Jeremiah 5:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD'S. ”

Jeremiah 5:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Her walls - It is Possible that not the city walls, but those of a vineyard are meant. Judaea is God’s vineyard Isaiah 5:1-7 , and God permits the enemy to enter the vineyard to destroy her....
Jeremiah 5:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(h) Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: (i) take away her battlements; for they [are] not the LORD'S. (h) He commands the Babylonians and enemies to destroy them. (i) Rea...
Jeremiah 5:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Coming of the Foe. Let the enemy, therefore, destroy the vineyard of Judah, for of its owner Judah has said, He does nothing, rejecting His warnings by (true) prophets. The word they have rejec...
Jeremiah 5:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

not. full end. Compare Jeremiah 5:18 , and Jeremiah 4:27 .
Jeremiah 5:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Here God by the mouth of his Prophet addresses the enemies of his people, whom he had appointed to be the ministers of his vengeance: and this was usual with the prophets, when they sought more...
Jeremiah 5:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD'S. Go ye up upon her walls - This is the permission and authority given to the Ch...
Jeremiah 5:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Go ye up, &c.— See Jeremiah 5:17 and the note on Jeremiah 5:27 of the preceding chapter. Instead of take away her battlements, &c. Houbigant reads, Leave her foundations, for they ar...
Jeremiah 5:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD's. Abrupt apostrophe to the Babylonians, to take Jerusalem, but not to destr...
Jeremiah 5:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-9. The universal corruption of the city prevents forgiveness.
Jeremiah 5:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Walls. — Better, her palm-trees. The Hebrew word is found in Ezekiel 27:25 , though not in the English Version, in the sense of “mast,” and here, apparently, means the tall, stately trunk of the...
Jeremiah 5:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 5:1-31 ; Jeremiah 6:1-30 CHAPTER IV THE SCYTHIANS AS THE SCOURGE OF GOD Jeremiah 4:3 - Jeremiah 6:30 IF we would understand what is written here and elsewhere in the pages of p...
Jeremiah 5:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Having thus declared that judgment was determined on, the prophet now carefully declared the reason for it. This was, first, the utter corruption of conduct. Among the people not a man was to lie fou...
Jeremiah 5:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Mark Reader, I pray you, in those days as now, how the Lord mingles compassion with punishment. Destroy, saith the Lord: but make not a full end. There is a blessing in it. Isaiah 65:8 . Oh! how swe...
Jeremiah 5:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy ,.... These are the words of the prophet, or of the Lord by the prophet, to the Chaldeans, ordering them to ascend the walls of Jerusalem, and break them down, a...
Jeremiah 5:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they [are] not the LORD'S. Ver. 10. Get ye up upon her battlements, and destroy. ] Ascendite et exsci...
Jeremiah 5:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Go ye up upon her walls , &c. Ye Babylonians, go, execute my vengeance on them; and destroy I commission you not only to take the city, but to make havoc of its inhabitants. But make not a fu...
Jeremiah 5:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Divine Judgments Threatened; Divine Judgments Vindicated. B. C. 608. 10 Go ye up upon...
Jeremiah 5:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Go ye up upon her walls; ye Babylonians, go now execute my vengeance on them. I give them into your hands; behold, I give you a commission. And destroy; I permit and order you not only to take th...
Jeremiah 5:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH Presents The Reasons Why The Invasion Is Necessary ( Jeremiah 5:1-31 ). Invasion is seen as necessary because there are no righteous people in Jerusalem, and they are full of adultery (both s...
Jeremiah 5:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the chapter . The description here of unblushing immorality and total disorganisation leads Kimchi and others to date this chapter after Josiah’s time...
Jeremiah 5:10 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 5:10-12 . Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for the are not the LORD'S. For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt ve...
Jeremiah 5:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 5:2 . Though they say the Lord liveth, surely they swear falsely. These words being in every one's mouth, are but words, not sentiments. If men knew the grandeur of God, and studied his p...
Jeremiah 5:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the Lord’s. Storming the battlements I. I shall regard this text as spoken concerning...
Jeremiah 5:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Is the punishment thought too severe? Then let the moral condition of Jerusalem be inquired into. Must not such transgressions precipitate its people into ruin? There are four well-ma...
Jeremiah 5:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Faithlessness and Treachery
Jeremiah 5:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 36:17 ; 2 Kings 24:2-4 ; Amos 9:8 ; Ezekiel 12:16 ; Ezekiel 14:17 ; Ezekiel 9:5-7 ; Hosea 1:9 ; Isaiah 10:5-7 ; Isaiah 13:1-5 ; Jeremiah 25:9 ; Jeremiah 30:11 ; Jeremiah 39:8...
Jeremiah 5:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ye — Ye Babylonians, go execute my vengeance on them. Battlements — Lay her and all her fortifications level with the ground. For — I disown them.

Jeremiah 5:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 5:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 5:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 5:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 5:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 5:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 5:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 5:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 5:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 5:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 5:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 5:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 5:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 5:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 5:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 5:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 5:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 5:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 5:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 5:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 5:10 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 5:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 5:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jeremiah 5:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 5:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 5:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 5:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes