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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 12:4

Because they said, &c— And yet they said, &c. He will not regard our ways; Houbigant; who follows the LXX. According to our interpretation the meaning is, that those impious people said that God had no regard for human affairs. The word אחרית acharith, rendered last end, signifies, as in Proverbs 23:18, reward or recompence.

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See also Jeremiah 12:4 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Jeremiah 12:4. _HOW LONG SHALL THE LAND MOURN_] These hypocrites and open sinners are a curse to the country; _pull them out, Lord_, that the land may be delivered of that which is the cause of...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The Hebrew divides this verse differently. “How long shall the land mourn, and the herb of the whole field wither? Because of the wickedness of them that dwell therein cattle and fowl have ceased to b...

  • 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

    HOW LONG... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis_. WICKEDNESS. lawlessness. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Jeremiah 12:1. See summary at commencement of section. Pe. points out that this passage is very important in religious history, since it is probably the first expression we have in Hebrew literature o...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    This _v_., while suiting Jeremiah's style, is quite out of harmony with the context. See further on Jeremiah 12:13. _He shall not see our latter end_ He will predecease us, not we him, as he pretends....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    C. The Prophet's Complaint Jeremiah 12:1-4 TRANSLATION (1) Righteous are you, O LORD, when I present my case unto You; yet I will speak to You with regard to matters of judgment. Why does the way of...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    A drought has been sent in punishment. HE SHALL NOT SEE, etc.] Jeremiah's denunciations are derided by his enemies. 5, 6. God's answer to the prophet's appeal. By two proverbial expressions He shows...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    HOW LONG SHALL THE LAND MOURN... — The Hebrew punctuation gives a different division, _How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of the whole field_ (_i.e.,_ all the open country) _wither? For the...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    עַד ־מָתַי֙ תֶּאֱבַ֣ל הָ אָ֔רֶץ וְ עֵ֥שֶׂב

  • 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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell in it? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, (e) He shall not see our las...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Mourn? Is not this a proof of my providence in chastising Juda? This famine is specified [in] chap. viii. 13., and xiv. 4. (Calmet) --- Last end. Two letters seem to be transposed in Hebrew, as the S...

  • 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

    Jeremiah confirms the former sentence and more strongly reproves the Jews, who still continued obstinately to despise what he had said: “What do you mean, he says? for God’s judgment appears as to bru...

  • 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

    HOW LONG SHALL THE LAND MOURN,.... The land of Judea, being desolate, and bringing forth no fruit, through the long drought that had been upon it: AND THE HERBS OF EVERY FIELD WITHER; for want of rai...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last...

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

    _How long shall the land mourn?_ As it doth under thy judgments inflicted upon it; _for the wickedness of them that dwell therein_ Lord, shall they themselves prosper, who ruin all about them? The wic...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    How long shall the land mourn and the herbs of every field, of the entire cultivated plain, WITHER? FOR THE WICKEDNESS OF THEM THAT DWELL THEREIN THE BEASTS ARE CONSUMED AND THE BIRDS, the very irrati...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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

  • 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 prophet seems to give a reason of his former passion and prayer against those wicked men he before reflected on, because they were the cause of the nation's ruin, which is also asserted by the psa...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 12:4 land H776 mourn H56 (H8799) herbs H6212 field H7704 wither H3001 (H8799) beasts H929 birds...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    JEREMIAH QUESTIONS THE DELAY IN THE PUNISHMENT AND ASKS WHY THE WICKED CONTINUE TO PROSPER, SEEKING GOD'S JUDGMENT ON THEM (JEREMIAH 12:1). Jeremiah 12:1 ‘You are righteous, O YHWH, when I contend w...

  • 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 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

    Ezekiel 7:2; Habakkuk 3:17; Hosea 4:3; Jeremiah 14:2; Jeremiah 23:10;

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    He — They were bold to say, neither the prophet nor any other should see their last end....

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