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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 17:11

As the partridge— As the snipe hatcheth or broodeth upon eggs which she did not lay; such is he who getteth wealth, and not by right. In the midst of his days it shall desert him, and at his end he shall be a fool. See Scheuchzer on 1 Samuel 26:20. Houbigant renders the 12th verse, The ancient throne of glory is taken from our sanctuary.

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See also Jeremiah 17:11 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Jeremiah 17:11. _AS THE PARTRIDGE_] קרא _kore_. It is very likely that this was a bird different from our partridge. The text Dr. _Blayney_ translates thus: - (As) the kore that hatcheth what i...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    In the rest of the prophecy Jeremiah dwells upon the moral faults which had led to Judah’s ruin. Jeremiah 17:6 LIKE THE HEATH - Or, “like a destitute man” Psalms 102:17. The verbs “he shall see” (or...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 17 _ 1. Judah's sin (Jeremiah 17:1) _ 2. The curse and the blessing (Jeremiah 17:5) 3. The worship of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 17:12) 4. Concerning the Sabbath ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JEREMIAH 16:1 TO JEREMIAH 17:18. THE COMING DISTRESS A PENALTY FOR SIN. The prophet is forbidden to found a family, because of the coming sorrows (_cf._ 1 Corinthians 7:29 ff.), in which death will be...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    DAYS. day. But some codices, with one early printed edition, read "days", as Authorized Version. Compare Luke 12:20....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    See introd. summary to section. This sub-section is made up of three isolated pieces, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13; the metres also varying....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _As the partridge, etc_.] mg. _sitteth on eggs which she hath not laid_. We need not take the statement to indicate more than a popular belief of that day, of which the prophet availed himself by way...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    C. The Deceitful Human Heart Jeremiah 17:9-11 TRANSLATION (9) The heart is deceitful more than anything and incurable; who can know it? (10) I am the LORD who searches the heart, tries the mind in or...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. PARTRIDGE - (1 Samue...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1-4. The sin of Judah is indelible. Hence the severity of the punishment....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    RV 'As the partridge that gathereth _young_ which she hath not brought forth,' and which will soon fly away—a popular belief of which Jeremiah avails himself to illustrate the truth that riches unlawf...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AS THE PARTRIDGE SITTETH ON EGGS... — Better, following the LXX. and Vulg., and the marginal reading of the Authorised Version, _heaps up eggs and hath not laid them._ The words point to a popular bel...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    קֹרֵ֤א דָגַר֙ וְ לֹ֣א יָלָ֔ד עֹ֥שֶׂה עֹ֖שֶׁר

  • 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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    HUMAN AND DIVINE HELP CONTRASTED Jeremiah 17:1-14 The Jews were always seeking alliance either with Egypt or Babylon. What was true of them applies to us all; but we cannot depend upon human aid, wit...

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

    Once again Jehovah declared His determination to deal with the people in judgment, because of the defiant definiteness of their sin. That sin was "written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a d...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (k) [As] the partridge sitteth [on eggs], and hatcheth [them] not; [so] he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. (k) As the...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Partridge. Hebrew kore, (Haydock) may mean the "coucou." The kra lays many eggs, all of which she does not hatch. (Calmet) --- Protestants, " As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not,...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Some naturalists have given this account of the Partridge. And it forms a striking representation of the man of riches brooding over his riches, which after all bring forth nothing but disappointment....

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    The Prophet no doubt intended only to shew that those who enriched themselves by unlawful means, or heaped together great wealth, would yet be subject to the curse of God, so that whatever they may ha...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    The great thing, amidst all that was going on, was to trust in Jehovah. He who, failing in this, made flesh his arm, should not see when good came. Meantime the fire of God's anger was kindled and sho...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AS THE PARTRIDGE SITTETH ON EGGS, AND HATCHETH THEM NOT,.... Here seems to be another sin pointed at, as the cause of the ruin of the Jews; as idolatry and trust in the creature before mentioned; so r...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Jeremiah 17:11 [As] the partridge sitteth [on eggs], and hatcheth [them] not; [so] he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool....

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

    _As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not_ Or rather, as the words דגר לא ילד may be more literally rendered, _hatcheth eggs which she did not lay; so he that getteth riches, and not by...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    As the partridge sitteth on eggs and hatcheth them not, or, "a partridge hatching eggs which it has not laid," SO HE THAT GETTETH RICHES, AND NOT BY RIGHT, accumulating unjust wealth, ill-gotten gain,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Depth of the Nation's Corruption...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    SITTETH ON EGGS, AND HATCHETH THEM NOT: Or, gathereth young which she hath not brought forth...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    5-11 He who puts confidence in man, shall be like the heath in a desert, a naked tree, a sorry shrub, the product of barren ground, useless and worthless. Those who trust to their own righteousness a...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    AS THE PARTRIDGE SITTETH ON EGGS, AND HATCHETH THEM NOT: it is no wonder if we cannot be certain as to the sense of these words so far as they concern natural history, when we are not certain what bir...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 17:11 partridge H7124 broods H1716 (H8804) hatch H3205 (H8804) gets H6213 (H8802) riches H6239 right...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE CURSINGS AND THE BLESSINGS ON INDIVIDUALS (JEREMIAH 17:5). But not all of Judah will come under YHWH's anger. Only those (the huge majority) who have turned from Him and forsaken Him and are under...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Jeremiah 17:11 I. The Bible has nothing to say against a man's getting rich by just and honourable means. The need of money, and a moderate desire for it, form a most valuable incentive to industry. W...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Jeremiah 17:1. _The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond:_ It is so ingrained in their very nature that you might as well try to erase an inscription that is wr...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Sign of the unmarried prophet, concluded. Message in the gates concerning the Sabbath. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: The heart of man, out of communion with God, is wicked and dece...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Jeremiah 17:1. _The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron._ Yea, it is deeply written on the heart, as the diamond will write on polished stones, on tablets of brass, or on the brazen altars of B...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days._ RICHES GOTTEN NOT BY RIGHT The illustration is taken...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. Jeremiah 17:1 continue the prophecy of chap. 16. A distinct break in the continuity of the book is noticeable at Jeremiah 17:19. [_Keil_ se...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION Jeremiah 17:1 are closely connected with the preceding chapter. We have just been pointed to the striking contrast between the conduct of the heathen and that of the backsliding men of Juda...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Chapter 17 The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond (Jeremiah 17:1): Interesting that they were using diamonds for pens in those days, isn't it? Diamonds set in...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Timothy 6:9; 2 Peter 2:14; 2 Peter 2:3; Amos 3:10; Amos 8:4;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Hatcheth them not — Having lost them, either by some man that has taken them from her, or by some vermin or wild beast. A fool — Shall lose it again before he dies, and then shall understand what a fo...

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