Jeremiah 5:8

2 Samuel 11:2-4; Deuteronomy 5:18; Deuteronomy 5:21; Exodus 20:14; Exodus 20:17; Genesis 39:9; Jeremiah 13:27; Job 31:9; Matthew 5:27; Matthew 5:28

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 5:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In the morning - Render, they rove about. Some prefer, “(horses) from Mesech.”
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

in the morning: i.e. roaming at large.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah comes now, I think, to the second table, and mentions one kind of evil; but his object was to shew that there was no chastity, no fait...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife. After his neighbor's wife - This may have been literally true...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife. In the morning - ( Isaiah 5:11 ). 'Rising early in the...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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

In the morning] RM 'roaming at large.' 10-31. In spite of fancied security desolation is at hand in requital for rébellion and faithlessness.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

They were as fed horses in the morning. — Better, As fed stallion horses they rove about. The animal passion is taken, as in Ezekiel 23:20 , (1)...
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

How striking the expostulation? How unanswerably just the appeal? Do not fail to observe, Reader, that the Lord doth not simply speak of one nation,...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

They were as fed horses in the morning ,.... Adulterers are compared to horses, because they are very salacious and lustful creatures; wherefore the...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

They were [as] fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife. Ver. 8. They were as fed horses, ] a As stallions and st...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

How shall I pardon thee for this? How canst thou expect that the holy God, the righteous Governor and Judge of the world, should connive at, or bea...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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

OLBGrk; Fed horses, to note the greatness and unruliness of their lust, pampered horses being most wanton, like that Deuteronomy 32:15 . In th...
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...
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

Faithlessness and Treachery
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

They were as fed horses in the morning, fat and dissolute stallions; every one neighed after his neighbor's wife, inflamed with sinful lust.

⁸ They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife.

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 5:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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 Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 5:8