Jeremiah 17:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise. ”

Jeremiah 17:14 - 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 17:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; (n) save me, and I shall be saved: for thou [art] my praise. (n) He desires God to preserve him that he fall not into temptation, considering the great contem...
Jeremiah 17:14 - 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 17:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Thou art my praise. Reference to Pentateuch ( Deuteronomy 10:21 ).
Jeremiah 17:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Here the Prophet, as though terrified, hides himself under the wings of God, for he saw that apostasy and every kind of wickedness prevailed everywhere throughout the land; he saw that the prin...
Jeremiah 17:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise. Heal me - and I shall be healed - That is, I shall be thoroughly healed, and effectually saved, if tho...
Jeremiah 17:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise. Prayer of the prophet for deliverance from the enemies whom he excited by his faithful denunciati...
Jeremiah 17:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-4. The sin of Judah is indelible. Hence the severity of the punishment.
Jeremiah 17:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Heal me. — The prophet, consciously or unconsciously, contrasts himself with the deserters from Jehovah. He needs “healing” and “salvation,” but he knows where to seek for them, and is sure that hi...
Jeremiah 17:14 - 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 17:14 - 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 17:14 - 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 17:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

This passage seems to be a break in the midst of the Prophet's sermon, in which he fervently addresseth the Lord in prayer, and a blessed prayer it is. It needs no comment: for it is as plain as it i...
Jeremiah 17:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed ,.... These are the words of the prophet, sensible of his own sins and backslidings, and of the part which he himself had in these corrupt and declining times;...
Jeremiah 17:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou [art] my praise. Ver. 14. Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed. ] Viz., of that cordolium heartfelt grief that m...
Jeremiah 17:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Heal me, O Lord , &c. Most interpreters understand the prophet as addressing God here in his own behalf. He represents himself as a person wounded, or sick, either with a sense of the dishonour...
Jeremiah 17:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

God's Justice Acknowledged; The Prophet's Appeal of God. B. C. 605. 12 A glorious high...
Jeremiah 17:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Most interpreters here understand the prophet speaking in these words to God for himself; he represents himself to God as a person wounded or sick, either with his sense of God's dishonour by the sin...
Jeremiah 17:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah Establishes His Own Position And Calls For Vindication ( Jeremiah 17:12-18 ). Jeremiah exults in the glory of the significance of the Temple as YHWH's throne, and as the one place where Y...
Jeremiah 17:14 - 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 17:14 - 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 17:14 - 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 17:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary. Our sanctuary This book of Jeremiah is a very thorny one--it might be called, like his smaller work, “The Book of Lament...
Jeremiah 17:14 - 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 17:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Depth of the Nation's Corruption
Jeremiah 17:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 10:21 ; Deuteronomy 32:39 ; Isaiah 57:18 ; Isaiah 57:19 ; Isaiah 6:10 ; Jeremiah 15:20 ; Jeremiah 31:18 ; Luke 4:18 ; Matthew 14:30 ; Matthew 8:25 ; Psalms 106:47 ; Psalms 109...
Jeremiah 17:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

For thou art — He whom alone I have reason to praise for mercies already received.

Jeremiah 17:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 17:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 17:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 17:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 17:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 17:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 17:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 17:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 17:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 17:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 17:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jeremiah 17:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 17:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 17:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 17:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 17:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 17:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 17:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 17:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 17:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 17:14 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 17:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 17:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jeremiah 17:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 17:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 17:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 17:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes