Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
(Jeremiah 23:12).
the year of . . . visitation—The Septuagint translates, "in the year of their," etc., that is, at the time when I shall visit them in wrath. JEROME supports English Version. "Year" often means a determined time.
He ventures to expostulate with Jehovah as to the prosperity of the wicked, who had plotted against his life (Jeremiah 12:1-4); in reply he is told that he will have worse to endure, and that from his own relatives (Jeremiah 12:5-6). The heaviest judgments, however, would be inflicted on the faithless people (Jeremiah 12:7-13); and then on the nations co-operating with the Chaldeans against Judah, with, however, a promise of mercy on repentance (Jeremiah 12:14-17).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 11:23:
Jeremiah 23:12
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