"O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us."
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WALLOW THYSELF IN ASHES - Violent distress is accustomed to find
relief in eccentric actions, and thus the wallowing in ashes shows
that Jerusalem’s grief is unbearable.
THE SPOILER - Nebuchadnezzar....
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CHAPTER 6
_ 1. The call to the children of Benjamin (Jeremiah 6:1) _
2. Corruption and the deserved judgment (Jeremiah 6:9)
3. The prophet addressed (Jeremiah 6:27)
Jeremiah 6:1. The children of B...
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THE FOE FROM THE NORTH is again described (_cf._ Jeremiah 5:15) in his
advance against Jerusalem (Jeremiah 6:22). Its inhabitants utter their
dismay (wax feeble, Jeremiah 6:24; Heb. are slack). The pr...
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AND. Some codices, with five early printed editions, omit this "and"....
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The last of the four divisions. See introd. note to the ch....
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GIRD THEE WITH SACKCLOTH— As the wearing of sackcloth girt round the
body next the flesh (see 2 Kings 6:30.) is often mentioned in
Scripture as usual in times of mourning and lamentation, and appears,...
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5. _Description of the foe_ (Jeremiah 6:22-26)
TRANSLATION
(22) Thus said the LORD: Behold, a people is about to come from a
north land, a great nation shall be aroused from the uttermost parts
of t...
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Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of
the enemy and fear is on every side.
He addresses "the daughter of Zion" (Jeremiah 6:23); caution to the
citizens of Jerusalem not...
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1-8. The hostile army approaches....
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WALLOW THYSELF IN ASHES. — So in Jeremiah 25:34; Ezekiel 27:30. The
ordinary sign of mourning was to sprinkle dust or ashes on the head (2
Samuel 1:2; 2 Samuel 13:19; Joshua 7:6). This, as in Jeremiah...
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בַּת ־עַמִּ֤י חִגְרִי ־שָׂק֙ וְ
הִתְפַּלְּשִׁ֣י בָ † אֵ֔פֶר אֵ֤בֶל
יָחִיד֙ עֲשִׂ֣י לָ֔ךְ מִסְפַּ֖ד...
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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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This judgment the prophet now described. A fierce and relentless foe,
acting under the word of Jehovah, is described as coming up against
Jerusalem. The prophet declared that the city would be taken,...
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_Only son. Let thy grief be extraordinary, Amos viii. 10., and
Zacharias xii. 10._...
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The last of these verses throws a light on the whole passage, by way
of explanation, on the principles of the gospel of Christ. All men are
as reprobate silver, until the Great Refiner and Purifier of...
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The Prophet seems to use more words than necessary; for in a clear
matter he appears to extend his discourse too far: but we must
consider the design which has been mentioned; for he could not rouse
t...
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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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O DAUGHTER OF MY PEOPLE, GIRD THEE WITH SACKCLOTH,.... Either as a
token of repentance for sin; so the king of Nineveh and his subjects
did, to show their repentance, Jonah 3:6 or as a sign of mournin...
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O daughter of my people, gird [thee] with sackcloth, and wallow
thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, [as for] an only son, most
bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
Ver....
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_Behold, I will lay stumbling-blocks before this people_ I will suffer
such things to be laid in their way as shall be the occasion of their
destruction. Or, I will bring calamities upon them, by whic...
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THE IMPENDING JUDGMENT ANNOUNCED...
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18-30 God rejects their outward services, as worthless to atone for
their sins. Sacrifice and incense were to direct them to a Mediator;
but when offered to purchase a license to go on in sin, they p...
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0 DAUGHTER OF MY PEOPLE, i.e. O my people, that art beloved as a
_daughter_. GIRD THEE WITH SACKCLOTH, and wallow thyself in ashes: he
calls upon them to mourning in the deepest manner wherein they ca...
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Jeremiah 6:26 daughter H1323 people H5971 Dress H2296 (H8798)
sackcloth H8242 about H6428 (H8690) ashes H665 Make H6213 (H8798)
mourning H60 son H3173 bitter H8563 lamentation H4553 plunderer H7703
(H...
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IN VIEW OF JUDAH'S FAILURE TO RESPOND TO HIS WARNINGS YHWH STRESSES
THAT THE INVASION IS NOW IMMINENT (JEREMIAH 6:1).
Chapter 4 had predicted that invasion was coming, and chapter 5 had
given the rea...
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CONTENTS: Jeremiah's second message, continued. The terrors that
should come because of sin.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: The God of mercy is loath to depart even from a provoking
people,...
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Jeremiah 6:1. _Oh ye children of Benjamin flee out of the midst of
Jerusalem._ Many of this tribe lived in the city. _Blow the trumpet_
[of alarm] _in Tekoa,_ a village twelve miles from Jerusalem,
ac...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 6:26 DAUGHTER. Jerusalem represents the
whole nation (see Jeremiah 4:31). AS FOR AN ONLY SON describes
mourning for a unique and irreplaceable person (see Amos 8:10).
⇐ ⇔ ⇒...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL
POSITION OF THIS CHAPTER THE SAME. (Comp. notes on 3, 4, 5.)
2. GEOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES.— Jeremiah 6:1. “_Tekoa:_” a small
town of defenc...
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EXPOSITION
A prophecy, in five stanzas or strophes, vividly describing the
judgment and its causes, and enforcing the necessity of repentance.
JEREMIAH 6:1
Arrival of a hostile army from the north,...
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Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and
know, and seek in the broad places, if you can find a man, if there be
any that is executing judgment, and that is seeking truth; and...
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Ezekiel 27:30; Ezekiel 27:31; Ezekiel 7:16; Isaiah 22:12; Isaiah 22:4;
Isaiah 30:13; Isaiah 32:11; James 4:9; James 5:1; Jeremiah 12:12;...
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Gird thee — The prophet calls upon them to mourn in the deepest
manner....