Jeremiah 15:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And I will appoint over them four kinds,a saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy. ”

• Jeremiah 15:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Kinds - literally, as the margin, i. e., classes of things. The first is to destroy the living, the other three to mutilate and consume the dead. To tear - literally, “to drag along the groun...

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• Jeremiah 15:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the (b) dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy. (b) The dogs, b...

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• Jeremiah 15:3 - 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 15:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  I will appoint, &c. Reference to Pentateuch ( Leviticus 26:16 ).

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• Jeremiah 15:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  Jeremiah proceeds with the same subject. He said yesterday that the people were no longer cared for by God, and so that nothing remained for them but in various ways to perish, and that the las...

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• Jeremiah 15:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy. I will appoint over...

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• Jeremiah 15:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy. Appoint - al...

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• Jeremiah 15:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  1-9. The coming woes described.

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• Jeremiah 15:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Four kinds. — The sword, as the direct instrument of death, is followed by those that follow up its work, the beasts and birds of prey that feed on the corpses of the slain. The latter feature has...

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• Jeremiah 15:3 - 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 15:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  To this great appeal Jehovah again replied by declaring mercy to be impossible, and judgment inevitable, and this on account of the sin of Manasseh which had been persisted in, namely, the rejection...

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• Jeremiah 15:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  These judgments had their accomplishment, in the captivity that followed, when the people were carried away to Babylon.

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• Jeremiah 15:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the Lord ,.... Or four families x, and these very devouring ones; that is, four sorts of punishment; and so the Targum, "four evil punishments;'' whi...

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• Jeremiah 15:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy. Ver. 3. And I wil...

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• Jeremiah 15:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  If they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? If they ask thee what thou meanest by going forth, and whither they shall go: thou shalt tell them, Such as are for death to death , &c. In ge...

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• Jeremiah 15:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Sentence against Judah Confirmed; Destruction of Judah. B. C. 606.       1 Then said the L ORD...

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• Jeremiah 15:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Four kinds of destroyers ; the enemies swords shall slay them, and so make meat for the dogs, who shall tear their carcasses, and for the birds of prey, who shall prey upon their dead bodies that s...

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• Jeremiah 15:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  YHWH's Response To Jeremiah's Plea Is Of The Absolute Certainty And Awfulness Of The Coming Judgment ( Jeremiah 15:1-9 ). In the face of Jeremiah's plea YHWH now makes clear that nothing can now s...

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• Jeremiah 15:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES—For Chronology of the Chapter and Historical Facts , see on chap. Jeremiah 10:5 in loc . 1. Personal Allusions. Jeremiah 15:1 . “ Moses and Samuel ,” here mentio...

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• Jeremiah 15:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Jeremiah 15:1 . Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, as when Moses by his prayers saved the nation, Exodus 32:11 , and Samuel in Mizpeh was heard, when the Lord terrified the Philistine armie...

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• Jeremiah 15:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Jeremiah 15:1-24 Second rejection of Jeremiah's intercession; awfulness of the impending judgment. Jeremiah 15:1 Though Moses and Samuel , etc. It is a mere supposition wh...

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• Jeremiah 15:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Lord Refuses help the Second Time

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• Jeremiah 15:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Kings 21:23 ; 1 Kings 21:24 ; 2 Kings 9:35-37 ; Deuteronomy 28:26 ; Ezekiel 14:21 ; Isaiah 18:6 ; Isaiah 56:10 ; Isaiah 56:9 ; Jeremiah 7:33 ; Leviticus 26:16 ; Leviticus 26:22 ; Leviti...

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