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Geneva Study Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 45:5

And seekest (e) thou great things for thyself? seek [them] not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I give to thee for (f) a prize in all places where thou goest.

(e) "Do you think to have honour and credit?" in which he shows his infirmity.

(f) Read (Jeremiah 21:9).

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See also Jeremiah 45:5 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Jeremiah 45:5. _AND SEEKEST THOU GREAT THINGS FOR THYSELF?_] Nothing better can be expected of this people: thy hopes in reference to _them_ are vain. Expect no national amendment, till national...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 45 This is the shortest chapter and contains a special message to Baruch, the companion and secretary of the prophet Jeremiah. It must be noticed that this did not take place in Egypt, where n...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    BARUCH. This prophecy concerning him is dated 604, when the first roll (these words) was written (Jeremiah 36:1 ff.). The implied reference to personal danger might be explained by Jeremiah 36:26, if...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    AND SEEKEST, &C.. Wouldst thou seek to secure great things for thyself? EVIL. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44. SAITH THE LORD. [is] Jehovah's oracle. LIFE. soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. FOR. PREY. Comp...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _seek them not_ What form Baruch's aspirations took can only be matter of conjecture. It has been suggested that as grandson of Maaseiah who was governor of Jerusalem in Josiah's reign (2 Chronicles 3...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 1084 WE MUST NOT SEEK GREAT THINGS Jeremiah 45:5. _Seekest thou great things for thyself? Seek them not_. WORLDLINESS is a great and common evil: and it is often manifested in those from w...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    III. A PERSONAL NOTE TO BARUCH Jeremiah 45:1-5 TRANSLATION (1) The word which Jeremiah the prophet spoke unto Baruch the son of Neriah when he wrote these words in a book from the mouth of Jeremiah i...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    BARITCH'S APPENDIX TO THE ROLL OF JEREMIAH 36 Baruch, a man of social position (see Intro.), seems to have expected either important office in the state or more probably the gift of prophecy. On the...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    BUT THY LIFE, etc.] Baruch's life should be preserved amidst all perils....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    XLV. (1) THE WORD THAT JEREMIAH THE PROPHET SPAKE UNTO BARUCH... — The chapter is obviously misplaced as far as chronological order is concerned. and ought to follow on Jeremiah 35, 36. It gives us a...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ אַתָּ֛ה תְּבַקֶּשׁ ־לְךָ֥ גְדֹלֹ֖ות אַל ־ת

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER V BARUCH Jeremiah 45:1 "Thy life will I give unto thee for a prey."- Jeremiah 45:5 THE editors of the versions and of the Hebrew text of the Old Testament have assigned a separate chapter t...

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

    The messages of Jeremiah to the chosen people practically ended with the last chapter. Before coming to his messages concerning the surrounding nations we have the brief story told in this chapter of...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Great: the spirit of prophecy; (Rabbins) or rather to be exempted from suffering, while all the neighbouring nations were perishing. (Calmet) --- And save. Literally, "for salvation." Hebrew, "booty....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    REFLECTIONS PRECIOUS Lord Jesus! it is enough that thou art my portion; Oh! let me seek no great things beside. To have my spiritual life secured, mid my natural life given me for a prey, in such a wo...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    I have often found this gracious answer of the Lord, by his servant Baruch, very profitable. Shall the children of God, while going home to their Father's house, and conscious that they are passing th...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    It afterwards follows, _And seekest thou great things for thyself? _We now see clear enough why he reproved Baruch, it was, because he was too careful as to himself, and too timid; and thus it was tha...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 45 THROUGH 51. Chapter 45 gives us the prophecy with respect to Baruch, already mentioned. Chapter 46 and following Chapter s contain the prophecies against t...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    SEEKEST THOU GREAT THINGS FOR THYSELF? SEEK [THEM] NOT,.... Riches and wealth honour and esteem, peace and prosperity; these were not to be sought after and expected, when the whole nation would be in...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek [them] not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goes...

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

    _Thou didst say, Wo is me now_, &c. “The sorrows which I felt for the threatenings denounced against my country and religion are increased by my own troubles, being sought after by the king's command...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And seekest thou great things for thyself? as the one solitary human being that thought to find himself an exception in the general destruction. SEEK THEM NOT; FOR, BEHOLD, I WILL BRING EVIL UPON ALL...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    JEREMIAH COMFORTS BARUCH....

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    What great things Baruch was seeking is not expressed, and impossible to be determined with any certainty; they could not be honour or riches, the time of Jehoiakim's reign was no time for any pious r...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 45:5 seek H1245 (H8762) things H1419 seek H1245 (H8762) bring H935 (H8688) adversity H7451 flesh...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    YHWH'S ASSURANCE GIVEN TO THE FAITHFUL BARUCH IN THE DAYS OF JEHOIAKIM THAT HE WOULD BE WITH HIM, COME WHAT MAY, AND WOULD PRESERVE HIM TO THE END (JEREMIAH 45:1). This section of Jeremiah's work, whi...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Message of Baruch in the days of Jehoiakim. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah, Baruch. CONCLUSION: God takes notice of the frets and discontents of His people and is displeased with them. To seek...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    REFLECTIONS. We read in chap. 36, that Baruch the scribe, who was mentioned to the king as a character of known probity, wrote the substance of Jeremiah's prophecies against his country, and was deepl...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Seekest thou great things for thyself?_ seek them not. SEEKING GREAT THINGS Baruch, the companion of Jeremiah, to whom these words were addressed, was a young man of learning, who had probably form...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 45:5 Apparently Baruch hoped for great personal success, not pain and suffering. SEEK THEM NOT. Fame and ease are not available. I AM BRINGING DISASTER UPON ALL FLESH. Not ju...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—Immediately upon his having written the roll which was afterwards read to, and destroyed by, Jehoiakim (_vide_ notes on chap. 36); eighteen ye...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    PROMISE TO BARUCH. EXPOSITION JEREMIAH 45:1 THESE WORDS; _i.e._ the revelations which Baruch had committed (or was committing) to writing. JEREMIAH 45:3 Hath a

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now as we move into chapter 45, we are moving into the final part of Jeremiah's prophecies. This is known as the sixth part of the prophecies in which we have miscellaneous prophecies that are of... c...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 7:26; 1 Timothy 6:6; 2 Kings 5:26; Genesis 6:12;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Seek them not — Dost thou expect what none is like to meet with who feareth God? Upon all flesh — I am bringing calamities upon the whole nation....

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