Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 4:5-10
The sounding of the alarm that invasion was coming 4:5-10 read more
Jeremiah 4:8 Niv
Thomas Constable
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 4:5-30
Yahweh’s declaration of divine judgment 4:5-6:30The Judahites-having sinned greatly (ch. 2)-failed to repent (Jeremiah 3:1 to Jeremiah 4:4). Consequently, judgment in the form of military invasion would overtake them. This whole section is an amplification and explanation of the overflowing cauldron vision in Jeremiah 1:13-16.This section provides a clear example of the mosaic structure of the Book of Jeremiah. It consists of 13 separate messages that all deal with the threat of approaching... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 4:8
The people of Judah were to go into mourning over this situation. They were to view it as part of the continuing judgment of Yahweh on them. read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 4:1-31
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. Jer 3:6)This section furnishes us with the gist of the prophet's testimony during the early years of his ministry, and doubtless represents the commencement of the roll written by Baruch at Jeremiah's dictation. In these five chapters he lays before his hearers the grossness of their conduct in deserting Jehovah, and urges repentance and amendment... read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 4:5-30
Jeremiah’s Fourth Prophecy (or Group of Prophecies). God’s Judgment upon the UnrepentantWhen the check which Josiah’s personal character and influence put upon idolatry was removed, Jeremiah foresaw that the condition of the nation would become well-nigh desperate. read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 4:5-31
5-10. Destruction approaches Jerusalem.6. Set up the standard] to mark out the safest route to those who were seeking the shelter of the walls of Jerusalem. Evil from the north] The enemy (see Jeremiah 4:13) used chariots, and were therefore probably the Chaldeans, not (as some have supposed) Scythians. 7. The lion] i.e. the enemy. Of the Gentiles] RV ’of nations.’10. Jeremiah here struggles against the fate announced for the nation. After all its glorious history and the many promises of... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 4:8
(8) Gird you with sackcloth.—From the earliest times the outward sign of mourning, and therefore of repentance (Joel 1:8; Isaiah 22:12). read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Jeremiah 4:1-31
Plural, Yet Singular Jeremiah 4:2 I want to speak about the plural that runs itself up into the singular. 'Truth, judgment, righteousness.' We cannot get rid of the three; when we sometimes think we are farthest from it we are closest upon it. It is a mystery that is to be reckoned with. Indifference, worldliness, folly, may avoid all these subjects, and thus run a downward and self-extinguishing course. There remains the idea of the three. We cannot, let us say again and again to ourselves,... read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 4:1-31
{e-Sword Note: In the printed edition, this material appeared near the end of 2 Kings.}JEREMIAH AND HIS PROPHECIESJereremiah 1:1 - Jeremiah 5:31"Count me o’er earth’s chosen heroes-they were souls that stood alone, While the men they agonized for hurled the contumelious stone; Stood serene, and down the future saw the golden beam incline To the side of perfect justice, mastered by their faith divine, By one man’s plain truth to manhood and to God’s supreme design."- LOWELLTRULY Jeremiah was a... read more
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 4:8
8. Nothing is left to the Jews but to bewail their desperate condition. anger . . . not turned back— (Isaiah 9:12; Isaiah 9:17; Isaiah 9:21). read more