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Verse Jeremiah 4:7. _THE LION IS COME UP_] Nebuchadnezzar, king of
Babylon. "The king (Nebuchadnezzar) is come up from his tower." -
_Targum_.
_THE DESTROYER OF THE GENTILES_] Of the _nations_: of al...
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Rather, A “lion”... a “destroyer” of nations: a metaphor
descriptive of the impending calamity. A lion is just rousing himself
from his lair, but no common one. It is destroyer, not of men, but of
nat...
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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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THE LION. A lion. Figure of speech _Hypocatastasis_, not _Simile_ or
_Metaphor._ Put thus for the king of Babylon. Contrast Jeremiah 49:19.
See note there.
GENTILES. nations....
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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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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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_A lion_ See introd. note above.
_thy land_ We should perhaps read _the land_, and consider the rest of
the _v_. as an insertion suggested by the parallels in Jeremiah 2:15;
Jeremiah 9:11.
Du. propo...
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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 lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the
Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy
land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an
inhabi...
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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 LION] i.e. the enemy. OF THE GENTILES] RV 'of nations.'...
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THE LION IS COME UP... — The “lion” is, of course, the Chaldæan
invader, the destroyer, not of men only, but of nations. So in Daniel
7:4 the lion is the symbol of the Assyrian monarchy. The winged li...
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עָלָ֤ה אַרְיֵה֙ מִֽ סֻּבְּכֹ֔ו וּ
מַשְׁחִ֣ית...
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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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The (f) lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the
Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy
land desolate; thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabit...
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_Robber. Nabuchodonosor attacks unjustly, (Calmet) though he be God's
scourge._...
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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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The Prophet more fully declares the import of the threatening which we
briefly considered yesterday; for God said in the former verse, that
he would _bring an evil from the north; _and the kind of evi...
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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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THE LION IS COME UP FROM HIS THICKET,.... Meaning Nebuchadnezzar s,
from Babylon, who is compared to a lion for his strength, fierceness,
and cruelty; see Jeremiah 50:17 so the Roman emperor is called...
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_The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the
Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy
land desolate; [and] thy cities shall be laid waste, without an
inha...
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_The lion is come up from his thicket_ Nebuchadnezzar, so called from
his fierceness and strength, shall come up from Babylon, where his
chief seat is, as lions are principally among the thickets of t...
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DESCRIPTION OF THE JUDGMENT UNDER THREE EMBLEMS...
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The lion is come up from his thicket, Nebuchadnezzar, like an angry
lion, leaving his lair, Babylon, with his army of Chaldean soldiers,
AND THE DESTROYER OF THE GENTILES, he who subdued many nations,...
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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 LION IS COME UP FROM HIS THICKET, i.e. Nebuchadnezzar, called here
a lion from his fierceness and strength, PROVERBS 30:30; a metaphor;
especially in this expedition; see ISAIAH 5:27 shall come up...
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Jeremiah 4:7 lion H738 up H5927 (H8804) thicket H5441 destroyer H7843
(H8688) nations H1471 way H5265 ...
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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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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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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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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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2 Kings 24:1; 2 Kings 25:1; Daniel 5:19; Daniel 7:4; Ezekiel 21:19;...
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The lion — Nebuchadnezzar, so called from his fierceness and
strength....