I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds. Jump to: Barnes • Benson • BI • Calvin • Cambridge • Clarke • Darby • Ellicott • Expositor's • Exp Dct • Gaebelein • GSB • Gill • Gray • Guzik • Haydock • Hastings • Homiletics • JFB • KD • Kelly • King • Lange • MacLaren • MHC • MHCW • Parker • Poole • Pulpit • Sermon • SCO • TTB • WES • TSK EXPOSITORY (ENGLISH BIBLE) (5) I will get me.—The prophet turns from the masses to the few, from the poor to the great, repeating, as with a grave, indignant irony, the words that describe the true wisdom which he has not found in the former, but hopes to find in the latter.But these.—Better, as less ambiguous, Surely they too. The clause begins with the same word as that in Jeremiah 5:4. What is meant is that the great as well as the poor, the learned as well as the ignorant, are altogether evil, the former even more defiant in breaking through all conventional constraints than the latter. 5:1-9 None could be found who behaved as upright and godly men. But the Lord saw the true character of the people through all their disguises. The poor were ignorant, and therefore they were wicked. What can be expected but works of darkness, from people that know nothing of God and religion? There are God's poor, who, notwithstanding poverty, know the way of the Lord, walk in it, and do their duty; but these were willingly ignorant, and their ignorance would not be their excuse. The rich were insolent and haughty, and the abuse of God's favours made their sin worse.They have known ... - Men of education, who read the Scriptures, and learn from them the nature of God's judgments.But these - literally, surely they (compare Jeremiah 5:4). The yoke - The Mosaic law. And burst ... - They have torn off, torn themselves loose from. The bonds - The fastenings by which the yoke was fixed upon the necks of the oxen. 5. they have known—rather, "they must know." The prophet supposes it as probable, considering their position.but these—I found the very reverse to be the case. burst … bonds—set God's law at defiance (Ps 2:3). I will get me unto the great men, i.e. to the nobles, both prince and priest, that have more time to consider these things, have beas well as the poor, the learned as well as the ignorant, are altogether evil, the former even more defiant in breaking through all conventional constraints than the latter.5:1-9 None could be found who behaved as upright and godly men. But the Lord saw the true character of the people through all their disguises. The poor were ignorant, and therefore they were wicked. What can be expected but works of darkness, from people that know nothing of God and religion? There are God's poor, who, notwithstanding poverty, know the way of the Lord, walk in it, and do their duty; but these were willingly ignorant, and their ignorance would not be their excuse. The rich were insolent and haughty, and the abuse of God's favours made their sin worse.They have known ... - Men of education, who read the Scriptures, and learn from them the nature of God's judgments.But these - literally, surely they (compare Jeremiah 5:4). The yoke - The Mosaic law. And burst ... - They have torn off, torn themselves loose from. The bonds - The fastenings by which the yoke was fixed upon the necks of the oxen. 5. they have known—rather, "they must know." The prophet supposes it as probable, considering their position.but these—I found the very reverse to be the case. burst … bonds—set God's law at defiance (Ps 2:3). Matthew Poole's CommentaryMatthew Poole'“AComon’fass Poo,the casc="/s&#a href="oole/jeremiah/5.htm">Matthew Poole'in ieeml">MHCif of God'smar">ter. wicke thtitln (Pshung. Infgnoo Poole', Car poI. ll. 45–51.vhengfancow’fa"botlpoole/jeremiah/5.htm">Matthew Poole'tary wicnional cndYe w6; |