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Jeremiah 12:6

even they have cried aloud after thee) Co. omits this clause, as it otherwise appears that the danger consisted of secret, not open attack. Gi. (Metrik) makes the whole v. to be an addition in which the metre is not clear.

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See also Jeremiah 12:6 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Jeremiah 12:6. _FOR EVEN THY BRETHREN, AND THE HOUSE OF THY FATHER_] Thou hast none to depend on but God: even thy brethren will betray thee when they have it in their power. _BELIEVE THEM NOT_...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Yahweh rebukes Jeremiah’s impatience, showing him by two proverbial sayings, that there were still greater trials of faith in store for him. Prosperous wickedness is after all a mere ordinary trial, a...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 12 The Prophet's Prayer and the House Forsaken, Yet Compassion _ 1. The prophet's prayer (Jeremiah 12:1) 2. The house forsaken, yet compassion (Jeremiah 12:7) _ Jeremiah 12:1. In his outburs...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE PROBLEM OF UNRIGHTEOUS PROSPERITY. Jeremiah raises (for the first time in Hebrew literature) the problem of the prosperity of the unrighteous, apparently in connexion with his experiences at Anath...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    CALLED. called loudly....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    FOR EVEN THY BRETHREN, &C.— "The Edomites and Ishmaelites, the Moabites and Ammonites, sprung from the same original, from Abraham and Lot, joined the army of Nebuchadnezzar, to make war against thee,...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    D. The Answer of God Jeremiah 12:5-6 TRANSLATION (5) If with foot racers You have run and they have made you weary, then how shall you hotly contend (in a race) with horses? And if you are trusting i...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto the...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1-4. The prosperity of the wicked perplexes Jeremiah....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THY BRETHREN. — It is not certain whether we are to think actually of the sons of the same father, or only of the men of Anathoth (Jeremiah 11:23), as belonging to the same section of the priesthood....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כִּ֧י גַם ־אַחֶ֣יךָ וּ בֵית ־אָבִ֗יךָ גַּם

  • 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...

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

    Now we hear the prophet as he appealed to Jehovah to be his Defender, and. finally, we hear the divine determination. concerning his evil neighbors. This peril was revealed to him by Jehovah. It was...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _To thee. Edom, &c., made a league with Sedecias, which they broke. They always bore a hatred to the Jews, though sprung from the same stock, chap. xxvii. 1., and Lamentations iv. 21. (Calmet)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    I venture to look far beyond Jeremiah and all his personal troubles, in what is here said. Who indeed, but must eye Jesus, in what is here said of his brethren. John 7:3. And with respect to Jesus, wh...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    Here God addresses his Prophet, in order to confirm the whole of what we have observed. Jeremiah’s object was, as we have said, to set forth the judgment of God: he therefore undertook the part of art...

  • 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

    FOR EVEN THY BRETHREN, AND THE HOUSE OF THY FATHER,.... The men of Anathoth; EVEN THEY HAVE DEALT TREACHEROUSLY WITH THEE; by laying schemes, and consulting methods, to take away his life privately;...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee...

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

    _If thou hast run with the footmen_ Here God speaks, and applies a proverbial expression to the prophet's circumstances, the import of which is, that if men find themselves unable to contend with a le...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE CONSPIRACY IN THE PROPHET'S OWN FAMILY...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    For even thy brethren and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee, his very closest relatives practicing perfidy against the prophet; YEA, THEY HAVE CALLED A MULTITUDE AF...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    THEY HAVE CALLED A MULTITUDE AFTER THEE: Or, they cried after thee fully FAIR WORDS: _ Heb._ good things...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-6 When we are most in the dark concerning God's dispensations, we must keep up right thoughts of God, believing that he never did the least wrong to any of his creatures. When we find it hard to un...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    The men of Anathoth, thine own town and country, and those of thy own family, have conspired evil against thee secretly. THEY HAVE CALLED A MULTITUDE AFTER THEE; either they have exposed thee to the r...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 12:6 brothers H251 house H1004 father H1 treacherously H898 (H8804) called H7121 (H8804) multitude H4392 after

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    YHWH RESPONDS WITH A WARNING TO JEREMIAH THAT HE WILL YET FACE WORSE THINGS THAN THIS (JEREMIAH 12:5). YHWH calls on Jeremiah to recognise that what he has endured up to now is as nothing compared wit...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Message on the broken covenant, concluded. Jeremiah's complaint to God and God's rebuke. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: When we find it hard to understand God's providences toward w...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Jeremiah 12:4. _He shall not see our last end._ This is sadducean language, as Psalms 104:5. “The Lord will not see, neither will the God of Jacob regard.” This species of atheism blunts the edge of t...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Righteous art Thou, O Lord, when I plead with Thee._ COMMUNION WITH GOD IN AFFLICTION I. Why God sees fit to afflict His children by the dispensations of His providence. 1. God sometimes afflicts...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 12:5 God responds with a rebuke and a caution. Jeremiah must prepare for worse times. He cannot trust even family and friends. ⇐...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. See on chap. 11, Bleek’s theory; for which there is a weight of argument. All commentators agree to connect Jeremiah 12:1 with the conclusi...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION JEREMIAH 12:1 Painfully exercised by the mysteries of the Divine government, the prophet opens his grief to Jehovah. Righteous art thou, etc.; rather, _Righteous wouldest thou be_,_ O Jeho...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now Jeremiah goes on and he is talking now about the situation, the wicked man Jehoahaz that is in power. And he begins by saying, Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee (Jeremiah 12:1):...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Acts 16:22; Acts 18:12; Acts 19:24; Acts 21:28; Ezekiel 33:30;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    For even — The men of Anathoth, thine own town and country, and those of thy own family have conspired evil against thee secretly. A multitude — They have exposed thee to the rage of a multitude. Thou...

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