Jeremiah 9:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD. ”

Jeremiah 9:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

From their punishment the prophet now turns to their sins. Jeremiah 9:2 The prophet utters the wish that he might be spared his daily striving, and in some lone wilderness give way to his sor...
Jeremiah 9:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And they bend their tongues [like] their bow [for] (d) lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD. (d) To b...
Jeremiah 9:3 - 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 9:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

bend: or, prepare. truth . veracity.
Jeremiah 9:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah confirms what he had said of the near destruction of the people; for, as we have said, the Jews ridiculed threatenings while they thought themselves far from every danger. But the Prop...
Jeremiah 9:3 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1045 FORTITUDE RECOMMENDED ON THE SIDE OF TRUTH Jeremiah 9:3 . They are not valiant for the truth upon the earth . IT is by no means uncommon to see men valiant in their country’s ca...
Jeremiah 9:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD. They bend the...
Jeremiah 9:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD. They bend t...
Jeremiah 9:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-22. The prophet continues his lament. The impending doom.
Jeremiah 9:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Like their bow for lies. — The inserted words turn the boldness of the metaphor into a comparatively tame simile. They bend their tongue to be their bow of lies. The same figure meets us in Psal...
Jeremiah 9:3 - 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 9:3 - 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 9:3 - 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 9:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

How blessed is it to behold faithful ministers, who enter into a deep concern for their people. What a beautiful portrait is here undesignedly drawn of Jeremiah. How endeared is that servant of the L...
Jeremiah 9:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies ,.... Their tongues were like bows, and their lying words like arrows, which they directed against persons to their injury; see Psalms 11:2 , or,...
Jeremiah 9:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And they bend their tongues [like] their bow [for] lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD. Ver. 3. An...
Jeremiah 9:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They bend their tongues like their bow With a great deal of craft, their tongues are fitted for lying, as a bow which is bent is for shooting. Thus the psalmist compares the tongue to a bow and wor...
Jeremiah 9:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Prophet's Lamentation; Wickedness of Judah. B. C. 606. 1 Oh that my head were waters...
Jeremiah 9:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bend, Heb. tread , because bows are usually kneeled or trod upon when they are bent, Jer 1 14 51:3 . Like their bow; their tongues are here compared to a bow, and lies to arrows, because as a b...
Jeremiah 9:3 - 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 9:3 - 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 9:3 - 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 9:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

They are not valiant for the truth. Valiant for the truth I. Inquire what is the truth. It is “the glorious Gospel of the blessed God.” Without a knowledge of this, oh! how ignorant is the wise...
Jeremiah 9:3 - 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 9:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Deceit of the People
Jeremiah 9:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 2:12 ; 2 Corinthians 4:4-6 ; 2 Timothy 3:13 ; Hosea 4:1-3 ; Isaiah 59:13-15 ; Isaiah 59:3-5 ; Jeremiah 22:16 ; Jeremiah 31:34 ; Jeremiah 4:22 ; Jeremiah 7:26 ; Jeremiah 9:5 ; Jer...

Jeremiah 9:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 9:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 9:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 9:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 9:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 9:3 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Jeremiah 9:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 9:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 9:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 9:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 9:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 9:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jeremiah 9:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 9:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 9:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 9:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 9:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 9:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 9:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 9:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 9:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 9:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 9:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jeremiah 9:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 9:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 9:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge