Jeremiah 9:19 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out. ”

Jeremiah 9:19 - 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 9:19 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we laid waste! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings (o) have cast [us] out. (o) As though they wer...
Jeremiah 9:19 - 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 9:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

How.! Supply Ellip sis: "[saying], How is it", &c. because. Some codices, with three early printed editions (one Rabbinic), read "yea, for", or "for indeed". our dwellings, &c .: or,...
Jeremiah 9:19 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

We have said before, that when Jeremiah addressed the people in these words, they were still in a tolerably good condition, so that the king had confidence in his own resources; and his counsel...
Jeremiah 9:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.
Jeremiah 9:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out. How are we spoiled! - th...
Jeremiah 9:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-22. The prophet continues his lament. The impending doom.
Jeremiah 9:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

We have forsaken. — Better, we have left. The English version suggests a voluntary abandonment, which is not involved in the Hebrew.
Jeremiah 9:19 - 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 9:19 - 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 9:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Perhaps these mourning women means true weepers, and the cunning women those which were counterfeit. And the counterfeit would have found cause to change their cries into real sorrow, had they forese...
Jeremiah 9:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion ,.... Out of the fortress of Zion, out of the city of Jerusalem, which was thought to be inexpugnable, and could never be taken; but now a voice is heard...
Jeremiah 9:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast [us] out. Ver. 19. For a voice of wai...
Jeremiah 9:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Punishment Predicted. B. C. 606. 12 Who is the wise man, that may understand this? a...
Jeremiah 9:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Is heard out of Zion, i.e. Jerusalem, spoken in the present tense, after the prophetical style, being a frequent way of the prophet's expressing the certainty of a thing. How are we spoiled ! how...
Jeremiah 9:19 - 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 9:19 - 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 9:19 - 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 9:19 - 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 9:19 - 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 9:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Desolation of the Land
Jeremiah 9:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 28:29 ; Ezekiel 7:16-18 ; Jeremiah 2:14 ; Jeremiah 4:13 ; Jeremiah 4:20 ; Jeremiah 4:30 ; Jeremiah 4:31 ; Lamentations 4:15 ; Lamentations 5:2 ; Leviticus 18:25 ; Leviticus 18:...

Jeremiah 9:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 9:19 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 9:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 9:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 9:19 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 9:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 9:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 9:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 9:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 9:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 9:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 9:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 9:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 9:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 9:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 9:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 9:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 9:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 9:19 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 9:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 9:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 9:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 9:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge