Charles Ellicott Commentary Jeremiah 14:15

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Jeremiah 14:15

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Jeremiah 14:15

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land: By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed." — Jeremiah 14:15 (ASV)

Therefore thus says the Lord. —To the mind of a true prophet, feeling that he was taught of God, nothing could be more hateful than the acts of those who, for selfish ends, were leading the people to their destruction. For them there was therefore the righteous retribution that they should perish in the very calamities which they had asserted would never come.