Jeremiah 5:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife. ”

Jeremiah 5:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In the morning - Render, they rove about. Some prefer, “(horses) from Mesech.”
Jeremiah 5:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Sins of Jerusalem. Jeremiah is bidden to seek even one man in Jerusalem, for whose sake Yahweh may spare the city ( cf. Genesis 18:16-33 ), one man of justice and faithfulness ( mg.) ; even...
Jeremiah 5:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

in the morning: i.e. roaming at large.
Jeremiah 5:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah comes now, I think, to the second table, and mentions one kind of evil; but his object was to shew that there was no chastity, no faithfulness, no honesty in that people. He therefore...
Jeremiah 5:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife. After his neighbor's wife - This may have been literally true, as the abominations of idolatry, in which they w...
Jeremiah 5:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife. In the morning - ( Isaiah 5:11 ). 'Rising early in the morning' is a phrase for unceasing eagerness in an...
Jeremiah 5:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-9. The universal corruption of the city prevents forgiveness.
Jeremiah 5:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

They were as fed horses in the morning. — Better, As fed stallion horses they rove about. The animal passion is taken, as in Ezekiel 23:20 , (1) as answering to the same passion in man; (2) as s...
Jeremiah 5:8 - 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 5:8 - 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 5:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

How striking the expostulation? How unanswerably just the appeal? Do not fail to observe, Reader, that the Lord doth not simply speak of one nation, or of another, but it is this nation, this people,...
Jeremiah 5:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

They were as fed horses in the morning ,.... Adulterers are compared to horses, because they are very salacious and lustful creatures; wherefore the Septuagint renders the word: "horses are become m...
Jeremiah 5:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

They were [as] fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife. Ver. 8. They were as fed horses, ] a As stallions and stone horses, that are ιππομανεις, mare mad, as the...
Jeremiah 5:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

How shall I pardon thee for this? How canst thou expect that the holy God, the righteous Governor and Judge of the world, should connive at, or bear with, such iniquitous conduct in his intelligent...
Jeremiah 5:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Universal Corruption to the Age. B. C. 608. 1 Run ye to and fro through the streets...
Jeremiah 5:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

OLBGrk; Fed horses, to note the greatness and unruliness of their lust, pampered horses being most wanton, like that Deuteronomy 32:15 . In the morning: it is questioned whether morning relat...
Jeremiah 5:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH Gives His Reasons Why Jerusalem Will Not Be Pardoned And Jeremiah Makes A Vain Search For A Righteous Man ( Jeremiah 5:1-9 ). YHWH now vindicates His decision to bring inevitable judgment. He...
Jeremiah 5:8 - 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 5:8 - 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 5:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Run ye. .. and see. .. if ye can find a man. A man; or, The Divine ideal unrealised I. The Divine idea of a man. One “that executeth Judgment, that seeketh the truth.” This involves-- 1. A r...
Jeremiah 5:8 - 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 5:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Faithlessness and Treachery
Jeremiah 5:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 11:2-4 ; Deuteronomy 5:18 ; Deuteronomy 5:21 ; Exodus 20:14 ; Exodus 20:17 ; Genesis 39:9 ; Jeremiah 13:27 ; Job 31:9 ; Matthew 5:27 ; Matthew 5:28

Jeremiah 5:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 5:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 5:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 5:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 5:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 5:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 5:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 5:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 5:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 5:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 5:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 5:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 5:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 5:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 5:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 5:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 5:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 5:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 5:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 5:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jeremiah 5:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 5:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 5:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge