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Text -- Jeremiah 6:18 (NET)

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6:18 So the Lord said, “Hear, you nations! Be witnesses and take note of what will happen to these people.
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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Wesley: Jer 6:18 - -- He calls upon the nations round about to be spectators of his severity against Judah.

He calls upon the nations round about to be spectators of his severity against Judah.

Wesley: Jer 6:18 - -- The greatness of their punishment, as the effect of the greatness of their sins.

The greatness of their punishment, as the effect of the greatness of their sins.

JFB: Jer 6:18 - -- Parallel to "nations"; it therefore means the gathered peoples who are invited to be witnesses as to how great is the perversity of the Israelites (Je...

Parallel to "nations"; it therefore means the gathered peoples who are invited to be witnesses as to how great is the perversity of the Israelites (Jer 6:16-17), and that they deserve the severe punishment about to be inflicted on them (Jer 6:19).

JFB: Jer 6:18 - -- What deeds are committed by the Israelites (Jer 6:16-17) [MAURER]. Or, "what punishments are about to be inflicted on them" [CALVIN].

What deeds are committed by the Israelites (Jer 6:16-17) [MAURER]. Or, "what punishments are about to be inflicted on them" [CALVIN].

Calvin: Jer 6:18 - -- He turns now to address the nations, which had never heard anything of true religion. But the design of the apostrophe was, to make the Jews ashamed ...

He turns now to address the nations, which had never heard anything of true religion. But the design of the apostrophe was, to make the Jews ashamed of their insensibility and deafness, for more attention and understanding were found among heathen nations. This was surely very great shame: the Jews had been plainly taught by the Law and by the Prophets, God had continued morning and evening to repeat the same things to them, that the nations, who had never heard the prophets and to whom the Law had not been given, should still be endued with more understanding and judgment than the Jews — this was very shameful and really monstrous. Thus the Prophet’s design was to expose their disgraceful conduct by addressing the nations, and saying, Hear, ye nations

Then he says, Know, thou assembly The words used are דעי , doi, and עדה , ode; and though the letters are inverted, there is yet an alliteration by no means ungraceful. With regard to the meaning, the Prophet shews that he found no disciples among the elect people, for they were like brute beasts or stones or trunks; he therefore turned to address the nations, as he despaired of any fruit to his labors among the Jews: ye nations, then, hear, and know, thou assembly, (the reference is to any people,) what shall be to them Some interpreters apply this to their vices, and give this version, “What their state is, “ or, “What atrocious vices prevail and reign among them.” But I prefer to apply it to their punishment, though I do not contend for this view, as there is a probability in favor of the other. But the Prophet seems here to send for the nations, that they might be witnesses of the just vengeance of God, because the people’s impiety had become irreclaimable. “Hear then what shall be done to them.” He had threatened the Jews as he had done before, and as he will often do hereafter; but his design in this place was to reproach them for being so intractable; for he expected that his labors would produce more fruit among the nations than among them. 179

TSK: Jer 6:18 - -- hear : Jer 4:10, Jer 31:10; Deu 29:24-28; Psa 50:4-6; Isa 5:3; Mic 6:5

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Jer 6:18 - -- God summons three witnesses to hear His sentence. (1) the Gentiles. (2) all mankind, Jews and Gentiles. (3) nature (see Jer 6:19). What is amon...

God summons three witnesses to hear His sentence.

(1) the Gentiles.

(2) all mankind, Jews and Gentiles.

(3) nature (see Jer 6:19).

What is among them - Rather, "what happens"in them; i. e., "Know what great things I will do to them."

Poole: Jer 6:18 - -- Ver. 18, Hear, ye nations: he calls upon the nations round about to be as so many spectators of his severity against Judah, though they were his own...

Ver. 18, Hear, ye nations: he calls upon the nations round about to be as so many spectators of his severity against Judah, though they were his own people.

1. Partly to vindicate the justice of his proceedings, that they may not think him too severe.

2. Partly to shame them, if thereby tie may bring them to repentance; and therefore he makes them witnesses as well of their sin as of their punishment, Jer 6:19 . Besides,

3. It is a secret upbraiding them, as if the nations were more ready to understand than they.

Know, O congregation either of Israel, and then the next words must be which are among them; or rather, of all nations, as supposing them gathered all together, Psa 7:7 . God is willing that all the world should be witness of the equity of his proceedings.

What is among them or, that which is among them ; the relative put for the antecedent; either the height of their wickedness, or the severity of their judgments; understand it either way, or both ways, and then it is the greatness of their punishment, as the effect of the greatness of their sins.

Haydock: Jer 6:18 - -- Congregation. Septuagint, "shepherds feeding their flocks have heard." The Chaldeans are apprised of my resolution against Juda. (Calmet) --- Aft...

Congregation. Septuagint, "shepherds feeding their flocks have heard." The Chaldeans are apprised of my resolution against Juda. (Calmet) ---

After the Jews had been called repeatedly in vain, the Gentiles obey, Matthew x. 5. (Worthington)

Gill: Jer 6:18 - -- Therefore hear, ye nations,.... Since the Jews refused to hearken to the word of the Lord, the Gentiles are called upon to hear it, as in Act 13:45, t...

