Jeremiah 8:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The wiseb men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them? ”

Jeremiah 8:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They have rejected the word of the Lord - It became in the hands of the Soferim or scribes a mere code of ceremonial observance. Compare Mark 7:13 .
Jeremiah 8:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

The (g) wise [men] are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom [is] in them? (g) They who seem wise may be ashamed of their ignorance for a...
Jeremiah 8:9 - 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 8:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

rejected. The second of four downward steps. See note on Jeremiah 6:10 .
Jeremiah 8:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He says now that the wise were ashamed, and astonished, and ensnared By which words he means, that the Jews gained nothing by their craftiness, while they arrogated to themselves wisdom, and...
Jeremiah 8:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?
Jeremiah 8:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them? The wise men are ... dismayed - confounded. They have reject...
Jeremiah 8:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-3. The dead shall share in the universal punishment.
Jeremiah 8:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

They have rejected the word of the Lord. — The “wise men” are apparently distinguished from the scribes, probably as students of the ethical or sapiential books of Israel, such as the Proverbs of S...
Jeremiah 8:9 - 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 8:9 - 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 8:9 - 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 8:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I bring the whole of this beautiful Chapter, from this verse to the end into one view, for the sake of shortness, and from necessity; but otherwise nothing could be more desirable than to dwell upon...
Jeremiah 8:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The wise men are ashamed ,.... Of the wisdom of which they boasted, when it would appear to be folly, and unprofitable to them: they are dismayed and taken ; frightened at the calamities coming up...
Jeremiah 8:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The wise [men] are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom [is] in them? Ver. 9. The wise men are ashamed. ] They have cause to be asha...
Jeremiah 8:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The wise men are ashamed That is, they have reason to be so, who have not made a better use of their wisdom, and reduced their knowledge to practice. They are confounded and taken All their wisdo...
Jeremiah 8:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Full of Impenitent Sinners; Hardened Wickedness of Judah. B. C. 606. 4 Moreover thou s...
Jeremiah 8:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken; they trusted to their refuge of lies, but when God shall bring the judgment threatened, the wisest among them will find that they shall be con...
Jeremiah 8:9 - 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 8:9 - 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 8:9 - 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 8:9 - 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 8:9 - 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 8:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Jews Persist in Wickedness
Jeremiah 8:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 1:18-29 ; 1 Corinthians 1:26-29 ; 2 Timothy 3:15 ; Deuteronomy 4:6 ; Ezekiel 7:26 ; Isaiah 19:11 ; Isaiah 8:20 ; Jeremiah 49:7 ; Jeremiah 6:15 ; Job 5:12 ; Psalms 119:98-100...

Jeremiah 8:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 8:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 8:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 8:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 8:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 8:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 8:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 8:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 8:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 8:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 8:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jeremiah 8:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 8:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 8:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 8:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 8:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 8:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 8:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 8:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 8:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 8:9 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 8:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 8:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 8:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 8:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge