Jer 25:10 Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle. Ver. 10. Moreover, I will take from them. ] See Jer 7:34 Revelation 18:22 . read more
Jer 25:11 And this whole land shall be a desolation, [and] an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. Ver. 11. And this land shall be a desolation - seventy years.] Which commenced at the deportation of Jeconiah. 2Ki 24:8 Jeremiah 29:1-3 Ezekiel 4:1 ; Eze 33:21 Avignon in France, was the residence of the Pope for seventy years, which time the Romans yet remember, till this day, by the name of the Babylonian captivity. a Luther, when he first began to... read more
Reciprocal: Isaiah 42:24 - General read more
I: Jeremiah 1:15, Jeremiah 5:15, Jeremiah 5:16, Jeremiah 6:1, Jeremiah 6:22-Ezekiel :, Jeremiah 8:16, Leviticus 26:25-1 Corinthians :, Deuteronomy 28:45-Philippians :, Proverbs 21:1, Isaiah 5:26-Amos :, Isaiah 10:5, Isaiah 39:7, Habakkuk 1:6-2 Samuel : Nebuchadrezzar: Jeremiah 27:6, Jeremiah 40:2, Jeremiah 43:10, Isaiah 13:3, Isaiah 44:28, Isaiah 45:1, Ezekiel 29:18-Proverbs : against: Jeremiah 25:17-Ezekiel :, Jeremiah 27:3-Ruth :, Ezekiel 26:7, Ezekiel 29:19, Ezekiel 30:10, Ezekiel 30:11 ... read more
take from: Heb. cause to perish from, Esther 3:13, Esther 7:4, Esther 8:11 voice of mirth: Jeremiah 7:34, Jeremiah 16:9, Jeremiah 33:10, Jeremiah 33:11, Isaiah 24:7-2 Kings :, Ezekiel 26:13, Hosea 2:11, Revelation 18:22, Revelation 18:23 the sound: Sir J. Chardin remarks, that in the East, every where in the morning may be heard the noise of the mills, which often awakens people; for they generally grind every day just as much as may be necessary for the day's consumption. Where, then, the... read more
seventy: This prophecy was delivered in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, and began to be accomplished immediately; and it was exactly seventy years from this time to the proclamation of Cyrus for the return of the Jews. Jeremiah 25:12, 2 Chronicles 36:21, 2 Chronicles 36:22, Isaiah 23:15-Esther :, Daniel 9:2, Zechariah 1:12, Zechariah 7:5 Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:32 - And I Isaiah 5:6 - I will lay Isaiah 28:22 - a consumption Isaiah 32:10 - Many days and years Isaiah 49:24 - lawful captive... read more
Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.Nebuchadnezzar — In this work shall be my servant; though you will not be my servants in obeying my commands. read more
Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.Moreover — Nay, I will not only deprive you of your mirth, but of those things that are necessary for you, as necessary as bread and light, the millstone shall not move, you shall not have the light so much as of a candle. read more
9. Families of the north An allusion to the conglomerate character of the Babylonish kingdom, blending, as it did, all the peoples in the great basin of the Tigris and Euphrates. And Nebuchadrezzar, etc. Literally, and to Nebuchadrezzar, etc., bringing it after send rather than take, in construction. He is called the servant of Jehovah because of his providential mission in executing God’s will on Judah. See also Jeremiah 28:6; Jeremiah 43:10. read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 25:9
Jer 25:9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations. Ver. 9. Behold, I will send and take. ] By a secret instinct. as Jer 1:15 And Nebuchadnezzar my servant, ] i.e., Mine executioner,... read more