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Verse Jeremiah 4:13. Jeremiah 4:11. Ver. 13. _WO UNTO US!_] The
people, deeply affected with these threatened judgments, interrupt the
prophet with the lamentation - _Wo unto us, for we are spoiled_!...
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His troops move on in large masses like dark threatening clouds Joel
2:2.
WOE UNTO US! FOR WE ARE SPOILED - Jeremiah’s own cry of grief....
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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 Isra...
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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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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 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...
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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,...
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Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a
whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are
spoiled.
CLOUDS - continuing the metaphor in Jeremiah 4:11...
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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...
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HE SHALL COME UP AS CLOUDS. — He, the destroyer of nations, with
armies that sweep like storm-clouds over the land they are going to
destroy. (Comp. Ezekiel 38:16.)
SWIFTER THAN EAGLES. — A possible q...
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הִנֵּ֣ה ׀ כַּ עֲנָנִ֣ים יַעֲלֶ֗ה וְ כַ
† סּוּפָה֙ מַרְכְּבֹותָ֔יו קַלּ֥וּ
מִ נְּשָׁרִ֖ים סוּסָ֑יו אֹ֥וי...
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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 understand what is written here and elsewhere in the pages
of prophecy, two thing...
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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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Behold, he shall come up as (l) clouds, and his chariots [shall be] as
a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. (m) Woe to us! for we
are laid waste.
(l) Meaning that Nebuchadnezzar would com...
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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...
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The Prophet here concludes the prediction which referred to the
dreadful vengeance that was coming; and he mentions here several
similitudes, such as might rouse the Jews and constrain them to fear.
H...
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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 t...
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BEHOLD, HE SHALL COME UP AS CLOUDS,.... Meaning the lion,
Nebuchadnezzar, Jeremiah 4:7,
"the king with his army (as the Targum paraphrases it); he shall come
up against them as a cloud that ascendeth...
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Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots [shall be] as a
whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are
spoiled.
Ver. 13. _Behold, he shall come up as clouds._] Sw...
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DESCRIPTION OF THE JUDGMENT UNDER THREE EMBLEMS...
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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
descr...
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HE SHALL COME UP AS CLOUDS; either noting the vast number of them,
ISAIAH 60:8 HEBREWS 12:1; or the suddenness of them, when not
expected, clouds often rising on a sudden, and overspreading the whole...
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Jeremiah 4:13 up H5927 (H8799) clouds H6051 chariots H4818 whirlwind
H5492 horses H5483 swifter H7043 (H8804) eagles H5404 Woe H188
plundered H7703 (H8795)
Behold - Isaiah 13:5, Isaiah 19:1; Nahum 1:...
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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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_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...
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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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Daniel 7:4; Deuteronomy 28:49; Habakkuk 1:8; Hosea 8:1; Isaiah 13:5;
Isaiah 19:1; Isaiah 5:28; Isaiah 66:15; Jeremiah 10:19; Jeremiah 4:31;...
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As clouds — Denoting the suddenness of them, when not expected,
clouds often rising on a sudden, and overspread the whole face of the
heavens; or the great swiftness with which Nebuchadnezzar should m...