Jeremiah 5:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: ”

Jeremiah 5:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

It is not he - i. e., Who speaks by the prophets.
Jeremiah 5:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

They have (k) lied about the LORD, and said, [It is] not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: (k) Because they gave no credit to the words of his prophets, as...
Jeremiah 5:12 - 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 5:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

belied . acted deceitfully against. Compare Joshua 24:27 . evil . calamity.
Jeremiah 5:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He expresses more clearly and fully what he had previously said. Their perfidy was, that they had denied God I do not wholly reject what others have said, that they lied to God: but as ב is...
Jeremiah 5:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: They have belied the Lord - כחשו kichashu. They have denied or disavowed t...
Jeremiah 5:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And said, It is not He— היא לוא lo hu. "Not He;" that is, either, he hath not spoken, or, he will not do as the prophets have threatened in his name. See Psalms 94:7 . For they said, Jehovah w...
Jeremiah 5:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: Belied - denied. It is not he - rather, '(Yahweh) is not HE' - i...
Jeremiah 5:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-9. The universal corruption of the city prevents forgiveness.
Jeremiah 5:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

It is not he. — i.e. , It is not Jehovah who speaks. They listened to the prophet’s warnings as if they came from himself only, and brought with them no certainty of the “sword” or “famine” which...
Jeremiah 5:12 - 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 5:12 - 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 5:12 - 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 5:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

They have belied the Lord, and said, it is not he ,.... Or, "denied the Lord" x, as some render the words, saying that there was no God; which, though they might not deliver in express words, yet in...
Jeremiah 5:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

They have belied the LORD, and said, [It is] not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: Ver. 12. They have belied the Lord. ] Or, They give the Lord the lie -...
Jeremiah 5:12 - 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 5:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Divine Judgments Threatened; Divine Judgments Vindicated. B. C. 608. 10 Go ye up upon...
Jeremiah 5:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They have belied the Lord: this may signify either a denying, viz. a renouncing, making little or nothing of him, as some; or a denying, i.e. not believing, that these words of the prophet were God...
Jeremiah 5:12 - 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 5:12 - 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 5:12 - 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 5:12 - 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 5:12 - 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 5:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Faithlessness and Treachery
Jeremiah 5:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 5:10 ; 1 Samuel 6:9 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:2 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:3 ; 2 Chronicles 36:16 ; Deuteronomy 29:19 ; Ezekiel 12:22-28 ; Ezekiel 13:6 ; Habakkuk 1:5 ; Habakkuk 1:6 ; Isaiah 28:...
Jeremiah 5:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Belied — Not believing that these words of the prophet were God's word.

Jeremiah 5:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 5:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 5:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 5:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 5:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 5:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 5:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 5:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 5:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 5:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 5:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 5:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 5:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 5:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 5:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 5:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 5:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 5:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 5:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 5:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 5:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 5:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 5:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 5:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 5:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 5:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes