Jeremiah 5:13

prophets: i.e. Jeremiah, and others with him. See one in Ch. Jeremiah 26:20.

wind. Hebrew. ruach. App-9.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Word - Rather, speaker. Literally, And he who speaketh is not in them, i. e., there is no one who speaketh in them; what the prophets say has no...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the prophets shall become (l) wind, and the word [is] (m) not in them: thus shall it be done to them. (l) Their words will be of no effect, but...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Coming of the Foe. Let the enemy, therefore, destroy the vineyard of Judah, for of its owner Judah has said, He does nothing, rejecting His war...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet goes on with the same subject; and this passage is worthy of especial notice, as it commends to us in no common way the public prea...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them. And the prophets shall become wind - What are the...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And the prophets shall become wind— These are the words of the wicked. "The prophets," say they, "shall become wind;" all their prophesies are...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them. And the prophets shall become wind - contin...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-9. The universal corruption of the city prevents forgiveness.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The prophets , etc.] These are still the words of the scoffing Jews.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The word. — Literally, He who speaketh, i.e., Jehovah, as the speaker. Thus shall it be done unto them. — Better, as a wish, may it so happen...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 5:1-31 ; Jeremiah 6:1-30 CHAPTER IV THE SCYTHIANS AS THE SCOURGE OF GOD Jeremiah 4:3 - Jeremiah 6:30 IF we would understand wh...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Having thus declared that judgment was determined on, the prophet now carefully declared the reason for it. This was, first, the utter corruption of...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Mark Reader, I pray you, in those days as now, how the Lord mingles compassion with punishment. Destroy, saith the Lord: but make not a full end. The...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the prophets shall become wind ,.... Their prophecies shall vanish into air; they shall become of no effect; they shall never be accomplished:...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the prophets shall become wind, and the word [is] not in them: thus shall it be done unto them. Ver. 13. And the prophets shall become wind. ]...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Go ye up upon her walls , &c. Ye Babylonians, go, execute my vengeance on them; and destroy I commission you not only to take the city, but to...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Divine Judgments Threatened; Divine Judgments Vindicated. B. C. 608....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Shall become wind; a proverbial speech, very frequent, not in common language only, but Scripture also, Job 6:26 Ecclesiastes 5:16 , and elsew...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH Presents The Reasons Why The Invasion Is Necessary ( Jeremiah 5:1-31 ). Invasion is seen as necessary because there are no righteous people i...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH Calls On His Champion, Whose Great Might He Makes Clear, In Order That His Forces Might Denude Judah Because Of Their Treachery Towards Him ( J...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the chapter . The description here of unblushing immorality and total disorganisation leads Kimchi a...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 5:10-12 . Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for the are not the LORD'S. For the ho...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 5:2 . Though they say the Lord liveth, surely they swear falsely. These words being in every one's mouth, are but words, not sentiments....
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Is the punishment thought too severe? Then let the moral condition of Jerusalem be inquired into. Must not such transgressions precip...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Faithlessness and Treachery
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

and the prophets shall become wind, their warnings, in the estimation of the scoffers, being nothing but idle threats, and the Word is not in them,...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hosea 9:7 ; Jeremiah 14:13 ; Jeremiah 14:15 ; Jeremiah 18:18 ; Jeremiah 20:8-11 ; Jeremiah 28:3 ; Job 6:26 ; Job 8:2
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Became wind — A proverbial expression, all the prophet's threats shall come to nothing. The word — The prophet's words are not from God. Thus — It...

¹³ And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 5:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Jeremiah 5:13