stead. And those whose own...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Some make these words the words of the prophet, declaring that God (whom they suppose here called the _beloved_) was about to forsake the temple. Others make them the words of God, speaking of his pro...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 11:15 beloved H3039 house H1004 done H6213 (H8800) deeds H4209 many H7227 holy H6944 flesh H1320 passe

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    YHWH CALLS ON HIS PEOPLE TO HEAR THE WORD OF HIS COVENANT AND REMINDS THEM OF THE COVENANT CURSE WHICH FALLS ON ALL WHO FAIL TO OBSERVE IT, BUT THEN DRAWS ATTENTION TO THEIR FAILURE TO OBSERVE IT, IND...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    HOLY FLESH See (Haggai 2:12) that is, to what purpose the "holy flesh" of sacrifices? Its efficacy is "passed from thee" who rejoicest in evil. Compare (Isaiah 1:13)....

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Jeremiah's message on the broken covenant. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: Those who enter into solemn covenant with God must expect on their part to fulfill the conditions, else He...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Jeremiah 11:14. _Pray not thou for this people._ The Chaldaic and the LXX, Deprecate not the scourge of war coming upon them. We find the same sentiments more fully expressed in Ezekiel 14., confirmin...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 11:1 Jeremiah’s Struggles with God and Judah. As the nation faces invasion, Jeremiah struggles to serve God faithfully. He is surprised by opposition ...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—The “covenant” summarised in Jeremiah 11:2 refers to the nation’s renewal of vows with Jehovah upon the Book of the Law being discovered du...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION The superscription in Jeremiah 11:1 evidently belongs to the three chapters 11-13, though Jeremiah 11:1 and Jeremiah 12:1 are more closely connected with each other than with...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Shall we turn to Jeremiah the eleventh chapter as we continue our study through the book of Jeremiah. Chapter 11 begins a new section of the book, not a whole new division, but it's a new message, and...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 13:6; Ezekiel 16:25; Ezekiel 23:2; Haggai 2:12;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    My beloved — My people, saith God, though I was formerly their husband, yet have wrought lewdness with many, that is, committed idolatry with many idols, and now what have they to do more in my house?...

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