Jeremiah 9:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink. ”

Jeremiah 9:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The punishment described in general terms in the preceding three verses is now detailed at great length. Jeremiah 9:10 The habitations i. e - the temporary encampments of the shepherds (see...
Jeremiah 9:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, [even] this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall (m) to drink. (m) Read ( Jeremiah 8:14 ).
Jeremiah 9:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Faithlessness and its Retribution: the Dirge of Death. The humblest caravanserai would be preferable to life among these evil men, with their calumnies and the unfaithful use of power by those in a...
Jeremiah 9:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel. See note on Jeremiah 7:3 . wormwood... gall. Reference to Pentateuch ( Deuteronomy 29:18 ). Repeated in Jeremiah 23:15 . Occurs also in Lamentations 3:19...
Jeremiah 9:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He at length concludes that God would take vengeance, but speaks in a figurativle language, I will feed them with bitterness The word לענה lone, is rendered “wormwood;” but as this is a...
Jeremiah 9:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink. I will feed them - with wormwood - They s...
Jeremiah 9:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Behold, I will feed, &c.— See Deuteronomy 29:18 .
Jeremiah 9:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink. I will feed them with wormwood - (...
Jeremiah 9:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-22. The prophet continues his lament. The impending doom.
Jeremiah 9:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Wormwood. — As a plant, probably a species of Artemisia, four species of which are found in Palestine. In Deuteronomy 29:18 it appears as the symbol of moral evil, here of the bitterness of cal...
Jeremiah 9:15 - 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 9:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

National Perversity Jeremiah 9:1-16 Jeremiah 9:1-6 Once the voice of joy and thanksgiving had been heard in Jerusalem, but now on every side there was bloodshed, and the patriot-prophet coul...
Jeremiah 9:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In answer to his own question, Jeremiah sighed for some adequate means of expressing the anguish of his heart, and then for escape to some lonely place in the wilderness. All this was in the nature o...
Jeremiah 9:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It is blessed to remark, that in all the Lord's chastisements, he hath one uniform object in view for their reform. All his dispensations are to bring his people back to himself. Hence the wise among...
Jeremiah 9:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel ,.... He calls himself "the Lord God of hosts", of armies above and below, in heaven and in earth, in opposition to Baalim, the idols of...
Jeremiah 9:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, [even] this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink. Ver. 15. Behold, I will feed them with...
Jeremiah 9:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I will feed them, &c., with wormwood See on Deuteronomy 29:18 . The word rendered wormwood here, it seems, had better be rendered wolfsbane , as signifying an herb which is not only bitter...
Jeremiah 9:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Punishment Predicted. B. C. 606. 12 Who is the wise man, that may understand this? a...
Jeremiah 9:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Even this people: this supplement even shows that it is spoken emphatically, though they be a people that presume to be my peculiar. Wormwood; worms , Dutch Annotations. A plant to purify and cl...
Jeremiah 9:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Those Who Are Truly Wise Will Know The Truth About God And Will Thus Understand Why He Acts Like He Does In Bringing Final Judgment On Judah ( Jeremiah 9:12-26 ). The passage commences by asking w...
Jeremiah 9:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES. For Chronology and History, see chap. 7. 1. Geographical References. Jeremiah 9:26 . “ Egypt .” sit. on N.E. angle of Africa; a vast plain; in general features it m...
Jeremiah 9:15 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 9:1 . Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! Jeremiah foresaw that the Chaldeans woul...
Jeremiah 9:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 9:2 . Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodgingplace of wayfaring men. In countries where the peasantry are very poor, travellers provide for themselves as they can. Even in Spain many of...
Jeremiah 9:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Because they have forsaken My law. .. give them water of gall to drink. The wages of sin A quaint preacher, addressing miners, drew a picture of two mines. He represented payday at one of the m...
Jeremiah 9:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Jeremiah 9:1 The Hebrew more correctly attaches this verse to Jeremiah 8:1-24 . Oh that my head were waters , etc.! A quaint conceit, it may be said. But "if we have been going...
Jeremiah 9:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Desolation of the Land
Jeremiah 9:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 2:17 ; Isaiah 2:22 ; Jeremiah 23:15 ; Jeremiah 25:15 ; Jeremiah 8:14 ; Lamentations 3:15 ; Lamentations 3:19 ; Psalms 60:3 ; Psalms 69:21 ; Psalms 75:8 ; Psalms 80:5 ; Revelation 8...

Jeremiah 9:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 9:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 9:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 9:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 9:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 9:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 9:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 9:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 9:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 9:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 9:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 9:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jeremiah 9:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 9:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 9:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 9:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 9:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 9:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 9:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 9:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 9:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 9:15 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 9:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 9:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jeremiah 9:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 9:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 9:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge