エレミヤ書 25:4-7 JCB

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:1-7

A melancholy review of twenty-three years of work. I. THE CHARACTER OF THE WORKER . A three and twenty years' experience furnishes a good test of character. So long a time is quite sufficient to eliminate the accidents of passion and temporary enthusiasm, and to bring to light the general principles of a man's conduct. These constitute his character; they reveal the true features of him. We should not judge a man by his latest action, perhaps a hasty and quite uncharacteristic... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:1-7

Messages recapitulated. I. CAREFUL REMINDER OF THE EXTENT OF HIS MINISTRY . ( Jeremiah 25:1-3 .) 1. The moral value of this is great . It is no vague indictment, but one made out with all accuracy and conscientiousness. We ought to take note of the extent of our privileges and opportunities, for we shall have to give an exact account of them all. 2. Its evidential value is equally great . The date of the prediction is thus fixed, and history becomes a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:1-7

A twenty-three years' ministry. Here we get a statement, brief but not at all uncertain, of what had been done in the prophetic way during twenty-three years. Three parties are concerned in this statement: I. GOD . Nebuchadnezzar, who is to act as the servant of God ( Jeremiah 25:9 ) in the great overthrowing work, has just come to his throne, and is unconsciously preparing for that to which God had appointed him. Hence it was fitting that, just at this crisis, God should point... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:1-38

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:4-5

(Comp. Jeremiah 7:25 ; Jeremiah 11:7 ; Jeremiah 35:15 .) They said ; literally, saying. The prophet mentally resumes the statement of Jeremiah 25:4 . He hath sent his servants the prophets." Turn ye; rather, return ye, conversion being the return of the sinner to his natural home. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:5-6

The chief purpose of prophecy. Jeremiah here sums up the general purpose not only of his own mission—extending now over twenty-three years—but of that of the whole series of Hebrew prophets. We may thus see the one great aim towards which all their labors were directed. I. PROPHECY IS PRACTICAL . Jeremiah's summary takes the form of an exhortation. The prophets were preachers, not philosophers. Their aim was not to satisfy curiosity but to affect conduct. In this they are an... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:7-11

Judgment plainly declared. The agents of the visitation are more precisely defined than hitherto, and the leader of the invasion is actually named. The extent also of the region to be devastated, and the time the captivity is to last, viz. seventy years, are set forth. I. THIS TENDED TO HEIGHTEN THE MORAL CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE PEOPLE . A vague indefinite calamity or series of calamities would have failed to strike deeply enough into the conscience of the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 25:5

Turn ye - i. e., Repent ye; the great summons of God to mankind at all times (Luke 24:47; Acts 2:38; compare Matthew 3:2). read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 25:4-7

Jeremiah 25:4-7. And the Lord hath sent unto you all his servants, &c. Nor am I the only prophet whom the Lord hath sent you, and whom you have neglected and despised. God hath sent you many more, and you have despised as many as he hath sent. This contempt of the Lord’s messengers is made the proximate cause of God’s wrath coming upon this people, till there was no remedy, 2 Chronicles 36:16. They said, Turn ye again now, &c. The substance, both of their and my sermons, hath been... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 25:1-14

Seventy years captivity (25:1-14)Babylon conquered Egypt in 605 BC (the fourth year of Jehoiakim’s reign according to Judean reckoning, the third year of his reign according to Babylonian reckoning; cf. Daniel 1:1-6). Judah therefore came for the first time under the direct control of Babylon. Jeremiah now clearly sees his prophecies being fulfilled before his eyes. He reminds the people that for over twenty years he has been bringing God’s message to them but they have not listened (25:1-3).... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:1-38

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:4-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:5-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:7-11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 25:5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 25:4-7

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 25:1-14

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