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Verse Jeremiah 6:4. _PREPARE YE WAR AGAINST HER_] The words of the
invaders exciting each other to the assault, and impatient lest any
time should be lost; lest the besieged should have time to streng...
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PREPARE YE WAR - Rather, Sanctify ye war against her. War in ancient
times was never undertaken without religions solemnities (see
Deuteronomy 20:2 note). For some of these compare Ezekiel 21:21.
AT N...
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CHAPTER 6
_ 1. The call to the children of Benjamin (Jeremiah 6:1) _
2. Corruption and the deserved judgment (Jeremiah 6:9)
3. The prophet addressed (Jeremiah 6:27)...
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THE SIEGE OF THE SINFUL CITY. The prophet bids his kinsfolk (Anathoth,
his birthplace, being in Benjamin) to abandon the capital, and to
gather in the southern mountains; the northern peril is now nea...
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PREPARE, &C.. Prosecute. holy war.
AT NOON. In the heat of the day, when most are resting. Compare
Jeremiah 15:8; Song of Solomon 1:7; Isaiah 32:2. See...
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_Prepare_ lit. as mg. SANCTIFY. Cp. Jeremiah 51:27 f.; so Isaiah 13:3,
"my consecrated ones," said of the armies summoned to destroy Babylon.
The entering upon war was looked upon as a solemn religiou...
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WOE UNTO US, &C.— This is the complaint of the enemy, that they are
retarded from their intended expedition by the approach of the night.
In the next verse they determine to go up, though it _be by ni...
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D. Approach of Judgment Jeremiah 6:1-30
Chapter 6 contains a dramatic description of the advance of the foe
against Jerusalem (Jeremiah 6:1-5) and the subsequent siege of that
city (Jeremiah 6:6-8). T...
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Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto
us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are
stretched out.
The invading soldiers encourage one another to th...
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6:4 Prepare (f-1) Lit. 'Hallow.' see chs. 22.7; 51.27,28....
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1-8. The hostile army approaches....
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PREPARE] RM 'Heb. sanctify.' Entering on a war was accompanied by
religious ceremonies: cp. Deuteronomy 20:2....
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PREPARE YE WAR. — Literally, _Sanctify._ The opening of the battle
was accompanied by sacrifices, divinations, and prayers. Compare
Deuteronomy 20:1 for the practice of the Israelites, and Ezekiel 21:...
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קַדְּשׁ֤וּ עָלֶ֨יהָ֙ מִלְחָמָ֔ה
ק֖וּמוּ וְ נַעֲלֶ֣ה...
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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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This judgment the prophet now described. A fierce and relentless foe,
acting under the word of Jehovah, is described as coming up against
Jerusalem. The prophet declared that the city would be taken,...
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(f) Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe
to us! for the day departeth, for the shadows of the evening are
lengthened.
(f) He speaks this in the person of the Babylonians,...
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_Prepare. Literally, "sanctify." Observe the usual formalities of
demanding reparation, offering victims, &c. The Chaldeans thus
encourage one another, and will allow themselves no rest day or night,...
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I venture to think, that if we read these verses with an eye to the
Church in Jesus, they will be found very interesting. Who is the
speaker here, that likens Zion to a comely and delicate woman? May...
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The Prophet leaves here the similitude he had adopted; for he does not
now speak of shepherds, but expressly describes the enemies, as coming
with great force, and furiously attacking and laying waste...
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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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PREPARE YE WAR AGAINST HER,.... Not only proclaim it, but prepare
themselves for it; get everything ready for the siege, and begin it.
These are either the words of the Lord, calling upon the Chaldean...
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Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto
us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are
stretched out.
Ver. 4. _Prepare ye war against her._] Say those Ch...
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_Prepare ye war against her_ The prophet now drops the metaphor, and
tells them in plain terms whom he means by the _shepherds_ namely,
_warriors._ These seem to be the words of God giving a commissio...
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THE ADVICE TO FLEE FROM JERUSALEM...
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Prepare ye war against her, literally, "sanctify war," the reference
being to the solemn ceremonies with which a campaign of war was
opened; ARISE AND LET US GO UP AT NOON, their zeal to attack being...
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1-8 Whatever methods are used, it is vain to contend with God's
judgments. The more we indulge in the pleasures of this life, the more
we unfit ourselves for the troubles of this life. The Chaldean a...
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PREPARE YE WAR AGAINST HER: the prophet now passeth from his metaphor
to tell them plainly what he means by the _shepherds_, viz. warriors:
some make these the words of the Chaldeans, making preparati...
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Jeremiah 6:4 Prepare H6942 (H8761) war H4421 Arise H6965 (H8798) up
H5927 (H8799) noon H6672 Woe...
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IN VIEW OF JUDAH'S FAILURE TO RESPOND TO HIS WARNINGS YHWH STRESSES
THAT THE INVASION IS NOW IMMINENT (JEREMIAH 6:1).
Chapter 4 had predicted that invasion was coming, and chapter 5 had
given the reas...
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HIS PEOPLE ARE TO PREPARE FOR ACTION BECAUSE THE INVASION IS UPON THEM
(JEREMIAH 6:1).
As the enemy approached from the north the tribe of Benjamin (his own
tribe), who were to the north of Jerusalem,...
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CONTENTS: Jeremiah's second message, continued. The terrors that
should come because of sin.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: The God of mercy is loath to depart even from a provoking
people,...
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Jeremiah 6:1. _Oh ye children of Benjamin flee out of the midst of
Jerusalem._ Many of this tribe lived in the city. _Blow the trumpet_
[of alarm] _in Tekoa,_ a village twelve miles from Jerusalem,
ac...
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_Arise, and let us go up at noon._
CHRISTIAN EFFORT
That spirit-stirring call of the text, so needful to arouse the
Chaldeans on their march to the ancient, is as needful for us on our
pilgrimage to...
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_Woe unto us! for the day goeth away._
“WOE UNTO US!”
The Babylonians are represented by the prophet as coming to plunder
the Holy City, like flocks being led to their feeding ground. They
hurry to t...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 6:4 Armies are ready to ATTACK AT NOON or
even BY NIGHT. A night attack was rare and done only when victory was
certain or when surprise was necessary (see...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL
POSITION OF THIS CHAPTER THE SAME. (Comp. notes on 3, 4, 5.)
2. GEOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES.— Jeremiah 6:1. “_Tekoa:_” a small
town of defenc...
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EXPOSITION
A prophecy, in five stanzas or strophes, vividly describing the
judgment and its causes, and enforcing the necessity of repentance.
JEREMIAH 6:1
Arrival of a hostile army from the north,...
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Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and
know, and seek in the broad places, if you can find a man, if there be
any that is executing judgment, and that is seeking truth; and...
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Prepare — These seem to be the words of God calling them to this
work. Arise — This shews how ready they will be to obey God's call.
The day goeth — We delay, and tarry too long, and the day spends
ap...