Jeremiah 11:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imaginationa of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do; but they did them not. ”

Jeremiah 11:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I will bring - Rather, I have brought. The breach of the covenant upon their part had always brought temporal calamity. The last examples were the deportation of the ten tribes by Salmanezer, and...
Jeremiah 11:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their (d) evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the (e) words of this covenant, which I commanded [t...
Jeremiah 11:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Proclamation of the Covenant. Jeremiah is commissioned to enforce solemnly ( cf. Deuteronomy 27:26 ; Deuteronomy 29:9 ) on Judah and Jerusalem the covenant which Yahweh made at the time of t...
Jeremiah 11:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

imagination . stubbornness. evil. Hebrew. ra'a'. App-44.
Jeremiah 11:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

It afterwards follows, Yet they heard not, and bent not, or inclined not their ear Here the Prophet does not accuse a few men of perverseness, but says that, from the time they had bee...
Jeremiah 11:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to...
Jeremiah 11:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Therefore I will bring— Therefore have I brought. It is of the nature of a covenant to denounce penalties against the presumptuous transgressor of it. And the sanctions of the Mosaic covenant may...
Jeremiah 11:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them t...
Jeremiah 11:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-14. Punishment must follow faithlessness.
Jeremiah 11:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Imagination. — Better, as before ( Jeremiah 3:17 ), stubbornness. Therefore I will bring upon them. — Better, I have brought upon them. The words contain not a direct prediction, but an appe...
Jeremiah 11:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER VII THE BROKEN COVENANT Jeremiah 11:1-23 and Jeremiah 12:1-17 THERE is no visible break between these two Chapter s. They seem to summarise the history of a particular episode in the...
Jeremiah 11:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Penalty of a Broken Covenant Jeremiah 11:1-20 This and the following two Chapter s belong to the earlier ministry of Jeremiah, when he still dwelt in his native home of Anathoth. The prophe...
Jeremiah 11:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

He then proceeded to deal with the broken Covenant. There came to him from the Lord a special word commissioning him to pronounce a curse on "the man that heareth not the words of this covenant." To...
Jeremiah 11:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It should seem, that the Prophet was here sent into the streets to preach, as perhaps before he had been in the assembly.
Jeremiah 11:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear ,.... Though they had such strong solicitations and fair warnings, and these repeated again and again; all which was an aggravation of their disobedience...
Jeremiah 11:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded [them] to...
Jeremiah 11:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah , &c. That all may hear, for all are concerned; saying, Hear ye the words, &c., and do them Let it be thy work to call upon this people, not...
Jeremiah 11:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Charges against Judah. B. C. 606. 1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the L ORD , sayi...
Jeremiah 11:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

But had not hearkened unto his counsels, but every one had walked after the imaginations of his own heart. A phrase by which sin is often expressed in holy writ, Deuteronomy 29:19 Jeremiah 3:17 ,...
Jeremiah 11:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH Calls On His People To Hear The Word Of His Covenant And Reminds Them Of The Covenant Curse Which Falls On All Who Fail To Observe It, But Then Draws Attention To Their Failure To Observe It, I...
Jeremiah 11:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the Chapter. —The “covenant” summarised in Jeremiah 11:2-5 refers to the nation’s renewal of vows with Jehovah upon the Book of the Law being discov...
Jeremiah 11:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 11:14 . Pray not thou for this people. The Chaldaic and the LXX, Deprecate not the scourge of war coming upon them. We find the same sentiments more fully expressed in Ezekiel 14 ., conf...
Jeremiah 11:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

They obeyed not. Sins of omission I. The great commonness of sins of omission. 1. In a certain sense all offences against the law of God come under the head of sins of omission. Every sin is...
Jeremiah 11:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION The superscription in Jeremiah 11:1 evidently belongs to the three chapters 11-13, though Jeremiah 11:1-24 and Jeremiah 12:1-24 are more closely connected with each other than w...
Jeremiah 11:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Reminder of the Covenant Between Jehovah and His People
Jeremiah 11:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 28:15-68 ; Deuteronomy 29:21-24 ; Deuteronomy 30:17-19 ; Deuteronomy 31:17 ; Deuteronomy 31:18 ; Deuteronomy 32:20-26 ; Ezekiel 20:18-21 ; Ezekiel 20:37 ; Ezekiel 20:38 ; Ezekie...
Jeremiah 11:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Did them not — For this God threatens to bring upon them all his words of threatening, annexed to the covenant of the law.

Jeremiah 11:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 11:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 11:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 11:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 11:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 11:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 11:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 11:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 11:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 11:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 11:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 11:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jeremiah 11:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 11:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 11:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 11:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 11:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 11:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 11:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 11:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 11:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 11:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 11:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jeremiah 11:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 11:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 11:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 11:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes