1 Thessalonians 5:3; Jeremiah 14:19; Jeremiah 4:10; Micah 1:12
Health ... trouble - Or, “rest ... terror.”
Judah's Unnatural Conduct and its Punishment. There is something unnatural in the persistency of the people's misconduct; they show no inclination...
trouble . terror.
He explains his meaning more clearly in this verse, — that the Jews in vain flattered themselves, while they entertained vain hopes. He then sa...
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble! Repeated, Jeremiah 14:19 . We looked for peace - owi...
1-3. The dead shall share in the universal punishment.
A time of health... — Better, healing, or, following another etymology, a time of quietness, and behold alarm. “Peace,” in the first clause, is...
Jeremiah 8:1-22 ; Jeremiah 9:1-26 ; Jeremiah 10:1-25 ; Jeremiah 26:1-24 In the four Chapter s which we are now to consider we have what is plai...
False Promises of Peace Jeremiah 8:4-22 This chapter is filled with denunciation of the unreasonable and infatuated obstinacy of Israel. As the...
Utter desolation would overtake them so that death would be chosen rather than life. This sin of idolatry had been aggravated by the people's terribl...
I bring the whole of this beautiful Chapter, from this verse to the end into one view, for the sake of shortness, and from necessity; but otherwise n...
We looked for peace ,.... Outward prosperity, affluence of temporal blessings, peace with enemies, and safety from them, which the false prophets ha...
We looked for peace, but no good [came; and] for a time of health, and behold trouble! Ver. 15. We looked for peace, but no good came. ] Our false...
Let us enter into the defenced cities In these verses the prophet seems to turn to and address his countrymen by way of apostrophe; and, as one of...
Destruction Threatened for Sin; Despair of Sinners in Trouble; The Prophet's Lamentation. B. C...
Viz. Upon the persuasion of our prophets, we expected that these troubles would never come, but all would be well; but we find ourselves merely delud...
Jeremiah Calls On The People To Enter Their Fortified Cities Because The Invaders Are Coming And There Will Be No Peace Terms Accepted Or Healing Of...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—Chronology and History, as in chap. 7. Observe, however, that a new section in this extended prophetic address commenc...
Jeremiah 8:1-2 . At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of...
Jeremiah 8:1 . At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of t...
Jeremiah 8:1 . At that time they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah of the princes of the priests, and the bones (as in the Chaldaic)...
EXPOSITION Jeremiah 8:1-24 Punishment will even overtake the sinners who have long since been deceased. Jeremiah 8:1 They shall brin...
Further Description of the Impending Punishment
We looked for peace, still expecting deliverance, but no good came, their hope of blessing being utterly vain; and for a time of health, when hea...
15 We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!