Jeremiah 5:19 - Forerunner Commentary

Jeremiah 5:19

17 And they shall eat up your ^aharvest and your bread,
Which your sons and daughters should eat.
They shall eat up your flocks and your herds;
They shall eat up your vines and your fig trees;
They shall destroy your fortified cities,
In which you trust, with the sword.

18 “Nevertheless in those days,” says the Lord, “I ^awill not make a complete end of you.

19 And it will be when you say, ^a‘Why does the Lord our God do all these things to us?’ then you shall answer them, ‘Just as you have ^bforsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so ^cyou shall serve aliens in a land that is not yours.’

20 “Declare this in the house of Jacob
And proclaim it in Judah, saying,

21 ‘Hear this now, O ^afoolish people,
Without¹ understanding,
Who have eyes and see not,
And who have ears and hear not:

22 ^aDo you not fear Me?’ says the Lord.
‘Will you not tremble at My presence,
Who have placed the sand as the ^bbound of the sea,
By a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass beyond it?
And though its waves toss to and fro,
Yet they cannot prevail;
Though they roar, yet they cannot pass over it.

23 But this people has a defiant and rebellious heart;
They have revolted and departed.

24 They do not say in their heart,
“Let us now fear the Lord our God,
^aWho gives rain, both the ^bformer and the latter, in its season.
^cHe reserves for us the appointed weeks of the harvest.”

25 ^aYour iniquities have turned these things away,
And your sins have withheld good from you.

26 ‘For among My people are found wicked men;
They ^alie in wait as one who sets snares;
They set a trap;
They catch men.

27 As a cage is full of birds,
So their houses are full of deceit.
Therefore they have become great and grown rich.

28 They have grown ^afat, they are sleek;
Yes, they¹ surpass the deeds of the wicked;
They do not plead ^bthe cause,
The cause of the fatherless;
^cYet they prosper,
And the right of the needy they do not defend.

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Topical Studies for Jeremiah 5:19:

Aliens {Forerunner Commentary}
Aliens {Nave's Topical Bible}

God {Forerunner Commentary}
God {Nave's Topical Bible}
God {Torrey's Topical Textbook}

Gods {Forerunner Commentary}
Gods {Nave's Topical Bible}

Land {Forerunner Commentary}
Land {Nave's Topical Bible}

Lord {Forerunner Commentary}
Lord {Nave's Topical Bible}

So {Nave's Topical Bible}

Will {Forerunner Commentary}
Will {Nave's Topical Bible}

Serve {Forerunner Commentary}

Forsaken {Forerunner Commentary}

Just {Forerunner Commentary}

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