Jeremiah 17:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. ”

Jeremiah 17:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In the rest of the prophecy Jeremiah dwells upon the moral faults which had led to Judah’s ruin. Jeremiah 17:6 Like the heath - Or, “like a destitute man” Psalms 102:17 . The verbs “he sha...
Jeremiah 17:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Jeremiah 17:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

I the LORD. Quoted in Romans 8:27 ; Revelation 2:23 . heart. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), for the mind, or intellect. reins. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjun...
Jeremiah 17:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

By these words he means that they, after having for a long time made many evasions, would yet be brought to judgment, willing or unwilling; for they could not possibly deprive God of his right,...
Jeremiah 17:10 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1057 GOD’S RULE OF JUDGMENT Jeremiah 17:10 . I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings . TH...
Jeremiah 17:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. I the Lord search the heart - The Lord is called by his apost...
Jeremiah 17:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. Lest any should infer from Jeremiah 17:9 , "who can how i...
Jeremiah 17:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-4. The sin of Judah is indelible. Hence the severity of the punishment.
Jeremiah 17:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

According to his ways. — The Hebrew word is in the singular, his way, and the interpolated conjunction “and” is better omitted, so as to leave the last words as an explanation of what is meant by...
Jeremiah 17:10 - 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...
Jeremiah 17:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Human and Divine Help Contrasted Jeremiah 17:1-14 The Jews were always seeking alliance either with Egypt or Babylon. What was true of them applies to us all; but we cannot depend upon human ai...
Jeremiah 17:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Once again Jehovah declared His determination to deal with the people in judgment, because of the defiant definiteness of their sin. That sin was "written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a...
Jeremiah 17:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Had we no other authority than what these verses furnish, here is enough to prove, that after all our knowledge of ourselves, we have not arrived to the perfect apprehension to what a state of sin an...
Jeremiah 17:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I the Lord search the heart ,.... The inward parts of it, every room and corner in it; and know the thoughts of it; all its intents, purposes, designs, contrivances, and imaginations; all the secret...
Jeremiah 17:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

I the LORD search the heart, [I] try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, [and] according to the fruit of his doings. Ver. 10. I the Lord search the heart. ] Be it never so ful...
Jeremiah 17:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The heart is deceitful above all things This passage, considered in connection with what precedes, may be understood in two points of view: 1st, As assigning a reason why we should not trust in man...
Jeremiah 17:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

True and False Confidence; Deceitfulness of the Heart; Unlawful Gains. B. C. 605. 5 Thus sai...
Jeremiah 17:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Lest these hypocrites should pretend that their hearts were not departed from God, or should say, Who then can judge us if none knoweth the heart? saith God, Though no creature knoweth the heart of a...
Jeremiah 17:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Cursings And The Blessings On Individuals ( Jeremiah 17:5-11 ). But not all of Judah will come under YHWH's anger. Only those (the huge majority) who have turned from Him and forsaken Him and...
Jeremiah 17:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES. —1. Chronology of the Chapter. Jeremiah 17:1-18 continue the prophecy of chap. 16. A distinct break in the continuity of the book is noticeable at Jeremiah 17:19 ....
Jeremiah 17:10 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 17:1 . The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: It is so ingrained in their very nature that you might as well try to erase an inscription that i...
Jeremiah 17:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 17:1 . The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron. Yea, it is deeply written on the heart, as the diamond will write on polished stones, on tablets of brass, or on the brazen altars o...
Jeremiah 17:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

I the Lord search the heart. God, the inspector of the heart I. The description given of the human heart. 1. “The heart is deceitful above all things.” There is scarcely a truth, for instanc...
Jeremiah 17:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Jeremiah 17:1-24 are closely connected with the preceding chapter. We have just been pointed to the striking contrast between the conduct of the heathen and that of the backsliding...
Jeremiah 17:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Depth of the Nation's Corruption
Jeremiah 17:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 28:9 ; 1 Chronicles 29:17 ; 1 Samuel 16:7 ; 2 Chronicles 6:30 ; Galatians 6:7 ; Galatians 6:8 ; Hebrews 4:12 ; Hebrews 4:13 ; Isaiah 3:10 ; Isaiah 3:11 ; Jeremiah 11:20 ; Jer...

Jeremiah 17:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 17:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 17:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 17:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 17:10 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Jeremiah 17:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 17:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 17:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 17:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 17:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 17:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jeremiah 17:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 17:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 17:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 17:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 17:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 17:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 17:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 17:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 17:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 17:10 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 17:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 17:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jeremiah 17:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 17:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 17:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge