Jeremiah 6:16

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 6:16

16. Image from travellers who have lost their road, stopping and inquiring which is the right way on which they once had been, but from which they have wandered. old paths—Idolatry and apostasy are the modern way; the worship of God the old way. Evil is not coeval with good, but a modern degeneracy from good. The forsaking of God is not, in a true sense, a "way cast up" at all (Jeremiah 18:15; Psalms 139:24; Malachi 4:4). rest— (Isaiah 28:12; Matthew 11:29). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 6:5-30

Yahweh’s declaration of divine judgment 4:5-6:30The Judahites-having sinned greatly (ch. 2)-failed to repent (Jeremiah 3:1 to Jeremiah 4:4). Consequently, judgment in the form of military invasion would overtake them. This whole section is an amplification and explanation of the overflowing cauldron vision in Jeremiah 1:13-16.This section provides a clear example of the mosaic structure of the Book of Jeremiah. It consists of 13 separate messages that all deal with the threat of approaching... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 6:16

Yahweh commanded the Judahites to compare the paths in which they could walk. Then they should ask their leaders to direct them in the good old paths, the teachings of the Mosaic Covenant, or perhaps the ways of the patriarchs. [Note: Keil, 1:142, took the old paths to refer to the ways in which Israel’s godly ancestors had walked, "the patriarchs’ manner of thinking and acting."] Then they should walk in those ways and so experience rest (cf. Isaiah 28:12; Matthew 11:28-29). But the people... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 6:16-21

The inadequacy of mere ritual worship 6:16-21 read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 6:1-30

1-8. The hostile army approaches.1. Benjamin] Jerusalem was within the territory assigned to this tribe. Tekoa] 11m. S. of Jerusalem, and in the line of flight for its inhabitants seeking to escape an enemy from the N. A sign of fire] a warning signal. Beth-hacoerem] probably a hill between Jerusalem and Tekoa, and thus suitable for a beacon station. 2. RV ’The comely and delicate one, the daughter of Zion will I cut off,’ a tenderly worded lament over the ill-fated city. Daughter] is used for... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 6:5-30

Jeremiah’s Fourth Prophecy (or Group of Prophecies). God’s Judgment upon the UnrepentantWhen the check which Josiah’s personal character and influence put upon idolatry was removed, Jeremiah foresaw that the condition of the nation would become well-nigh desperate. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 6:16

(16) Stand ye in the ways.—In the prophet’s mind the people were as a traveller who has taken a self-chosen path, and finds that it leads him to a place of peril. Is it not well that they should stop and ask where the old paths (literally, the eternal paths; the words going, as in Jeremiah 18:15, beyond the mere antiquity of the nation’s life) were, on which their fathers had travelled safely. Of these old paths they were to choose that which was most distinctly “the good way,” the way of... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Jeremiah 6:1-30

Old Paths (Thoughts for the New Year) Jeremiah 6:16 'Ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.' Our Blessed Saviour knows that we want rest; His beautiful call comes right across the ocean of trouble, the oft-repeated call, 'Come to Me, come to Me, and I will give you rest'. It is what you most want rest. So many people deviate from the old paths and try to get rest. Just look round about and see the number of religions there are... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 6:1-30

; Jeremiah 5:1-31; Jeremiah 6:1-30CHAPTER IVTHE SCYTHIANS AS THE SCOURGE OF GODJeremiah 4:3 - Jeremiah 6:30IF we would understand what is written here and elsewhere in the pages of prophecy, two things would seem to be requisite. We must prepare ourselves with some knowledge of the circumstances of the time, and we must form some general conception of the ideas and aims of the inspired writer, both in themselves, and in their relation to passing events. Of the former, a partial and fragmentary... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Jeremiah 6:1-30

CHAPTER 6 1. The call to the children of Benjamin (Jeremiah 6:1-8 ) 2. Corruption and the deserved judgment (Jeremiah 6:9-26 ) 3. The prophet addressed (Jeremiah 6:27-30 ) Jeremiah 6:1-8 . The children of Benjamin are exhorted to flee for safety on account of the evil from the north. There were probably among the Benjamites God-fearing men. Those who heeded the call fled and escaped. It is a warning message which follows: “Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, let my soul depart from thee;... read more

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