Charles Spurgeon Commentary Jeremiah 32:18

Charles Spurgeon Commentary

Jeremiah 32:18

1834–1892
Baptist
Charles Spurgeon
Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon Commentary

Jeremiah 32:18

1834–1892
Baptist
SCRIPTURE

"who showest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them; the great, the mighty God, Jehovah of hosts is his name;" — Jeremiah 32:18 (ASV)

Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them; the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name,

See how these godly men, in their times of trouble, delighted in the great names and glorious attributes of God. There are, nowadays, many namby-pamby, fashionable religionists, wrapped in luxury, who have only a little god; they never seem to know the Great, the Mighty God; but Jeremiah, with the smell of the prison still clinging to him, talks grandly: the Great, the Mighty God, the Lord of hosts, is his name,.