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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 4:5

Declare... publish... say. Compare Jeremiah 46:14; Jeremiah 50:2.

Judah. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part), for Judah and Benjamin.

Blow ye. Hebrew text reads, "And blow ye": but Hebrew margin, and some codices, with three early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, and Syriac, read without the "And". This is followed by Authorized Version and Revised Version.

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See also Jeremiah 4:5 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Jeremiah 4:5. _BLOW YE THE TRUMPET_] Give full information to all parts of the land, that the people may assemble together and defend themselves against their invaders....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Rather, Make proclamation “in Judah, and in Jerusalem” bid them hear, “and say, Blow the trumpet” throughout “the land:” cry aloud “and say etc.” The prophecy begins with a loud alarm of war. The vers...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Jeremiah 3:6 to Jeremiah 4:4. Conditional offers of restoration We may subdivide thus. (1) Jeremiah 3:6-18. The ten tribes as less guilty than Judah are invited to repent and return. (2)...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _in Jerusalem_ But a proclamation that people should take refuge within cities would not be needed there. It is probable that the words should be omitted. Moreover, by a very slight change in the Hebr...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    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....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities. CRY, GATHER TOGE...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    5-10. Destruction approaches Jerusalem....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    DECLARE. — _i.e.,_ proclaim as a herald proclaims. The cry is that of an alarm of war. The prophet sees, as it were, the invading army, and calls the people to leave their villages and to take refuge...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    הַגִּ֣ידוּ בִֽ יהוּדָ֗ה וּ בִ ירוּשָׁלִַ֨ם֙ ה

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (d) Declare ye in Judah, and proclaim in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, confirm, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the fortified cities. (d) He warns them of...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Cities. Nabuchodonosor is at hand._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    Jeremiah treats his own people here with more severity, for he saw that they were refractory, and so obstinate in their vices, that they could not by wise counsels be restored to the way of safety. He...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    DECLARE YE IN JUDAH, AND PUBLISH IN JERUSALEM, AND SAY,.... Exhortations to repentance being without effect in general, though they might have an influence on some few particular persons, the Lord dir...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities. Ver. 5. _Declare y...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Declare ye in Judah, announcing it, making it known widely, AND PUBLISH IN JERUSALEM AND SAY, BLOW YE THE TRUMPET IN THE LAND, as a signal calling the inhabitants to arms; CRY, GATHER TOGETHER, AND SA...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    DESCRIPTION OF THE JUDGMENT UNDER THREE EMBLEMS...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    The Lord being now about to bring enemies upon them, he bespeaks them in martial language, by stirring them to a speedy provision, and warning of them of the nature of their approaching judgment; not...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 4:5 Declare H5046 (H8685) Judah H3063 proclaim H8085 (H8685) Jerusalem H3389 say H559 (H8798) Blow...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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....

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 4:5 JUDAH and JERUSALEM must prepare for war. ⇐...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Amos 3:6; Amos 3:8; Ezekiel 33:2; Hosea 8:1; Jeremiah 11:2;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    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....

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