Jeremiah 5:5

altogether. together, or with one accord.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They have known ... - Men of education, who read the Scriptures, and learn from them the nature of God’s judgments. But these - literally, su...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

I will go to the (e) great men, and will speak to them; for they have known the way of the LORD, [and] the judgment of their God: but these have alto...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Sins of Jerusalem. Jeremiah is bidden to seek even one man in Jerusalem, for whose sake Yahweh may spare the city ( cf. Genesis 18:16-33 ), o...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He now adds, I will go to the great By the great he meant the priests and the prophets, as well as the king’s counselors, and the king himse...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these hav...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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

Yoke.. bonds ] i.e. restraints of God's law.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I will get me. — The prophet turns from the masses to the few, from the poor to the great, repeating, as with a grave, indignant irony, the words t...
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...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Widespread Corruption Jeremiah 5:1-6 ; Jeremiah 19:1-15 ; Jeremiah 20:1-18 ; Jeremiah 21:1-14 ; Jeremiah 22:1-30 ; Jeremiah 23:1-40 ; Jerem...
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

Was there ever a more decisive testimony than what these verses afford, of the universal corruption, ignorance and ruined state of all men, as well r...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I will get me unto the great men, and speak unto them ,.... The princes, nobles, and judges, the elders of the people, the scribes and doctors of th...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, [and] the judgment of their God: but these have...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth Dost thou not approve of truth and faithfulness? And dost thou not search men's hearts, and clearly disce...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Universal Corruption to the Age. B. C. 608....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I will get me unto the great men, i.e. to the nobles, both prince and priest, that have more time to consider these things, have been better taught...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH Gives His Reasons Why Jerusalem Will Not Be Pardoned And Jeremiah Makes A Vain Search For A Righteous Man ( Jeremiah 5:1-9 ). YHWH now vindic...
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...
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 5:1 . Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a ma...
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 Biblical Illustrator

Run ye. .. and see. .. if ye can find a man. A man; or, The Divine ideal unrealised I. The Divine idea of a man. One “that executeth Judgment,...
The Biblical Illustrator

O Lord, are not Thine eyes upon the truth? Truthfulness The allusion is not to doctrinal truth, or truth in the abstract, but to practical trut...
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

Lack of Truth and Faith in Public Life
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

I will get me unto the great men, those of the so-called higher classes, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the Lord and the j...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 4:26 ; Acts 4:27 ; Amos 4:1 ; Ezekiel 22:25-29 ; Ezekiel 22:6-8 ; James 2:5-7 ; Jeremiah 6:13 ; Luke 18:24 ; Luke 19:14 ; Malachi 2:7...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

But — These are more refractory than the other; no law of God is able to hold them.

⁵ I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 5:5

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

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)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

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

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