Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
lamb—literally, a "pet lamb," such as the Jews often had in their houses, for their children to play with; and the Arabs still have (II Samuel 12:3). His own familiar friends had plotted against the prophet. The language is exactly the same as that applied to Messiah (Isaiah 53:7). Each prophet and patriarch exemplified in his own person some one feature or more in the manifold attributes and sufferings of the Messiah to come; just as the saints have done since His coming (Galatians 2:20; Philippians 3:10; Colossians 1:24). This adapted both the more experimentally to testify of Christ.
devices— (Jeremiah 18:18).
tree with . . . fruit—literally, "in its fruit" or "food," that is, when it is in fruit. Proverbial, to express the destruction of cause and effect together. The man is the tree; his teaching, the fruit. Let us destroy the prophet and his prophecies; namely, those threatening destruction to the nation, which offended them. Compare Matthew 7:17, which also refers to prophets and their doctrines.
Jeremiah here digresses to notice the attempt on his life plotted by his townsmen of Anathoth. He had no suspicion of it, until Jehovah revealed it to him (Jeremiah 12:6).
the Lord . . . thou—The change of person from the third to the second accords with the excited feelings of the prophet.
then—when I was in peril of my life.
their doings—those of the men of Anathoth. His thus alluding to them, before he has mentioned their name, is due to his excitement.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 11:19:
Isaiah 53:7
Jeremiah 12:6
Jeremiah 17:3
Jeremiah 18:18
Lamentations 3:60
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