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Text -- Jeremiah 8:12 (NET)

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8:12 Are they ashamed because they have done such disgusting things? No, they are not at all ashamed! They do not even know how to blush! So they will die just like others have died. They will be brought to ruin when I punish them, says the Lord.
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Dictionary Themes and Topics: Wicked | VISITATION | Jeremiah | Israel | Impenitence | Church | Blushing | Backsliders | ASHAMED | more
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TSK Synopsis , MHCC , Matthew Henry , Keil-Delitzsch , Constable

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

JFB: Jer 8:10-12 - -- Repeated from Jer 6:12-15. See a similar repetition, Jer 8:15; Jer 14:19.

Repeated from Jer 6:12-15. See a similar repetition, Jer 8:15; Jer 14:19.

JFB: Jer 8:10-12 - -- Succeed to the possession of them.

Succeed to the possession of them.

Calvin: Jer 8:12 - -- The Prophet in these words shews still more clearly that they were wholly irreclaimable; for they had divested themselves of every shame. It is no do...

The Prophet in these words shews still more clearly that they were wholly irreclaimable; for they had divested themselves of every shame. It is no doubt a proof of a wickedness past all remedy, when no shame remains. This verse has been also explained in the sixth chapter; it forms the fifteenth verse. But we must bear in mind the design of the Prophet. It is then briefly this, — to shew that the wickedness of the people was unhealable, and for this reason, because they had an iron front.

Hence he asks, Have they been ashamed, because they have committed abomination? as though he had said, “They have been proved guilty of wickedness, can they be made to feel any shame?” To this he answers, Even in their shame they are not ashamed The particle גם , gam, even, is emphatic, Then the meaning may be thus given, — that when God brought against them their shameful conduct, and proved them guilty, so that they could not escape by any evasion — that when they were thus convicted, they yet had no feeling of shame. At the same time, this passage may be explained as referring to what is commonly called actual conviction; for they were well — nigh consumed with miseries, through their untamable perverseness, while contending with God’s judgment. Even then in shame itself they had no feeling of shame

Added is the reason, They know not how to blush By this want of shame, then, Jeremiah proves that they were men past remedy. And on this account he adds, Fall therefore shall they among those who fall, and in the time of their visitation they shall perish, or stumble. By these words he intimates that they were no longer to be reasoned with, and that God’s vengeance would be just in wholly destroying them, for he had in vain spoken to them, he had in vain contended with them, he had in vain tried to bring them to the right way. The import of the whole then is, — that the only thing that remained for them was destruction; for they had without shame rejected all instruction and every warning.

And he says, among the fallen, because every one, as it is commonly the case, encouraged others in their contempt of God, and in their perverseness. When therefore they saw others to be like themselves, they entertained hope of impunity; and hence they were allured to sin by this deception. On this account the Prophet says, that ruin was nigh them all. They shall fall, he says, among the fallen, 226 and stumble in the time of their visitation. He shews that God had fixed a day in which they were to be destroyed. But if he deferred the time, there was no reason for them to think that it would be to their advantage; for they would by their obstinacy procure for themselves a heavier judgment. In short, though God might spare them for a time, yet the Prophet warns them, that this would avail them nothing, as God’s time of visitation was fixed. Then follows a confirmation —

TSK: Jer 8:12 - -- ashamed when : Jer 3:3, Jer 6:15; Psa 52:1, Psa 52:7; Isa 3:9; Zep 3:5; Phi 3:19 therefore : Isa 9:13-17, Isa 24:2; Eze 22:25-31; Hos 4:5, Hos 4:6 in ...

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Jer 8:10-12 - -- These verses are almost identical with Jer 6:12-15. Jer 8:10 To them that shall inherit them - Rather, "to those that shall take possessi...

These verses are almost identical with Jer 6:12-15.

Jer 8:10

To them that shall inherit them - Rather, "to those that shall take possession of them, i. e., "to conquerors who shall take them by force.

Haydock: Jer 8:12 - -- They are. Or, "are they?" &c. (St. Jerome) --- No, they are too hardened, chap. vi. 14.

They are. Or, "are they?" &c. (St. Jerome) ---

No, they are too hardened, chap. vi. 14.

Gill: Jer 8:11-12 - -- For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people,.... See Gill on Jer 6:14, Jer 6:15.

For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people,.... See Gill on Jer 6:14, Jer 6:15.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Jer 8:12 Heb “They will fall among the fallen.”

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Jer 8:1-22 - --1 The calamity of the Jews, both dead and alive.4 He upbraids their foolish and shameless impenitency.13 He shews their grievous judgment;18 and bewai...

MHCC: Jer 8:4-13 - --What brought this ruin? 1. The people would not attend to reason; they would not act in the affairs of their souls with common prudence. Sin is backsl...

Matthew Henry: Jer 8:4-12 - -- The prophet here is instructed to set before this people the folly of their impenitence, which was it that brought this ruin upon them. They are her...

Keil-Delitzsch: Jer 8:9-12 - -- Those who held themselves wise will come to shame, will be dismally disabused of their hopes. When the great calamity comes on the sin-hardened peop...

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 7:1--10:25 - --2. Warnings about apostasy and its consequences chs. 7-10 This is another collection of Jeremiah...

Constable: Jer 8:4--11:1 - --Incorrigible Judah 8:4-10:25 The twin themes of Judah's stubborn rebellion and her inevi...

Constable: Jer 8:4-12 - --Blind complacency 8:4-12 8:4 The Lord commanded Jeremiah to ask the people if it was not normal for people to repent after sinning. After all, when so...

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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 8 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Jer 8:1, The calamity of the Jews, both dead and alive; Jer 8:4, He upbraids their foolish and shameless impenitency; Jer 8:13, He shews ...

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 8 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 8 The calamity of the Jews, both dead and alive, Jer 8:1-3 . Their brutish impenitency, Jer 8:4-7 : Their vain boast of wisdom; their covet...

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 8 (Chapter Introduction) (Jer 8:1-3) The remains of the dead exposed. (Jer 8:4-13) The stupidity of the people, compared with the instinct of the brute creation. (Jer 8:14-2...

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 8 (Chapter Introduction) The prophet proceeds, in this chapter, both to magnify and to justify the destruction that God was bringing upon this people, to show how grievous ...

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 8 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 8 In this chapter the prophet goes on to denounce grievous calamities upon the people of the Jews; such as would make deat...

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