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Verse Jeremiah 4:9. _THE HEART OF THE KING SHALL PERISH_] Shall lose
all courage....
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CHAPTER 4
_ 1. True repentance and what it means (Jeremiah 4:1) _
2. The alarm sounded: judgment comes (Jeremiah 4:5)
3. The doom of the rebellious people (Jeremiah 4:14)
4. The desolation of I
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THE ENEMY'S APPROACH. Warning is given by the horn, and guidance, to
the refugees fleeing to Jerusalem, by the standard; they are bidden to
bring (their families) into safety (not flee for safety). Th...
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HEART. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject), for courage.
KING... PRINCES... PRIESTS... PROPHETS. All had become false and
corrupt since Josiah's day....
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_the priests shall be astonished_ because of the punishment which has
followed upon their idolatries.
_the prophets shall wonder_ because of the non-fulfilment of their
prophecies....
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Jeremiah 4:5-31. Impending judgements. National disaster
This section and the two that follow it (viz. chs. 5 and 6) are
somewhat later than the preceding, as presenting a more definite
description o...
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Flee without delay, if so be that walls can save you. The foe from the
north threatens ruin to town and country alike. Terror shall seize the
greatest in the land, and dismay the priests and prophets....
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SHALL PERISH— _Shall sink._...
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CHAPTER SIX
SERMONS FROM THE REIGN OF JOSIAH
(Continued)
III. GOD'S WARNING To HIS PEOPLE
Jeremiah 4:5 to Jeremiah 6:26
Following his treatment of repentance Jeremiah takes up at length the
subject...
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THE PROPHET SETS FORTH THE SIN OF THE NATION AND POINTS OUT THE
INEVITABLE RESULT (REIGN OF JOSIAH, AND PROBABLY BEFORE THE REFORMS OF
THAT KING: CP. JEREMIAH 3:6)
This section furnishes us with the g...
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5-10. Destruction approaches Jerusalem....
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THE HEART OF THE KING SHALL PERISH. — The heart, as representing the
mind generally. Judgment and wisdom were to give way to panic and
fear....
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וְ הָיָ֤ה בַ † יֹּום ־הַ הוּא֙...
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Jeremiah 5:1; Jeremiah 6:1
CHAPTER IV
THE SCYTHIANS AS THE SCOURGE OF GOD
Jeremiah 4:3 - Jeremiah 6:30
IF we would under
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Jehovah immediately promised that if Israel would return, she would be
established. Then the prophet declared that judgment was determined
on. He appealed to the people to repent, and that not in exte...
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And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, [that] the
heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the
priests shall be astonished, and the (g) prophets shall wonder....
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_Heart; counsel and vigour. --- Prophets of falsehood._...
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The Prophet here opens his commission to the men of Judah and
Jerusalem; and in the prospect of the Babylonish captivity, now
hastening, admonisheth them to seek the Lord. The Prophet, like a
faithful...
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As the royal dignity still continued with the Jews, though their power
was greatly diminished, they, relying on that distinction, hoped that
they had a sufficient protection: hence it was, that they w...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4, 5, AND 6.
Chapter 4 resumes the subject of Chapter s 2, 3, and, applying it at
that time to the people, tells them that, if they return, it must be
unto th...
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AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS AT THAT DAY, SAITH THE LORD,.... When
Nebuchadnezzar should be come up from Babylon into the land of Judea,
and lay waste the cities thereof, and besiege Jerusalem:
THAT THE...
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And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, [that] the
heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the
priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.
Ver...
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_At that day the heart of the king shall perish_ Both his wisdom and
his courage: despairing of success, he shall have no spirit to do any
thing, and if he had, he would be at a loss what to do; _and...
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And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the Lord, at the time
when this judgment would come upon Judah, THAT THE HEART OF THE KING
SHALL PERISH, the rulers whose position demanded that they devis...
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DESCRIPTION OF THE JUDGMENT UNDER THREE EMBLEMS...
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5-18 The fierce conqueror of the neighbouring nations was to make
Judah desolate. The prophet was afflicted to see the people lulled
into security by false prophets. The approach of the enemy is
desc...
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THE HEART OF THE KING SHALL PERISH; the king, viz. of Judah, and the
great men, that should have encouraged the people in such a calamitous
day, and been their great support, shall not only be afraid,...
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Jeremiah 4:9 day H3117 says H5002 (H8803) LORD H3068 heart H3820 king
H4428 perish H6 (H8799) heart...
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JUDAH ARE CALLED TO REPENTANCE AS WELL AS ISRAEL FOR THEY ARE STILL IN
THEIR LAND, AND, IF THEY WILL ONLY TRULY TURN TO HIM WITH GENUINELY
CHANGED HEARTS, CAN STILL LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE IN HOPE....
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YHWH WARNS JUDAH THAT IF THEY WILL NOT REPENT FOR THEM TOO INVASION BY
A FIERCE ADVERSARY IS THREATENING AND WILL UNDOUBTEDLY COME BECAUSE OF
THEIR SINS (JEREMIAH 4:3).
If Judah will not respond to th...
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Jeremiah 4:1. _If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return
unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight,
then shalt thou not remove. And thou shalt swear, The LORD l...
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CONTENTS: Jeremiah's second message, continued. Warning of the
consequences of sin and exhortation to return to God.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: It is the evil of men's doings that kindle...
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Jeremiah 4:3. _Break up your fallow ground._ Hebrews ניר _nir,
novale;_ make _new_ land, eradicate the thorns. Hosea 10:12. Our old
phrase, the fallow deer, seems to give the exact import of the word....
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 4:9 IN THAT DAY refers to the day of the
Lord, the day God judges, whether in history or at the final judgment
that ends history. (See note on Amos 5:18–20 and...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—_Chronology_ of the chapter,
_Contemporary Scriptures, Historic Facts, Contemporary History_ as in
chap. 3. 1. GEOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES. Jeremiah 4:5. “_Defenced
cities_....
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EXPOSITION
JEREMIAH 4:1, JEREMIAH 4:2
The form and structure of the translation require a change. Render,
_If thou wilt return_,_ O Israel_,_ saith Jehovah_,_ wilt return unto
me_;_ and if thou wilt...
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But if you will return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and
if you will put away thine abominations out of my sight, then you will
no longer be [moved or] removed. And thou shalt swear, The...
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1 Samuel 25:37; 1 Samuel 25:38; 2 Kings 25:4; Acts 13:41; Ezekiel 13
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The heart — They shall have no heart to do any thing, they shall not
be able to help their people, either by their counsel or arms.
Prophets — False prophets that had nothing but visions of peace for...