耶利米書 25:8-11 Cunpts
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
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:9
The families of the north (comp. Jeremiah 1:15 , note). And Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant. This is the rendering of the Targum, the Syriac, and the Vulgate, and corresponds with the reading of a few extant manuscripts. The received text, however, reads, "and unto Nebuchadnezzar," etc. Neither reading is satisfactory. The latter one is intolerably harsh; the former makes Nebuchadnezzar a mere adjunct of the tribes of the north. In the other passages, moreover, where this... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:9
Nebuchadnezzar … my servant. A strange expression! It is not found in many manuscripts and versions. But it is more likely that dull officious scribes should erase such an "improper" phrase than that any should insert it in the manuscripts and Targum where it is preserved. We cannot suppose that Nebuchadnezzar is called God's servant in consideration of any characteristics of his later career, such as the repentant state following his insanity recorded in the Book of Daniel ( Daniel... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:9
Nebuchadnezzar, the servant of God. I. THE CONTRAST WITH OTHER SERVANTS . Observe the mention, in Jeremiah 25:4 , of those very different servants of God, the prophets (so mentioned elsewhere). God had sent many of them and many times, and hardly any attention had been paid to them. Higher motives had been appealed to in vain. Considerations of duty and prudence were thrown to the winds. And now the mighty king Nebuchadnezzar comes, with a very different sort of force—not... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:10
The sound of the millstones . Modem travel enables us (so conservative is the East) to realize the full force of this image. The hand-mill is composed of two stones. As a rule, "two women" (comp. Matthew 24:41 ) sit at it facing each other; both have hold of the handle by which the upper is turned round on the 'nether' millstone. The one whose right hand is disengaged throws in the grain as occasion requires, through the hole in the upper stone" (Dr. Thomson). "The labor," remarks Dr.... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:11
Shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years . Widely different opinions are held as to the meaning of this prophecy. The most probable view is that "seventy" is an indefinite or round number (as in Isaiah 23:17 ), equivalent to "a very long time." This is supported by the analogy of Jeremiah 27:7 , where the captivity is announced as lasting through the reigns of Nebuchadnezzar, his son, and his grandson—a statement evidently vague and indefinite (see ad loc .), and in any case not... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 25:9
The term families is probably used here to signify the widespread empire of Nebuchadnezzar.My servant - This title, so remarkable in the Old Testament as the especial epithet, first of Moses, and then of the Messiah, is thrice given to Nebuchadnezzar, and marks the greatness of the commission entrusted to him. read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 25:10
Take from them ... the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle - (or, lamp). To denote the entire cessation of domestic life. The one was the sign of the preparation of the daily meal, the other of the assembling of the family after the labors of the day were over. read more
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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 25:11
Verse 11 Here the Prophet mentions the restriction of which I have spoken, and thus he mitigates the severity of their punishment. It is, then, a kind of correction; not that he changes anything, but only by this sort of correction he explains what he before meant by perpetual desolations. He says, The whole land shall be a waste and an astonishment, or as some render it, “a desolation.” The word שמם, indeed, means to lay desolate, and also to astonish; but as he had lately used the word in... read more