Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Jeremiah 14:16
Verse Jeremiah 14:16. And the people - shall be cast out] They shall be destroyed, because they preferred their lying words to my truth, proclaimed by thee.
Verse Jeremiah 14:16. And the people - shall be cast out] They shall be destroyed, because they preferred their lying words to my truth, proclaimed by thee.
I WILL POUR ... - i. e., their wickedness shall be brought home to them....
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...
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...
WICKEDNESS. calamity. Heb, _ra'a'._ App-44. Not the same word as Jeremiah 14:20....
See introductory summary to section....
Gi. now (_Metrik_) omits these _vv_., apparently as failing to satisfy the metrical conditions which prevail elsewhere in the ch. (Ḳinah)....
_their wickedness_ This shall be itself their punishment. Cp. Jeremiah 2:19....
C. The Prophet's Second Petition Rejected Jeremiah 14:13-18 TRANSLATION (13) And I said, Ah Lord GOD, Behold, the prophets are saying to them, You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine;...
And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor t...
1-6. Description of the drought....
וְ הָ עָ֣ם אֲשֶׁר ־הֵ֣מָּה נִבְּאִ֣ים לָהֶ֡ם
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...
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...
Faithful ministers cannot but feel grief at the conduct of false teachers, who prophecy smooth things, and prophecy deceit. Jeremiah had to encounter with many in his days, of this description and no...
This then was the reason why God so severely visited the Jews, who had been deceived by false teachers: it was owing to their previous impiety and ingratitude. And on this account also he adds at the...
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...
AND THE PEOPLE TO WHOM THEY PROPHESY,.... That is, such of them as gave credit to their prophecies: SHALL BE CAST OUT IN THE STREETS OF JERUSALEM, BECAUSE OF THE FAMINE AND THE SWORD; they dying of t...
And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor th...
_Ah, Lord God! Behold the prophets_, &c. See note on Jeremiah 4:10. _Thus saith the Lord_ And what he saith he will assuredly make good; _By the sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed_ They...
And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem, suffering a shameful death, BECAUSE OF THE FAMINE AND THE SWORD; AND THEY SHALL HAVE NONE TO BURY THEM, thus being d...
The Lord Refuses Jeremiah's Request...
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...
The security promised by these false prophets shall be no excuse to the people for giving credit to them; the prophets shall perish for prophesying falsely in my name, and the people that hearken to a...
Jeremiah 14:16 people H5971 prophesy H5012 (H8737) out H7993 (H8716) streets H2351 Jerusalem H3389 because H6440
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...
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;...
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...
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;...
_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’...
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...
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...
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...
Isaiah 9:16; Jeremiah 13:22; Jeremiah 15:2; Jeremiah 15:3; Jerem