As the burning sirocco, the dense clouds accompanied by the whirlwind, or the savage creatures of the air, so shall the enemy prove to be, as they descend on Judah in doom. Let her even now seek to avert it by repentance.
See summary at commencement of section.
Verse 11. - 13. _A DRY WIND - A FALL WIND - AS CLOUDS - AS A WHIRLWIND_] All these expressions appear to refer to the _pestilential winds,_ _suffocating vapours_, and _clouds and pillars of sand_ col...
AT THAT TIME - See Jeremiah 4:7. Though the revelation of the certainty of Judah’s ruin wrings from Jeremiah a cry of despair, yet it is but for a moment; he immediately returns to the delivery of God...
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
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...
WIND. Hebrew. _ruach_. App-9....
A DRY WIND, &C.— The prophet here describes the Chaldean army coming up for the destruction of Judaea, under the metaphor of a hot pestilential wind, which sweeps away multitudes in a moment, blasts t...
2. _THE SECOND FIGURE:_ TRANSLATION (11) In that time it shall be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A wind scorching hot of the bare heights in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, n...
At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse, DRY WIND - the simoom, t...
4:11 heights (c-20) As chs. 3.2,21; 7.29; 12.12; 14.6....
A DRY WIND] the Chaldean army coming like a sirocco from the E. JUSTIFIED HERSELF MORE] for Judah had even more warning than Israel....
5-10. Destruction approaches Jerusalem....
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...
AT THAT TIME. — i.e., when the lion and destroyer of Jeremiah 4:7 should begin his work of destruction. A DRY WIND. — Literally, _a clear wind,_ the simoom, the scorching blast from the desert, coming...
בָּ † עֵ֣ת הַ הִ֗יא יֵאָמֵ֤ר לָֽ...
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
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...
At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry (i) wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not (k) to fan, nor to cleanse, (i) The north wind...
_Desert of Arabia. It may designate Nechao, (2 Paralipomenon xxxv. 20.) who slew Josias, after whose death all fell to ruin._...
Under those strong images, of a dry wind and a full wind, and a whirlwind, are set forth the judgments of the Lord. But under all, I pray the Reader to observe, how the Lord fully proves, that the evi...
Jeremiah proceeds with the same prediction: he says, that a terrible _wind _was coming, which would not only _disperse _or _clear away, _but dissipate and overthrow all things. He then expresses how g...
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...
AT THAT TIME SHALL IT BE SAID TO THIS PEOPLE, AND TO JERUSALEM,.... The inhabitants of Judea and Jerusalem, the people of the Jews; or "concerning" x them, as Jarchi interprets it: A DRY WIND OF THE...
At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse, Ver. 11. _A dry wind of th...
_At that time_ When that calamity commences; _shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem_ There shall be tidings brought both to the country and city; _A dry wind of the high places_ “The prophe...
DESCRIPTION OF THE JUDGMENT UNDER THREE EMBLEMS...
At that time, when the judgment of the Lord will strike the idolaters, SHALL IT BE SAID TO THIS PEOPLE AND TO JERUSALEM, the center of Jewish religious life, A DRY WIND, the simoom, or desert wind, wi...
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...
AT THAT TIME, viz. when Nebuchadnezzar is upon this expedition, JEREMIAH 4:7, shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem; there shall be tidings brought both to the country and city, JEREMIAH 4:...
Jeremiah 4:11 time H6256 said H559 (H8735) people H5971 Jerusalem H3389 dry H6703 wind H7307 heights H8205 wilderne
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...
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....
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...
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...
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....
_A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of My people, not to fan, nor to cleanse._ UNTEMPERED JUDGMENTS The prophet intimates that God will one day send a judgment upon H...
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_....
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...
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...
Ezekiel 17:10; Ezekiel 19:12; Hosea 13:15; Hosea 13:3; Isaiah 22:4;...
At that time — There shall be tidings brought both to the country and city. A dry wind — A drying wind, such as shall blast and scorch where it comes, without any rain or moisture. It points at the st...