Jeremiah 4:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory. ”

Jeremiah 4:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And thou shalt (b) swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory. (b) You will detest the name of id...
Jeremiah 4:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 3:19 to Jeremiah 4:4 . A Dialogue of Yahweh's Grace. This directly continues Jeremiah 3:5 , the I of Jeremiah 3:19 being emphatically contrasted with the thou of Jeremiah 3:5 . Yahw...
Jeremiah 4:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

thou shalt swear. Reference to Pentateuch ( Deuteronomy 10:20 ). in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness. Figure of speech Hendiatris (App-6). truly, yea, justly and righteously, the three...
Jeremiah 4:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Here the Prophet goes on with the same subject; for he denudes these flatteries, by which they thought that God could be pacified: for when they had his name in their mouth, they thought it suf...
Jeremiah 4:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory. Thou shalt swear, The Lord liveth - Tho...
Jeremiah 4:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And the nations shall bless, &c.— This is a prediction of the Gospel-times, when the heathens should join with the Israelites in paying all solemn acts of worship and devotion to the true God o...
Jeremiah 4:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory. And thou - rather, And if (carr...
Jeremiah 4:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah's Third Prophecy. The Fate of the Ten Tribes a Warning to Judah In this prophecy, as in the last, idolatry is denounced under the figure of unfaithfulness to the marriage vow. But as a ma...
Jeremiah 4:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And thou shalt swear. — The conditions are continued: If thou wilt swear by the living Jehovah [“the Lord liveth” being the received formula of adjuration], in truth, in judgment, and in righteou...
Jeremiah 4:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER III ISRAEL AND JUDAH: A CONTRAST Jeremiah 3:6-25 ; Jeremiah 4:1-2 THE first address of our prophet was throughout of a sombre cast, and the darkness of its close was not relieved by...
Jeremiah 4:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Pleading with Faithless Children Jeremiah 3:11-25 ; Jeremiah 4:1-2 The people of the northern kingdom, to whom this appeal is especially addressed, were more excusable than Judah, because thei...
Jeremiah 4:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jehovah immediately promised that if Israel would return, she would be established. Then the prophet declared that judgment was determined on. He appealed to the people to repent, and that not in ext...
Jeremiah 4:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Is there not here a sweet breaking out, in pointing to Him who is the Lord our righteousness? For in whom are the nations to be blessed, but in Jesus; or in whom can they glory? I pray the Reader to...
Jeremiah 4:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And thou shalt swear, the Lord liveth ,.... Or by the living Lord, by him and him only; not by the creatures, but by the God of truth. This is sometimes put for the whole worship and service of God,...
Jeremiah 4:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory. Ver. 2. And thou shalt swear, The Lo...
Jeremiah 4:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And thou shalt swear , &c. In taking a solemn oath, thou shalt appeal, not to dead and vain idols, but to Jehovah, the living and true God. This is put here for the whole worship of God, acknowl...
Jeremiah 4:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exhortation to Repentance. B. C. 620. 1 If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the L ORD ,...
Jeremiah 4:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

And thou shalt swear: this is to be understood, partly by way of command, as Deuteronomy 10:20 ; and partly by way of direction, if thou swear, or when thou swearest: it is put here synecdochica...
Jeremiah 4:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Chronology of the chapter, Contemporary Scriptures, Historic Facts, Contemporary History as in chap. 3. 1. Geographical References. Jeremiah 4:5 . “ Defenced cit...
Jeremiah 4:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 4:1-2 . If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove. And thou shalt swear, The L...
Jeremiah 4:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 4:3 . Break up your fallow ground. Hebrews ניר nir, novale; make new land, eradicate the thorns. Hosea 10:12 . Our old phrase, the fallow deer, seems to give the exact import of the...
Jeremiah 4:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

If thou wilt return,.. .and if thou wilt put away thine abominations. .. then shalt thou not remove. The pleadings of God A strange ministry is that of Almightiness. It is almightiness--almost....
Jeremiah 4:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Jeremiah 4:1 , Jeremiah 4:2 The form and structure of the translation require a change. Render, If thou wilt return , O Israel , saith Jehovah , wilt return unto me ; a...
Jeremiah 4:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Last Call to Return
Jeremiah 4:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 1:31 ; 1 Kings 3:6 ; 2 Corinthians 10:17 ; Deuteronomy 10:20 ; Galatians 3:8 ; Genesis 22:18 ; Hosea 2:19 ; Isaiah 45:23 ; Isaiah 45:25 ; Isaiah 48:1 ; Isaiah 48:2 ; Isaiah...
Jeremiah 4:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Swear — This is put here for the whole worship of God, acknowledging an& owning God as the only God; which is strongly exprest by this act. In truth — That the matter and substance of it be tru...

Jeremiah 4:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 4:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 4:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 4:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 4:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 4:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 4:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 4:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 4:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 4:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 4:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jeremiah 4:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 4:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 4:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 4:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 4:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 4:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 4:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 4:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 4:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 4:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 4:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jeremiah 4:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 4:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 4:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 4:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes