Jeremiah 14:9

Lexham English Bible

Contextual Overview

¹ That which came as the word of Yahweh to Jeremiah concerning the matter of the severe drought. ² "Judah mourns, and her gates languish, they are in mourning on the ground, and the cry of lament of Jerusalem goes up. ³ And their nobles send their servants for water. They come to the pits, they find no water. They return with their vessels empty. They are ashamed, and they are confounded, and they cover their heads. ⁴ Because of the ground, which is cracked because there was no rain on the ground. The farmers are ashamed, they cover their heads. ⁵ For even the doe in the field gives birth and forsakes her young, because there is no green growth. ⁶ And wild asses stand on the barren heights, they gasp for breath like the jackals. Their eyes fail because there is no vegetation." ⁷ Although our iniquities testify against us, O Yahweh, act for the sake of your name. Yes, our apostasies are many; we have sinned against you. ⁸ You are the hope of Israel, its savior in time of distress. Why should you be like an alien in the land, or like a traveler who spreads out his tent to spend the night? ⁹ Why should you be like a confused man, like a warrior who is not able to help? Yet you are in our midst, O Yahweh, and your name is called upon us. You must not leave us!

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

cannot: Numbers 11:23, Numbers 14:15, Numbers 14:16, Psalms 44:23-26, Isaiah 50:1, Isaiah 50:2, Isaiah 51:9, Isaiah 59:1

art: Exodus 29:45, Exodus 29:46, Leviticus 26:11, Leviticus 26:12, Deuteronomy 23:14, Psalms 46:5, Isaiah 12:6, Zechariah 2:5, 2 Corinthians 6:16, Revelation 21:3

we are called by thy name: Heb. thy name is called upon us, Jeremiah 15:16, Isaiah 63:19, Daniel 9:18, Daniel 9:19, *marg.

leave: 1 Samuel 12:22, Psalms 27:9, Hebrews 13:5

Reciprocal: Genesis 48:16 - my name Numbers 6:27 - put my Amos 9:12 - which are called by my name Habakkuk 1:2 - and thou wilt not save

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied,.... Astonished, and so surprised as not to know what to say or do; or "asleep", as the Septuagint; taking no notice of us, and being altogether unconcerned what becomes of us; or, as one "dumb" i; that will give no answer to our prayers:

as a mighty man that cannot save? who, though he is able to save, yet, through want of a heart or will, does not exert his power:

yet thou, O Lord, art in the midst of us; having his residence and dwelling in the temple at Jerusalem; and therefore was not a stranger and foreigner among them; and this carries in it an entreaty and an argument that he would not in his providence conduct towards them in such manner as though he was:

and we are called by thy name; the people of God, the Israel of God, and the like:

leave us not; in our distress and trouble, but deliver us out of it.

i נדהם "obmutefactus", Fosterus, Mercerus,

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Astonied - The word may possibly mean “one who is taken by surprise and loses his presence of mind.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 14:9. Yet thou, O Lord, art in the midst of us — Thy ark, temple, and sacred rites, are all here; and thou thyself, who art every where present, art here also: but alas! thou dost not reveal thyself as the Father of mercies, who forgivest iniquity, transgression, and sin.

We are called by thy name; leave us not. — Let us call thee our Father, and say thou to us, "Ye are my sons and daughters!" O leave us not!