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Text -- Jeremiah 11:7 (NET)

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11:7 For I solemnly warned your ancestors to obey me. I warned them again and again, ever since I delivered them out of Egypt until this very day.
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 · Egypt descendants of Mizraim


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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

JFB: Jer 11:7 - -- (Jer 7:13).

Calvin: Jer 11:7 - -- We observed in the last Lecture the complaint which God made against his people, — that, he had tried every means to reconcile them to himself, but...

We observed in the last Lecture the complaint which God made against his people, — that, he had tried every means to reconcile them to himself, but all in vain. But there is great weight and emphasis in these words, — that by protesting he protested, etc.; as though he subjected himself to the judgment of a third party; for we are wont to protest against those who do not winingly come before the tribunal of a judge. God then takes this figure from the common practice of men, and says that he protested, and that not only once, but repeatedly. He afterwards adds that he had done this not only in one age, but from the time their fathers came forth from bondage to that day. It was then extreme perverseness, when God ceased not to call them to himself, and yet spoke to the deaf. But what follows is still more emphatical, — that he rose early: for to take this transitively as some do, is what I do not approve. God then says, that he was so solicitous about their welfare, that he rose early to call them. There is no doubt but that God applies here to himself what properly belonged to his Prophets, as he also concedes to his servants what rightly belongs to him, and what cannot be applied to men, except by way of concession.

But God does here extol the authority of his word, when he says that he rose early; and at the same time he amplifies their ingratitude, inasmuch as they had despised him, when they saw that he, like the head of a family, provided for their welfare. We hence then learn how much God values his word; for he testifies that there is no difference between him and his servants, whose labors he employs in teaching his ChurJeremiah We also hence learn how inexcusable is our wickedness when we reject God speaking thus familiarly to us. We now then perceive the import of this passage. But it may, in the third place, be observed, that God’s name is in vain pretended, except when he himself speaks. The Papists of this day would have whatever they say, according to their own fancies, to be received without any dispute; but God shews in this place that he is not offended except when he is himself despised; and he at the same time declares that he is so connected with his prophets, that they bring nothing of their own, nor anything else except what proceeds from him.

He now adds, that this only he required from his chosen people, to obey his voice The justness of this precept shews how base and wicked was the impiety of the people; and God also shews that they had not the pretext of error or of ignorance; for the only way of evading was to pretend that they wished no other thing than to render to God the worship due to him; but the rule he had prescribed in his law was such as could not be mistaken. It hence follows that they wilfully went astray after superstitions, for they were sufficiently taught in the law what God approved. This then is the reason why he so often repeats that he required nothing from the children of Abraham except to hear his voice.

TSK: Jer 11:7 - -- I earnestly : 1Sa 8:9; Eph 4:17; 2Th 3:12 in the : Jer 7:13, Jer 7:23-25, Jer 25:4, Jer 35:15; Exo 15:26, Exo 23:21, Exo 23:22; Deu 4:6, Deu 5:29, Deu...

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Poole: Jer 11:7 - -- In protesting I protested , a usual way in the Hebrew, by which they express the seriousness and vehemency of an action. By protesting he meaneth...

In protesting I protested , a usual way in the Hebrew, by which they express the seriousness and vehemency of an action. By protesting he meaneth the same with charging and commanding, with promises annexed to obedience, and threatenings denounced in case of disobedience. This God saith he had done with a great deal of patience and diligence, even from the time that this people were brought by him out of the land of Egypt.

Haydock: Jer 11:7 - -- For. This and the next verse have not been read by Septuagint; (Calmet) but only "and they did not comply." Grabe supplies the rest. (Haydock)

For. This and the next verse have not been read by Septuagint; (Calmet) but only "and they did not comply." Grabe supplies the rest. (Haydock)

Gill: Jer 11:7 - -- For I earnestly protested unto your fathers,.... Or "witnessing, witnessed" g; testified his great affection for them; importunately solicited their o...

For I earnestly protested unto your fathers,.... Or "witnessing, witnessed" g; testified his great affection for them; importunately solicited their observation of his precepts for their good; and strictly cautioned them against neglect and disobedience:

the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt; See Gill on Jer 11:4,

even unto this day, rising early, and protesting, saying, obey my voice; that is, from the time of the giving of the law, in all successive ages, to the present time, he had sent his prophets to them, time after time, morning by morning, early and late, to press, exhort, and stir them up to an obedience to his will, and to warn them of the evils that would come by disobedience to it.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Jer 11:7 For the explanation for this rendering see the note on 7:13.

Geneva Bible: Jer 11:7 For I earnestly protested to your fathers in the day [that] I brought them out of the land of Egypt, [even] to this day, ( c ) rising early and protes...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Jer 11:1-23 - --1 Jeremiah proclaims God's covenant;8 rebukes the Jews' disobeying thereof;11 prophesies evils to come upon them;18 and upon the men of Anathoth, for ...

MHCC: Jer 11:1-10 - --God never promised to bestow blessings on his rational creatures, while they persist in wilful disobedience. Pardon and acceptance are promised freely...

Matthew Henry: Jer 11:1-10 - -- The prophet here, as prosecutor in God's name, draws up an indictment against the Jews for wilful disobedience to the commands of their rightful Sov...

Keil-Delitzsch: Jer 11:1-17 - -- Judah's Disloyalty to the Covenant, with the Consequences Thereof In Jer 11:2-8 is a short summary of the covenant made with the fathers; in Jer 11...

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 11:1--13:27 - --The consequences of breaking the covenant chs. 11-13 This section provides an explanatio...

Constable: Jer 11:1-17 - --The broken covenant 11:1-17 This passage consists of five short parts (vv. 1-5, 6-8, 9-10, 11-14, and 15-17). Most scholars believe it dates from the ...

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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 11 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Jer 11:1, Jeremiah proclaims God’s covenant; Jer 11:8, rebukes the Jews’ disobeying thereof; Jer 11:11, prophesies evils to come upon...

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 11 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 11 . God’ s covenant, Jer 11:1-7 . Their disobedience, Jer 11:8-10 . Evils to come on them, Jer 11:11-17 , and on the men of Anathoth, ...

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 11 (Chapter Introduction) (Jer 11:1-10) The disobedient Jews reproved. (Jer 11:11-17) Their utter ruin. (Jer 11:18-23) The people would be destroyed who sought the prophet's ...

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 11 (Chapter Introduction) In this chapter, I. God by the prophet puts the people in mind of the covenant he had made with their fathers, and how much he had insisted upon i...

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 11 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 11 This chapter gives an account of the covenant God had made with the people of the Jews; their breach of it; and the evi...

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