Jeremiah 17:17

Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil. Be not a terror unto me - Do not command me to predict miseries, and abandon me to them and to my enemies.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In the rest of the prophecy Jeremiah dwells upon the moral faults which had led to Judah’s ruin. Jeremiah 17:6 Like the heath - Or, “like a...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Be not (q) a terror to me: thou [art] my hope in the day of evil. (q) However the wicked deal rigorously with me, yet let me find comfort in you.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 16:1 to Jeremiah 17:18 . The Coming Distress a Penalty for Sin. The prophet is forbidden to found a family, because of the coming sorro...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Be not. terror. Compare Jeremiah 1:17 . evil . calamity. Hebrew. ra'a'. App-44.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Now the Prophet, having appealed to God as a witness to his integrity, prays him to show himself as his patron and defender. Thus he again impl...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise. Prayer of the prophet for deliverance from the...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-4. The sin of Judah is indelible. Hence the severity of the punishment.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Be not a terror... — i.e., a cause of terror or dismay. The words are explained by what follows. The prophet had put his hope in Jehovah, but if...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER IX THE DROUGHT AND ITS MORAL IMPLICATIONS Jeremiah 14:1-22 ; Jeremiah 15:1-21 (17?) VARIOUS opinions have been expressed about the di...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Once again Jehovah declared His determination to deal with the people in judgment, because of the defiant definiteness of their sin. That sin was "wr...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

This passage seems to be a break in the midst of the Prophet's sermon, in which he fervently addresseth the Lord in prayer, and a blessed prayer it i...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Be not a terror unto me ,.... By deserting him, and leaving him in the hands of his enemies; or by denying him supports under their reproaches and p...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Be not a terror unto me: thou [art] my hope in the day of evil. Ver. 17. Be not a terror unto me. ] Let me have fair weather overhead, how foul so...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Behold, they say unto me Scoffing at me, as if I had denounced threatenings in thy name, without any order or direction from thee: Where is the wo...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

God's Justice Acknowledged; The Prophet's Appeal of God. B. C. 605....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Though these rebellious wicked men affright and terrify me, yet, Lord, be not thou a terror to me, own and defend me as thy prophet; for thou alone a...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah Establishes His Own Position And Calls For Vindication ( Jeremiah 17:12-18 ). Jeremiah exults in the glory of the significance of the Tem...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES. —1. Chronology of the Chapter. Jeremiah 17:1-18 continue the prophecy of chap. 16. A distinct break in the continui...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 17:1 . The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron. Yea, it is deeply written on the heart, as the diamond will write on polished ston...
The Biblical Illustrator

Be not a terror unto me: Thou art my hope in the day of evil. Divine wrath an object of fear I. The petition. 1. God’s majesty is in itself...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Jeremiah 17:1-24 are closely connected with the preceding chapter. We have just been pointed to the striking contrast between the c...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Depth of the Nation's Corruption
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Be not a terror unto me, causing consternation to strike him; Thou art my Hope in the day of evil, his Refuge in the time of distress.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ephesians 6:13 ; Jeremiah 16:19 ; Jeremiah 17:13 ; Jeremiah 17:7 ; Job 31:23 ; Nahum 1:7 ; Psalms 41:1 ; Psalms 59:16 ; Psalms 77:2-9 ; Psa...

¹⁷ Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil.

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 17:17

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

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole 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

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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

Jeremiah 17:17