Jeremiah 6:21

tower. watchtower; or, an assayer.

try. assay (as an assayer of metals).

way. Some codices read "heart".

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

“Behold,” I give unto “this people” causes of stumbling, And they shall stumble against them: Fathers and sons together, “The neighbor and hi...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 6:16-21 . Obedience more than Sacrifice. Yahweh vainly bade the people stand at the parting of the ways (Hebrew, by the ways), and seek t...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Here God, in plain words, declares what vengeance he would execute on the people. He says first, that he would lay for them stumbling blocks...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them;...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-8. The hostile army approaches.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Stumblingblocks , etc.] the enemy's invasion, which would, as it were, trip them up in their easy-going ways. 22-24. The approaching invader. The...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And the fathers and the sons together... — Better, I give unto this people stumbling blocks, and they shall stumble over them: fathers and sons to...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This judgment the prophet now described. A fierce and relentless foe, acting under the word of Jehovah, is described as coming up against Jerusalem....
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

In what strong terms doth the Lord set forth the folly of outward things, as the incense and the cane, when there was no inward offering of the heart...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Therefore thus saith the Lord ,.... Because of their immorality and hypocrisy, their contempt of his word, and confidence in legal rites and ceremon...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; th...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Behold, I will lay stumbling-blocks before this people I will suffer such things to be laid in their way as shall be the occasion of their destruct...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Equity of Divine Judgments; Punishment Predicted. B. C. 608....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I will lay stumbling-blocks; God gives this name to all the occasions of the Jews ruin; he exposeth them, or suffereth such things to be laid in th...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

In View Of Judah's Failure To Respond To His Warnings YHWH Stresses That The Invasion Is Now Imminent ( Jeremiah 6:1-30 ). Chapter 4 had predicted...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH Now Describes The Total Intransigence Of His People And Dismisses Their Attempts To Pacify Him By Religious Ritual And Offerings, Confirming To...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES . —1. Chronological and Historical position of this chapter the same . (Comp. notes on 3, 4, 5.) 2. Geographical Ref...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION A prophecy, in five stanzas or strophes, vividly describing the judgment and its causes, and enforcing the necessity of repentance....
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Impending Judgment Announced
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Therefore, thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will lay stumbling-blocks before this people, the devices of the enemies which would bring about their ruin...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I will say — I will suffer such things to be laid in their way, as shall be the occasion of their destruction. The neighbour — Men of all sorts and...

²¹ Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 6:21

Albert Barnes' Notes on the 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)

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

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 6:21