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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 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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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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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...
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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 גֹּויִ֔ם נָסַ֖ע יָצָ֣א מִ
מְּקֹמֹ֑ו לָ שׂ֤וּם אַרְצֵךְ֙...
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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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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 t...
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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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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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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 (H8804) forth H3318 (H8804) place
H4725 make H7760 (H8800) land H776 desolate H8047 cities H5892 w...
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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 4:7 LION. Many ancient nations likened
themselves to lions, but here the text refers to Babylon, the chief
DESTROYER OF NATIONS in Jeremiah’s times. The land will be a
WASTE....
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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;
Ezekiel 26:7; Ezekiel 30:10; Ezekiel 30:11; Isaiah 1:7; Isaiah 5:9;...
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The lion — Nebuchadnezzar, so called from his fierceness and
strength....