“ Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods? ”
Jeremiah 16:1 to Jeremiah 17:18 . The Coming Distress a Penalty for Sin. The prophet is forbidden to found a family, because of the coming sorrows ( cf. 1 Corinthians 7:29 ff.), in which deat...
man. Hebrew. 'adam . App-14.
Some frigidly explain this verse, as though the Prophet said that men are doubly foolish, who form for themselves gods from wood, stone, gold, or silver, because they cannot change their nature...
Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods? Shall a man make gods unto himself? - Can any be so silly, and so preposterously absurd? Yes, fallen man is capable of any thing that is ba...
Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods? Shall a man make gods unto himself - indignant protest of Jeremiah against idols. And they are no gods - ( Jeremiah 2:11 ; Isaia...
1-13. Selfdenial and an ascetic, life are to be the prophet's lot.
The controversy was immediately followed by a new charge to the prophet. Jehovah called him to a life of personal asceticism, commanding that he abstain from both mourning and mirth. That is to say,...
The prayer of the Prophet is a beautiful break in the subject; as if the man of God felt his mind instantly led out, so to look up and plead with the Lord, from what had been said. And the burden of...
Shall a man make gods unto himself ,.... Can a man make his own gods? a poor, weak, mortal man? can he make gods of gold, silver, brass, wood, or stone? can he put deity into them? and when he has m...
Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they [are] no gods? Ver. 20. Should a man make gods to himself? ] Nonne res haec stupore digna? Is not this a strange sottishness? The Gentiles here see i...
O Lord, my strength To support and comfort me; my fortress To protect and shelter me; and my refuge in the day of affliction To whom I may flee for deliverance and consolation; the Gentiles, t...
Judgment and Mercy; Restoration of the Jews; Deliverance from Babylon. B. C. 605. 14 Therefo...
It is doubtful whether these be to be understood as the words of God, showing the unreasonableness of the sin of idolatry, or, as others make them, the continued speech of the Gentiles, who after the...
The Sin Of Judah Is Especially Heinous In The Light Of The Fact That One Day The Nations Will Recognise The Folly Of Their Idolatry. This Make Judah's Turning To Idols Totally Reprehensible ( Jeremi...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the Chapter. Chapter s 16 and 17 form one prophecy. The taunt in chap. Jeremiah 17:15 shows that this message from God was delivered before the cap...
Jeremiah 16:2 . Thou shalt not take thee a wife in this place. The prohibition implies the honour of the state of matrimony, because it respects the sentence against a devoted nation. Our Saviour...
O Lord, my strength, and my fortress. What God is to His people One of the Puritans was accustomed to describe prayer as the flight of the lonely man to the only God. There is such prayer here....
EXPOSITION With this chapter should be taken the first eighteen verses of Jeremiah 17:1-24 . The heading of the Authorized Version well expresses the contents of Jeremiah 17:1-24 , provided th...
Reasons for the Captivity
Acts 19:26 ; Galatians 1:8 ; Galatians 4:8 ; Hosea 8:4-6 ; Isaiah 36:19 ; Isaiah 37:19 ; Psalms 115:4-8 ; Psalms 135:14-18