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Jeremiah 14:11-12

These vv. (to "accept them") are very possibly (so Hitzig and Co.) an insertion by a later hand to connect the preceding passage relating to drought with that dealing with other woes. See introd. note. Gi. (Metrik) holding 11 14 to be only poetic prose, with Ḳinah "shining through," considers that they may have had their ultimate origin with Baruch.

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See also Jeremiah 14:11-12 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Jeremiah 14:11. _PRAY NOT FOR THIS PEOPLE_] They are ripe for destruction, intercede not for them. O, how dreadful is the state of that people in reference to whom the Lord says to his ministers...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    II. THE PROPHET'S MINISTRY BEFORE THE FALL OF JERUSALEM, THE PROPHECIES OF JUDGMENT AND RESTORATION, THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF JEREMIAH, HIS FAITHFULNESS AND HIS SUFFERING CHAPTER 14 The Great Drought...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JEREMIAH 14:1 TO JEREMIAH 15:9. THE DROUGHT IN JUDAH, AND JEREMIAH'S CONSEQUENT INTERCESSION. The date of this disaster is unknown, but some year in the latter half of Jehoiakim's reign is most probab...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    PRAY NOT, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 32:10). Compare Jeremiah 7:16; Jeremiah 11:14....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    B. The Prophet's Intercession Rejected Jeremiah 14:7-12 TRANSLATION (7) If our iniquities testified against us act, O LORD, for the sake of Your name; for our backsliding are many, against You we hav...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for their good. PRAY NOT FOR THIS PEOPLE - (; )....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1-6. Description of the drought....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    PRAY NOT... — As before, in Jeremiah 7:16; Jeremiah 11:14, the saddest, sternest part of the prophet’s work is to feel that even prayer — the prayer that punishment may be averted — is unavailing and...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֥אמֶר יְהוָ֖ה אֵלָ֑י אַל ־תִּתְפַּלֵּ֛ל...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER IX THE DROUGHT AND ITS MORAL IMPLICATIONS Jeremiah 14:1; Jeremiah 15:1 (17?) VARIOUS opinions have been expressed about the division of these Chapter s. They have been cut up into short sect...

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

    We now come to the second division of the Book, that containing the account of the prophet's ministry. This falls into three sections: prophecies before the fall of Jerusalem (14-39), prophecies after...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Then said the LORD to me, (i) Pray not for this people for [their] good. (i) Read (Jeremiah 7:16; Jeremiah 11:14)....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Good, that the drought may be removed. (Calmet) See chap. vii. 16., and xi. 14. (Menochius) --- "It is folly to pray for him who has sinned unto death," (St. Jerome; 1 John v. 16.) by final impeniten...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    These are solemn scriptures: and awful is it, when the Lord restrains prayer in his people, by withholding the spirit of grace and supplication. But we find in scripture beautiful instances, where the...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    God first forbids the Prophet to pray for the people, as we have before seen, (Jeremiah 7:16; Jeremiah 11:14) But we must remember what I have said before, that this prohibition is to be understood as...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Chapter 14 refers to a famine which took place in the land. The desolation of Jerusalem by the sword and by famine is again declared. But observe here the touching intercession of Jeremiah 14:7-9; and...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THEN SAID THE LORD UNTO ME,.... To the prophet; now the Lord gives a more direct answer to him, and to his prayers and intercession for the people; which he forbids, saying, PRAY NOT FOR THIS PEOPLE...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for [their] good. Ver. 11. _Pray not for this people._] See on Jeremiah 7:16 ....

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

    _Thus saith the Lord_, &c. Here God returns an answer to the complaints and expostulations of the prophet, contained in the eight preceding verses. _They have loved to wander_ They have been fond of t...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Lord Refuses Jeremiah's Request...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Then said the Lord unto me, Pray not for this people for their good, so that any kind of benefit is given them....

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    10-16 The Lord calls the Jews "this people," not "his people." They had forsaken his service, therefore he would punish them according to their sins. He forbade Jeremiah to plead for them. The false...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Twice before God had given the prophet this charge, JEREMIAH 7:16, JEREMIAH 11:14; how it could consist with the piety of Jeremiah after those charges to put up the prayer we have JEREMIAH 14:7 of thi...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 14:11 LORD H3068 said H559 (H8799) pray H6419 (H8691) people H5971 good H2896...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    YHWH INFORMS JEREMIAH THAT HE WILL NO LONGER HEAR HIS PEOPLE BUT RATHER INTENDS TO CONTINUE TO VISIT THEM WITH THE SWORD AND WITH FAMINE (JEREMIAH 14:11). Once again we learn with something of a shock...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    In some respects, Jeremiah is one of the greatest of the ancient prophets, for he had most sorrowful task to perform. He had not to deliver a message full of Evangelical comfort, like that of Isaiah;...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Message on the drought. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: Man's sins bring those judgments upon the earth which make even the inferior creatures to groan. There will come a time when...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Jeremiah 14:3. _They found no water._ The latter rain had been denied, as in Jeremiah 3:3; and as Moses had foretold. Deuteronomy 11:17;...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet; therefore the Lord doth net accept them._ JEHOVAH’S REFUSAL TO ALLOW INTERCESSION TO PREVAIL I. The Lord’s answer to the prophet’...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY of the Chapter. This and chapter 15 form one prophecy (although Lange, Keil, and others connect Chapter s 14 to 17, regarding them as interwoven and synchr...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION This chapter must be read in connection with the following one. They describe chiefly Jeremiah's twofold attempt at intercession (see verses 7-9 and 19-22)—a tender and appealing attempt in...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the deaRuth (Jeremiah 14:1). For a drought filled the land. Judah mourns, and the gates languish; they are black upon the ground; and the cry of...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Exodus 32:32; Jeremiah 11:14; Jeremiah 15:1; Jeremiah 7:16...

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