Jeremiah 2:37 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them. ”

Jeremiah 2:37 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

From him - From it, from this Egypt, which though fem. as a land, yet as a people may be used as a masc. (compare Jeremiah 46:8 ). Now that Nineveh is trembling before the armies of Cyaxares and...
Jeremiah 2:37 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thy hands upon (z) thy head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them. (z) In sign of lamentation, as in ( 2 Samuel 13:19...
Jeremiah 2:37 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Deserved Punishment. Israel's sorrows are well deserved, for Yahweh's love has been forgotten. In spite of wrong-doing, there is no penitence for sin. The help of Egypt will be as futile as tha...
Jeremiah 2:37 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

thine hands upon thine head. The Eastern custom of expressing grief. Compare 2 Samuel 13:19 .
Jeremiah 2:37 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He expresses more clearly what he had said of the shameful character of his own nation, — that the Jews, who thought that their safety would be secured by the Egyptians, were seeking their own...
Jeremiah 2:37 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them. Thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon...
Jeremiah 2:37 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Thine hands upon thine head— As Tamar went forth from her brother Amnon, her garments torn, and her hands upon her head; insulted and despised, and in the deepest grief and misery. REFLECTIO...
Jeremiah 2:37 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them. Him - Egypt. Hands upon thine head - ex...
Jeremiah 2:37 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah's Second Prophecy (2:1-3:5) The prophet expostulates with Israel because of their unfaithfulness to Jehovah. 1-13. Under the figure of the marriage relation Jehovah reminds the people...
Jeremiah 2:37 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

From him. — Better, from it, sc., from Egypt as a people. Thine hands upon thine head. — The outward sign of depression and despair ( 2 Samuel 13:19 ). Thy confidences. — i.e., the ground...
Jeremiah 2:37 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER II THE TRUST IN THE SHADOW OF EGYPT Jeremiah 2:1-37 ; Jeremiah 3:1-5 THE first of the prophet's public addresses is, in fact, a sermon which proceeds from an exposure of national sin...
Jeremiah 2:37 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The first movement in commissioning the called man now commences. He was commanded to utter a great impeachment in the ears of Jerusalem. This impeachment was threefold. It first declared how Israel...
Jeremiah 2:37 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Never surely, was there afforded a more lively instance of the gracious purpose of God's unalterable love to his people, than what this Chapter affords, from beginning to end. The Lord sends the Prop...
Jeremiah 2:37 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Yea, thou shalt go forth from him ,.... From the Egyptian, without any help, and with shame; or, "from this" u; that is, from this place, from Jerusalem, and from the land of Judea, into captivity;...
Jeremiah 2:37 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them. Ver. 37. Yea, thou shalt go from him. ] Or, From...
Jeremiah 2:37 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Yea, thou shalt go forth from him The ambassadors thou sendest to Egypt shall return with disappointment and confusion; and their hands on their heads Condoling the desperate condition of their p...
Jeremiah 2:37 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Expostulations with Israel. B. C. 629. 29 Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have...
Jeremiah 2:37 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thou shalt go forth from him: some apply it to the sad and ineffectual return of the ambassadors, being disappointed in their expectation from the king of Egypt; but rather, All the help thou canst...
Jeremiah 2:37 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH Challenges His People To Explain Why They Are Behaving As They Are ( Jeremiah 2:29-37 ). YHWH now asks them why they are troubling Him with arguments in their favour when all they had previou...
Jeremiah 2:37 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES .— 1. Chronology. Most probably in thirteenth Josiah, quickly after his call. Dr. Dahler (Stratsbourg) would interpose Chapter s 4, 5, 6; deferring this chapter till a...
Jeremiah 2:37 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 2:20-26 . For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing...
Jeremiah 2:37 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 2:2 . I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth. God now addressed them, that he might do the same to the children as he had done to the fathers, and rejoice over them as the bridegroom...
Jeremiah 2:37 - The Biblical Illustrator

Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? Divine questions The people were required to answer two questions: “Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? have I been a land of darkness unto Israel?” Spea...
Jeremiah 2:37 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION The second chapter forms the introduction of a group of discourses (Jeremiah 2-6), which should be read together. It is called By Ewald (and the position of the prophecy favors this v...
Jeremiah 2:37 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Guilt Established
Jeremiah 2:37 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 13:12 ; 2 Samuel 13:19 ; Ezekiel 17:15-20 ; Isaiah 10:4 ; Jeremiah 17:5 ; Jeremiah 2:36 ; Jeremiah 32:5 ; Jeremiah 37:7-10 ; Numbers 14:41
Jeremiah 2:37 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Yea — All the help thou canst procure shall not prevent thy captivity, but from hence thou shalt go. Thy hands — An usual posture of mourning.

Jeremiah 2:37 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 2:37 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 2:37 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 2:37 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 2:37 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 2:37 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 2:37 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 2:37 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 2:37 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 2:37 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 2:37 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 2:37 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 2:37 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 2:37 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 2:37 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 2:37 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 2:37 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 2:37 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 2:37 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 2:37 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 2:37 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 2:37 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 2:37 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jeremiah 2:37 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 2:37 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 2:37 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 2:37 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes