George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Jeremiah 23:10
Adulterers; impostors or idolaters. --- Cursing of the Lord, or the abuse of his sacred name. (Calmet) --- Unlike. Hebrew, "not right." (Haydock)
Adulterers; impostors or idolaters. --- Cursing of the Lord, or the abuse of his sacred name. (Calmet) --- Unlike. Hebrew, "not right." (Haydock)
Verse Jeremiah 23:10. _THE LAND IS FULL OF ADULTERERS_] Of idolaters. Of persons who _break their faith_ to ME, as an _impure wife_ does to her _husband_. _THE PLEASANT PLACES OF THE WILDERNESS ARE...
BECAUSE OF SWEARING - Rather, because of the curse denounced against sin Jeremiah 11:3. The mourning probably refers to the drought Jeremiah 12:4. THE PLEASANT PLACES - “Pastures.” THEIR COURSE - Th
CHAPTER 23:9-40 Condemnation of the False Prophets _ 1. Jeremiah's lament on account of the false prophets (Jeremiah 23:9) _ 2. The condemnation of these prophets (Jeremiah 23:15) 3. Forgotten and...
THE PROPHETS. Jeremiah is overcome by the stern message given him to deliver. The evil of the land is encouraged by prophet and priest (Jeremiah 6:13), even the Temple being dishonoured (2 Kings 21:5)...
THEIR: i.e. the false prophets....
Jeremiah 23:9-40. Condemnation of the prophets Following on the prophecies relating to successive kings of Judah, we have a section dealing with the iniquities of a class who also grievously misled t...
Of the two clauses containing the words "the land," the first is probably a corruption of the second, as accidentally repeated by a copyist, or as a gloss on a blurred text, suggested perhaps by Jerem...
FOR BECAUSE OFF SWEARING— Houbigant renders this, _Whose course is to evil, whose strength is to iniquity; therefore the land mourneth, and the pastures of the desart are dried up._ See his note. Othe...
E. The Condemnation of False Prophets Jeremiah 23:9-40 The heading over Jeremiah 23:9 reads against the prophets. In this section of the book which deals with national leaders past, present and future...
For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right. THE LAND I...
1-4. A remnant shall return....
SWEARING] RM 'the curse' (of God). PLEASANT PLACES] RV 'pastures.' COURSE] manner of life. FORCE] exercise of power. 13, SAMARIA] the northern kingdom. IN BAAL] i.e. the name of Baal....
THE LAND IS FULL OF ADULTERERS. — The context shows that the words must be taken literally, and not of the spiritual adultery of the worship of other Gods. The false prophets and their followers were...
כִּ֤י מְנָֽאֲפִים֙ מָלְאָ֣ה הָ אָ֔רֶץ כִּֽי ־
CHAPTER VIII BAD SHEPHERDS AND FALSE PROPHETS Jeremiah 23:1, Jeremiah 24:1 "Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!"- Jeremiah 23:1 "Of what avail is straw instead...
Having thus passed in review the predecessors of Zedekiah on the throne of Judah, the prophet proceeded to deal with those who had been responsible for the failure of the people, the false kings and p...
For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their (h) course is evil, and their force [is] not right. (h) Th...
The Prophet is here representing the horrible state of false prophets, and the awful termination of such conduct. A portion suited not only to the days of Jeremiah but to all ages of the Church. Lord!...
Jeremiah now assigns the reason why he was so much horrified by the insensibility which he observed in the prophets. If things were in good order, or if, at least, they were tolerable, the prophets wo...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 21, 22, AND 23. On the occasion of Zedekiah's request to Jeremiah to know if the Lord would interfere in favour of the people against Nebuchadnezzar, the Spir...
FOR THE LAND IS FULL OF ADULTERERS,.... Of such as were guilty of corporeal adultery, and of spiritual adultery, which is idolatry. Now, though in this, and in the following verses, the prophet descri...
For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force [is] not right. Ver. 10. _...
_For the land is full of adulterers_ Under this term, which properly respects those who violate the marriage-bed, persons offending by any species of uncleanness are comprehended, as also such as by f...
AGAINST THE FALSE PROPHETS...
For the land is full of adulterers, this crime being unusually prevalent at that time, as a natural consequence of the shameless rites introduced in connection with the idolatry practiced by the false...
SWEARING: Or, cursing COURSE: Or, violence...
9-22 The false prophets of Samaria had deluded the Israelites into idolatries; yet the Lord considered the false prophets of Jerusalem as guilty of more horrible wickedness, by which the people were...
Under that term ADULTERERS all species of uncleanness are comprehended. BECAUSE OF SWEARING THE LAND MOURNETH; by false swearing, or by idle and profane swearing, the land is brought to ruin. The word...
Jeremiah 23:10 land H776 full H4390 (H8804) adulterers H5003 (H8764) because H6440 curse H423 land H776 mourns...
JEREMIAH'S DIATRIBE AGAINST THE PROPHETS, HEADED AS ‘CONCERNING THE PROPHETS' (JEREMIAH 23:9). Having set right the vision of the future, Jeremiah now turns on those who had been distorting that visio...
1). JEREMIAH EXPLAINS HOW DIFFICULT HE IS FINDING IT TO PROCLAIM YHWH'S HOLY WORDS AGAINST THE PROPHETS AND OUTLINES THE CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR PROPHESYING ON THE LAND. YHWH HIMSELF THEN DECLARES WHAT...
SUBSECTION 7). WORDS CONCERNING VARIOUS KINGS (JEREMIAH 21:1 TO JEREMIAH 24:10). This subsection proceeds in logical sequence although not chronologically, and will centre on three special themes, fir...
Jeremiah 23:1. _Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD._ What a dreadful woe this is upon all false shepherds, those who profess to be sent of God to...
CONTENTS: Future restoration and conversion of Israel. Message against the faithless shepherds. CHARACTERS: God, Christ. CONCLUSION: Woe be to those who are commanded to feed God's people and preten...
Jeremiah 23:1. _Woe be to the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep._ Princes are often called pastors, as Cyrus, Isaiah 44:28, because they enforce the laws and protect the people. Shallum, and...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—The chapter is an epilogue to the denunciations of the three kings in chap. 22. It must have been written and proclaimed about the beginnin...
EXPOSITION The first eight verses form the necessary conclusion of the group of discourses summarized in Jeremiah 21:1; Jeremiah 22:1. Like Isaiah, our prophet follows up denunciation with consolation...
Now in chapter 23 God speaks out against those Pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture, saith the LORD (Jeremiah 23:1). God said, "They're My sheep, but these pastors are scattering...
1 Corinthians 6:10; 1 Corinthians 6:9; 1 Timothy 1:10; Ezekiel 22:9;...
Adulterers — Under this term all species of uncleanness are comprehended. Swearing — By false — swearing, or by idle and profane swearing. The pleasant places — The wrath of God was extended to all pl...