Jeremiah 14:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee. ”

• Jeremiah 14:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Do thou it - Rather, “deal thou, act thou for Thy Name’s sake, i. e., not according to the strict measure of right and wrong, but as a God merciful and gracious.

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• Jeremiah 14:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (f) O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou [it] for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee. (f) He shows the only way to remedy God's plagues,...

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• Jeremiah 14:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Jeremiah 14:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  testify: or, answer. Figure of speech Prosopopoeia. sinned. Hebrew. chata.

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• Jeremiah 14:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  The Prophet, no doubt, intended here to exhort the Jews by his own example to seek pardon; nor does he so assume the character of others, as though he was free himself from guilt; for he was no...

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• Jeremiah 14:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 1051 GOD’S NAME THE SINNER’S PLEA Jeremiah 14:7 . O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name’s sake . PRAYER is both our duty and our privilege: and Go...

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• Jeremiah 14:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee. O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us - We d...

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• Jeremiah 14:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Do thou it for thy name's sake— Do thou act with a regard to thine own name. That is, deal not with us according to our deserving, but so as not to give occasion to strangers to speak evil of thy...

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• Jeremiah 14:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee. Though our iniquities testify against us, do thou...

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• Jeremiah 14:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  1-6. Description of the drought.

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• Jeremiah 14:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  O Lord... — From the picture of suffering the prophet turns to a prayer for pardon and a confession of sins. He is sure that the drought has not come without cause, and that it calls men to repenta...

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• Jeremiah 14:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  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...

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• Jeremiah 14:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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...

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• Jeremiah 14:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Nothing can be more beautiful and expressive, than this prayer of the Prophet. First, he confesses sin: Leviticus 26:1 . Secondly, he takes hold of the best and only argument for forgiveness; God's...

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• Jeremiah 14:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us ,.... That we deserve such judgments to be inflicted on us; and that God is righteous in bringing them; and we are altogether undeserving of the favo...

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• Jeremiah 14:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou [it] for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee. Ver. 7. O Lord, though our iniquities testify agai...

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• Jeremiah 14:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  O Lord , &c. The prophet, having described their misery both in its cause, the drought, and the effects produced thereby, here applies himself to God, who alone could remove it, confessing that...

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• Jeremiah 14:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Lamentation Caused by a Great Drought; Prayer for Mercy; Pleading with God. B. C.  606.       1 The w...

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• Jeremiah 14:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  The prophet having described their misery, both in the cause of it, the drought for want of rain, and the effects of it, he applieth himself to that God who he knew was he who alone could give the fo...

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• Jeremiah 14:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Lesson of The Great Droughts ( Jeremiah 14:1-10 ). As a preliminary warning of what is coming YHWH sends a great drought on Judah with the result that the cisterns are empty, the springs are d...

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• Jeremiah 14:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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...

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• Jeremiah 14:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  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;...

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• Jeremiah 14:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• Jeremiah 14:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

  They came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads. The drought of nature, the rain of grace, and the les...

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• Jeremiah 14:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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...

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• Jeremiah 14:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Prophet Intercedes for the First Time

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• Jeremiah 14:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Daniel 9:18 ; Daniel 9:19 ; Daniel 9:5-16 ; Daniel 9:9 ; Deuteronomy 32:27 ; Ephesians 1:12 ; Ephesians 1:6 ; Ezekiel 20:14 ; Ezekiel 20:22 ; Ezekiel 20:9 ; Ezra 9:15 ; Ezra 9:6 ; Ezra 9...

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• Jeremiah 14:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Testify — That thou art righteous in what thou hast done. Do thou it — Do thou what we stand in need of; give us rain, though not for our sake, we deserve no such kindness from thee, yet for thy na...

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