man. Hebrew. 'adam. App-14.
Jeremiah 16:1 to Jeremiah 17:18 . The Coming Distress a Penalty for Sin. The prophet is forbidden to found a family, because of the coming sorro...
Some frigidly explain this verse, as though the Prophet said that men are doubly foolish, who form for themselves gods from wood, stone, gold,...
Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods? Shall a man make gods unto himself? - Can any be so silly, and so preposterously absurd?...
Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods? Shall a man make gods unto himself - indignant protest of Jeremiah against idols....
1-13. Selfdenial and an ascetic, life are to be the prophet's lot.
The controversy was immediately followed by a new charge to the prophet. Jehovah called him to a life of personal asceticism, commanding that he abst...
The prayer of the Prophet is a beautiful break in the subject; as if the man of God felt his mind instantly led out, so to look up and plead with the...
Shall a man make gods unto himself ,.... Can a man make his own gods? a poor, weak, mortal man? can he make gods of gold, silver, brass, wood, or st...
Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they [are] no gods? Ver. 20. Should a man make gods to himself? ] Nonne res haec stupore digna? Is not t...
O Lord, my strength To support and comfort me; my fortress To protect and shelter me; and my refuge in the day of affliction To whom I may flee...
Judgment and Mercy; Restoration of the Jews; Deliverance from Babylon. B. C. 605....
It is doubtful whether these be to be understood as the words of God, showing the unreasonableness of the sin of idolatry, or, as others make them, t...
The Sin Of Judah Is Especially Heinous In The Light Of The Fact That One Day The Nations Will Recognise The Folly Of Their Idolatry. This Make Judah...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the Chapter. Chapter s 16 and 17 form one prophecy. The taunt in chap. Jeremiah 17:15 shows that...
Jeremiah 16:2 . Thou shalt not take thee a wife in this place. The prohibition implies the honour of the state of matrimony, because it respects t...
O Lord, my strength, and my fortress. What God is to His people One of the Puritans was accustomed to describe prayer as the flight of the lone...
EXPOSITION With this chapter should be taken the first eighteen verses of Jeremiah 17:1-24 . The heading of the Authorized Version well express...
Reasons for the Captivity
Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods? The question has the strength of a most emphatic denial, of a stern rebuke to the men of Ju...
Acts 19:26 ; Galatians 1:8 ; Galatians 4:8 ; Hosea 8:4-6 ; Isaiah 36:19 ; Isaiah 37:19 ; Psalms 115:4-8 ; Psalms 135:14-18
20 Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?