Jeremiah 5:9

Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

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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

Shall. not visit... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. My soul . I Myself, for emphasis. Hebrew. nephesh. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. be...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

God again holds, as it were, a conference with them, and for this purpose, — that he might check all their complaints and close their mouths, l...
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Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? ( Jeremiah 5:29 ; Jeremiah 9:9...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-9. The universal corruption of the city prevents forgiveness.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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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

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Shall I not visit for these [things]? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? Ver. 9. Shall I not visit for the...
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

Visit, i.e. punish, Psalms 89:32 . Should I connive at such things, the wicked would say, I did not see them, or take notice of them, Psalms 5...
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

Shall I not visit for these things? Unsanctified affliction followed by heavier judgments The physician, when he findeth that the potion which...
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

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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⁹ Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 5:9

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

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 5:9