Jeremiah 8:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return? ”

Jeremiah 8:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The prophet here resumes from Jeremiah 7:28 the main subject of his prophecy. He again invites the Jews to repentance. Shall they fall? - The argument is that when men fall, they do not lie u...
Jeremiah 8:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Moreover thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they (c) fall, and not rise? shall he turn away, and not return? (c) Is there no hope that they will return?
Jeremiah 8:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judah's Unnatural Conduct and its Punishment. There is something unnatural in the persistency of the people's misconduct; they show no inclination to return to Yahweh, but pursue a headstrong cours...
Jeremiah 8:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

arise . rise up again. he turn away, and. The Massorah (vol. II, p. 54, Ginsburg's edition) calls attention to the fact that of the two words represented by "turn" and "and", the first letter o...
Jeremiah 8:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Though God had reminded his Prophet of the event, yet he still invites the Jews to repentance; not that there was any hope of restoring them to a right mind, (for he had said that they were who...
Jeremiah 8:4 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1041 EXPOSTULATION WITH THE IMPENITENT Jeremiah 8:4-8 . Thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord; Shall they fall, and not arise? Shall he turn away, and not return? Why then is...
Jeremiah 8:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return? Moreover thou shalt say - Dr. Blayney very properly observes, "In that part...
Jeremiah 8:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Shall he turn away— Or he that turneth away, shall he not return? Houbigant renders it, Shall they who are alienated never return? The similitude, says he, is taken from a man who falls by negl...
Jeremiah 8:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return? Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?...
Jeremiah 8:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-3. The dead shall share in the universal punishment.
Jeremiah 8:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Shall he turn. — Better, as both clauses arc indefinite, Shall men fall and not arise? Shall one turn away and not return? The appeal is made to the common practice of men. Those who fall struggl...
Jeremiah 8:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 8:1-22 ; Jeremiah 9:1-26 ; Jeremiah 10:1-25 ; Jeremiah 26:1-24 In the four Chapter s which we are now to consider we have what is plainly a finished whole. The only possible exception...
Jeremiah 8:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

False Promises of Peace Jeremiah 8:4-22 This chapter is filled with denunciation of the unreasonable and infatuated obstinacy of Israel. As the horse rushes madly to the fight, so were the peop...
Jeremiah 8:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Utter desolation would overtake them so that death would be chosen rather than life. This sin of idolatry had been aggravated by the people's terrible persistence therein. If men fall it is naturally...
Jeremiah 8:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Was there ever a more beautiful figure chosen to depicture the extreme folly of the human understanding, than in the contrast here drawn between the inconsiderateness of man, and the thoughtfulness o...
Jeremiah 8:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Moreover, thou shalt say unto them ,.... The Jews, in Jeremiah's time, in order to leave them inexcusable, though the Lord had before assured that they would not hearken to him, Jeremiah 7:27 : t...
Jeremiah 8:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return? Ver. 4. Shall they fall, and not arise? ] Or, When men fall, will they...
Jeremiah 8:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Moreover, thou shalt say , &c. The prophet is here directed to set before the Jews the unreasonableness and folly of their impenitence, which was the thing that brought this ruin upon them. And...
Jeremiah 8:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Full of Impenitent Sinners; Hardened Wickedness of Judah. B. C. 606. 4 Moreover thou s...
Jeremiah 8:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Moreover thou shalt say unto them; though possibly it be all in vain, yet thou shalt keep in thy work. Shall they fall, and not arise? an interrogation that hath the force of a negative, i.e. sur...
Jeremiah 8:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH Expresses Amazement At The Unwillingness of His People To Return To Him, And Their Complete Disregard For His Requirements, And Warns Them That As A Consequence They Will Lose Everything ( Jere...
Jeremiah 8:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—Chronology and History, as in chap. 7. Observe, however, that a new section in this extended prophetic address commenced with Jeremiah 8:4 , which continues to chap....
Jeremiah 8:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 8:1-2 . At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and t...
Jeremiah 8:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 8:1 . At that time they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah of the princes of the priests, and the bones (as in the Chaldaic) of the false prophets. They shall spread them...
Jeremiah 8:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding. A great evil and an urgent question I. A great evil. “Backsliding.” 1. It is an evil in its nature; it is a grea...
Jeremiah 8:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Jeremiah 8:1-24 Punishment will even overtake the sinners who have long since been deceased. Jeremiah 8:1 They shall bring out the bones . Not only shall many of the dead...
Jeremiah 8:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Moreover, thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord, Shall they fall and not arise? Shall he turn away and not return? or, "Shall a man fall and not get up again? Shall one wander off and not ret...
Jeremiah 8:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 8:38 ; Amos 5:2 ; Ezekiel 18:23 ; Hosea 14:1 ; Hosea 6:1 ; Hosea 7:10 ; Isaiah 44:22 ; Isaiah 55:7 ; Jeremiah 23:14 ; Jeremiah 3:1 ; Jeremiah 3:22 ; Jeremiah 36:3 ; Jeremiah 4:1...
Jeremiah 8:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Not arise — Will they never think of rising again? Not return — Will he wander for ever?

Jeremiah 8:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 8:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 8:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 8:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 8:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 8:4 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Jeremiah 8:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 8:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 8:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 8:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 8:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 8:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 8:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jeremiah 8:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 8:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 8:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 8:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 8:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 8:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 8:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 8:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 8:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 8:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 8:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 8:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jeremiah 8:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 8:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 8:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 8:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes