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Verse Jeremiah 4:6. _I WILL BRING EVIL FROM THE NORTH_] From the land
of Chaldea....
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THE STANDARD - A flag or signal, to which the people were to
rally.RETIRE, STAY NOT - Rather, gather your goods together: linger
not; “for I” (emphatic, Yahweh) am bringing at this very time etc....
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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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SET... RETIRE... STAY. All plural. standard.
EVIL. calamity. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44.
DESTRUCTION: or, breaking up....
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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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_Set up a standard_ to guide those who were seeking to attain the
shelter of the walls of Jerusalem.
_flee_ rather, MAKE ( YOUR HOUSEHOLDS) FLEE. Cp. mg. in Isaiah 10:31;
and Exodus 9:19 ("hasten in...
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BLOW YE THE TRUMPET— "Sound the alarm, that every one may save
himself in the defenced cities: the enemy is come into the field; he
hath set up his standard, _the lion from his thicket_ [Jeremiah 4:7....
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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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Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring
evil from the north, and a great destruction.
ZION - the standard toward Zion intimated that the people of the
surrounding count...
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4:6 destruction. (b-23) Lit. 'breaking;' and so ver. 20....
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5-10. Destruction approaches Jerusalem....
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SET UP THE STANDARD] to mark out the safest route to those who were
seeking the shelter of the walls of Jerusalem. EVIL FROM THE NORTH]
The enemy (see Jeremiah 4:13) used chariots, and were therefore...
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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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SET UP THE STANDARD TOWARD ZION. — Still the language of alarm. The
words are as a command, “Raise the signal which shall point to Zion
as a place of refuge from the foe, by whom the rest of the count...
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שְׂאוּ ־נֵ֣ס צִיֹּ֔ונָה הָעִ֖יזוּ
אַֽל ־תַּעֲמֹ֑דוּ...
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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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Set up the standard toward Zion: (e) retire, stay not: for I will
bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.
(e) He speaks this to admonish them of the great danger when every man
will prepa...
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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 words אל-תעמדו, _al-tomedu, _may be explained in two ways,
— “Stand not,” that is, “Hasten quickly,” as it is the case
with those in extreme fear; or, “Ye shall not stand,” that is,
“Though ye may...
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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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SET UP THE STANDARD TOWARD ZION,.... Not on the tower of Zion, as
Kimchi interprets it; but on some high place, pointing to Zion, and
directing the country people to flee thither for safety; for the
s...
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Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring
evil from the north, and a great destruction.
Ver. 6. _Set up the standard towards Zion._] All this seemeth to be
ironically spoken...
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_Blow ye the trumpet_ The Lord, being now about to bring enemies upon
them, speaks in martial language, warning them of the nature of their
approaching judgment. It is the beginning of a new discourse...
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Set up the standard toward Zion, raising their banners as a signal to
make the city of God their refuge; RETIRE, STAY NOT, flee, do not try
to make a stand! FOR I WILL BRING EVIL FROM THE NORTH AND A...
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DESCRIPTION OF THE JUDGMENT UNDER THREE EMBLEMS...
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RETIRE:
Or, strengthen
DESTRUCTION:
_ Heb._ breaking...
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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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SET UP THE STANDARD, i.e. for them to resort to, as is usual in war;
and it is therefore said to he towards Zion or Jerusalem, as being a
signal to show them whither they should repair; see JEREMIAH 1...
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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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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 4:5 JUDAH and JERUSALEM must prepare for
war.
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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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Isaiah 62:10; Jeremiah 1:13; Jeremiah 21:7; Jeremiah 25:9; Jerem
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Retire — Make haste away....