Jeremiah 5:12

Belied — Not believing that these words of the prophet were God's word.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

It is not he - i. e., Who speaks by the prophets.
Arno Geneva Study Bible

They have (k) lied about the LORD, and said, [It is] not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: (k) Because the...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

belied . acted deceitfully against. Compare Joshua 24:27 . evil . calamity.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He expresses more clearly and fully what he had previously said. Their perfidy was, that they had denied God I do not wholly reject what oth...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: They have belied the Lor...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And said, It is not He— היא לוא lo hu. "Not He;" that is, either, he hath not spoken, or, he will not do as the prophets have threatened in his n...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: Belied - denied....
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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

It is not he ] It is not God who sends these messages of woe.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

It is not he. — i.e. , It is not Jehovah who speaks. They listened to the prophet’s warnings as if they came from himself only, and brought with 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...
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

They have belied the Lord, and said, it is not he ,.... Or, "denied the Lord" x, as some render the words, saying that there was no God; which, thou...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

They have belied the LORD, and said, [It is] not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: Ver. 12. They have be...
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

They have belied the Lord: this may signify either a denying, viz. a renouncing, making little or nothing of him, as some; or a denying, i.e. not b...
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

They have belied the Lord, denying Jehovah, the God of the covenant, and said, It is not He, insisting that He was not the true and only God, neit...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 5:10 ; 1 Samuel 6:9 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:2 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:3 ; 2 Chronicles 36:16 ; Deuteronomy 29:19 ; Ezekiel 12:22-28 ; Ezekiel...

¹² They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 5:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study 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

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

Jeremiah 5:12