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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 5:5 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
Jer 5:5	King James	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.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
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 (Psa 2:3).

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

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 (Psa 2:3).

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
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 Jer 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.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

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 Jer 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.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
But - These are more refractory than the other; no law of God is able to hold them.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

But - These are more refractory than the other; no law of God is able to hold them.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
I will get me unto the great men - Those whose circumstances and rank in life gave them opportunities of information which the others could not have, for the reasons already given. These have altogether broken the yoke - These have cast aside all restraint, have acted above law, and have trampled all moral obligations under their feet, and into their vortex the lower classes of the people have been swept away. Solon said, "The laws are like cobwebs; they entangle the small fry, but the great ones go through them, and carry all away with them."

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

I will get me unto the great men - Those whose circumstances and rank in life gave them opportunities of information which the others could not have, for the reasons already given.

These have altogether broken the yoke - These have cast aside all restraint, have acted above law, and have trampled all moral obligations under their feet, and into their vortex the lower classes of the people have been swept away. Solon said, "The laws are like cobwebs; they entangle the small fry, but the great ones go through them, and carry all away with them."

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