“ Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for their good. ”
Then said the LORD to me, (i) Pray not for this people for [their] good. (i) Read ( Jeremiah 7:16 ; Jeremiah 11:14 ).
Jeremiah 14:1 to Jeremiah 15:9 . The Drought in Judah, and Jeremiah's consequent Intercession. The date of this disaster is unknown, but some year in the latter half of Jehoiakim's reign is most...
Pray not, &c. Reference to Pentateuch ( Exodus 32:10 ). Compare Jeremiah 7:16 ; Jeremiah 11:14 .
God first forbids the Prophet to pray for the people, as we have before seen, ( Jeremiah 7:16 ; Jeremiah 11:14 ) But we must remember what I have said before, that this prohibition is to be un...
Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for their good. Pray not for this people - They are ripe for destruction, intercede not for them. O, how dreadful is the state of that people in...
Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for their good. Pray not for this people - ( Jeremiah 7:16 ; Exodus 32:10 ).
1-6. Description of the drought.
Pray not... — As before, in Jeremiah 7:16 ; Jeremiah 11:14 , the saddest, sternest part of the prophet’s work is to feel that even prayer — the prayer that punishment may be averted — is unavaili...
CHAPTER IX THE DROUGHT AND ITS MORAL IMPLICATIONS Jeremiah 14:1-22 ; Jeremiah 15:1-21 (17?) VARIOUS opinions have been expressed about the division of these Chapter s. They have been cut up i...
We now come to the second division of the Book, that containing the account of the prophet's ministry. This falls into three sections: prophecies before the fall of Jerusalem (14-39), prophecies afte...
These are solemn scriptures: and awful is it, when the Lord restrains prayer in his people, by withholding the spirit of grace and supplication. But we find in scripture beautiful instances, where th...
Then said the Lord unto me ,.... To the prophet; now the Lord gives a more direct answer to him, and to his prayers and intercession for the people; which he forbids, saying, pray not for this peo...
Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for [their] good. Ver. 11. Pray not for this people. ] See on Jeremiah 7:16 .
Thus saith the Lord , &c. Here God returns an answer to the complaints and expostulations of the prophet, contained in the eight preceding verses. They have loved to wander They have been fond...
Divine Threatenings. B. C. 606. 10 Thus saith the L ORD unto this people, Thus have t...
Twice before God had given the prophet this charge, Jeremiah 7:16 , Jeremiah 11:14 ; how it could consist with the piety of Jeremiah after those charges to put up the prayer we have Jeremiah 14...
YHWH Informs Jeremiah That He Will No Longer Hear His People But Rather Intends To Continue To Visit Them with the Sword And With Famine ( Jeremiah 14:11-18 ). Once again we learn with something o...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the Chapter. This and chapter 15 form one prophecy (although Lange, Keil, and others connect Chapter s 14 to 17, regarding them as interwoven and syn...
In some respects, Jeremiah is one of the greatest of the ancient prophets, for he had most sorrowful task to perform. He had not to deliver a message full of Evangelical comfort, like that of Isaiah;...
Jeremiah 14:3 . They found no water. The latter rain had been denied, as in Jeremiah 3:3 ; and as Moses had foretold. Deuteronomy 11:17 ; Deuteronomy 28:23 . Jeremiah, as is the duty of all min...
Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet; therefore the Lord doth net accept them. Jehovah’s refusal to allow intercession to prevail I. The Lord’s answer to the proph...
EXPOSITION This chapter must be read in connection with the following one. They describe chiefly Jeremiah's twofold attempt at intercession (see verses 7-9 and 19-22)—a tender and appealing atte...
The Lord Refuses Jeremiah's Request
Exodus 32:32-34 ; Jeremiah 11:14 ; Jeremiah 15:1 ; Jeremiah 7:16