Therefore hear, ye nations,.... Since the Jews refused to hearken to the word of the Lord, the Gentiles are called upon to hear it, as in Act 13:45, this is a rebuke to the Jews, that the Gentiles would hear, when they would not:

and know, O congregation; either of Israel, as the Targum and Kimchi explain it; or of the nations of the world, the multitude of them; or the church of God in the midst of them:

what is among them; among the Jews: either what evil is among them; what sins and transgressions are committed by them; which were the cause of the Lord's threatening them with sore judgments, and bringing them upon them; so Jarchi and Kimchi interpret the words; to which agrees the Targum,

"and let the congregation of Israel know their sins;''

or the punishments the Lord inflicted on them: so the Vulgate Latin version, "and know, O congregation, what I will do unto them"; which sense is confirmed by what follows:

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Jer 6:18 Heb “Know, congregation [or witness], what in [or against] them.” The meaning of this line is somewhat uncertain. The meaning of the noun ...

Geneva Bible: Jer 6:18 Therefore hear, ye ( q ) nations, and know, O congregation, what [is] among them. ( q ) God takes all the world to witness and the insensible creatur...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Jer 6:1-30 - --1 The enemies sent against Judah,4 encourage themselves.6 God sets them on work because of their sins.9 The prophet laments the judgments of God becau...

MHCC: Jer 6:18-30 - --God rejects their outward services, as worthless to atone for their sins. Sacrifice and incense were to direct them to a Mediator; but when offered to...

Matthew Henry: Jer 6:18-30 - -- Here, I. God appeals to all the neighbours, nay, to the whole world, concerning the equity of his proceedings against Judah and Jerusalem (Jer 6:18,...

Keil-Delitzsch: Jer 6:16-21 - -- The judgment cannot be turned aside by mere sacrifice without a change of heart. - Jer 6:16. "Thus hath Jahveh said: Stand on the ways, and look, ...

Constable: Jer 2:1--45:5 - --II. Prophecies about Judah chs. 2--45 The first series of prophetic announcements, reflections, and incidents th...

Constable: Jer 2:1--25:38 - --A. Warnings of judgment on Judah and Jerusalem chs. 2-25 Chapters 2-25 contain warnings and appeals to t...

Constable: Jer 2:1--6:30 - --1. Warnings of coming punishment because of Judah's guilt chs. 2-6 Most of the material in this ...

Constable: Jer 4:5--7:1 - --Yahweh's declaration of divine judgment 4:5-6:30 The Judahites having sinned greatly (ch...

Constable: Jer 6:16-21 - --The inadequacy of mere ritual worship 6:16-21 6:16 Yahweh commanded the Judahites to compare the paths in which they could walk. Then they should ask ...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Jeremiah (Book Introduction) JEREMIAH, son of Hilkiah, one of the ordinary priests, dwelling in Anathoth of Benjamin (Jer 1:1), not the Hilkiah the high priest who discovered the ...

JFB: Jeremiah (Outline) EXPOSTULATION WITH THE JEWS, REMINDING THEM OF THEIR FORMER DEVOTEDNESS, AND GOD'S CONSEQUENT FAVOR, AND A DENUNCIATION OF GOD'S COMING JUDGMENTS FOR...

TSK: Jeremiah 6 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Jer 6:1, The enemies sent against Judah, Jer 6:4, encourage themselves; Jer 6:6, God sets them on work because of their sins; Jer 6:9, Th...

Poole: Jeremiah (Book Introduction) BOOK OF THE PROPHET JEREMIAH THE ARGUMENT IT was the great unhappiness of this prophet to be a physician to, but that could not save, a dying sta...

Poole: Jeremiah 6 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 6 God sendeth and strengtheneth the Babylonians against Judah, Jer 6:1-5 ; for her oppression and spoils, Jer 6:6-8 , and obstinacy; which ...

MHCC: Jeremiah (Book Introduction) Jeremiah was a priest, a native of Anathoth, in the tribe of Benjamin. He was called to the prophetic office when very young, about seventy years afte...

MHCC: Jeremiah 6 (Chapter Introduction) (Jer 6:1-8) The invasion of Judea. (Jer 6:9-17) The justice of God's proceedings. (Jer 6:18-30) All methods used to amend them had been without succ...

Matthew Henry: Jeremiah (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Book of the Prophet Jeremiah The Prophecies of the Old Testament, as the Epistles of the New, are p...

Matthew Henry: Jeremiah 6 (Chapter Introduction) In this chapter, as before, we have, I. A prophecy of the invading of the land of Judah and the besieging of Jerusalem by the Chaldean army (Jer 6...

Constable: Jeremiah (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The title of this book derives from its writer, the late seventh an...

Constable: Jeremiah (Outline) Outline I. Introduction ch. 1 A. The introduction of Jeremiah 1:1-3 B. T...

Constable: Jeremiah Jeremiah Bibliography Aharoni, Yohanan, and Michael Avi-Yonah. The Macmillan Bible Atlas. Revised ed. London: C...

Haydock: Jeremiah (Book Introduction) THE PROPHECY OF JEREMIAS. INTRODUCTION. Jeremias was a priest, a native of Anathoth, a priestly city, in the tribe of Benjamin, and was sanct...

Gill: Jeremiah (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH The title of the book in the Vulgate Latin version is, "the Prophecy of Jeremiah"; in the Syriac and Arabic versions, "the...

Gill: Jeremiah 6 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 6 This chapter is of the same argument with the former; and contains two things in it, the destruction of Jerusalem by the...

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