Commentaries
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The answer is addressed to the people. Jeremiah had prayed as their representative, but he must not intercede: for “to the same degree that God was…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
Thus have they loved to wander. —The prophet has to tell the people that Jehovah’s answer to his prayer is one of seeming…
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
"You may pray, if you like to do so, for a plague to come upon them as a chastisement for their sins, but do not pray for any blessing for them."
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
The Prophet continues with the same subject, but he reproves the Jews more severely and shows what their sins were. He says then that they were giv…
John Gill
JohnGill
Thus says the Lord unto this people
Instead of answering the prophet directly and immediately, he first speaks to …
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
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…
Thomas Aquinas
ThomasAquinas
Here, the prophet begins to pray to God for the people.
He makes his case with three arguments:
- An argument for mercy from the …
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes