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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 4:5-18

God's usual method is to warn before he wounds. In these verses, accordingly, God gives notice to the Jews of the general desolation that would shortly be brought upon them by a foreign invasion. This must be declared and published in all the cities of Judah and streets of Jerusalem, that all might hear and fear, and by this loud alarm be either brought to repentance or left inexcusable. The prediction of this calamity is here given very largely, and in lively expressions, which one would... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 4:12

Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me ,.... That is, a strong one, very vehement; or, "a wind which is fuller than these", as the Syriac version renders it; which is stronger than those winds which are fit for fanning and winnowing the chaff from the wheat. Jarchi interprets it, a wind full of those punishments which God had threatened, and determined to bring upon this people, and would not turn from, nor repent of: and the phrase "shall come unto me" regards not the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 4:13

Behold, he shall come up as clouds ,.... Meaning the lion, Nebuchadnezzar, Jeremiah 4:7 , "the king with his army (as the Targum paraphrases it); he shall come up against them as a cloud that ascendeth and covers the earth.' "come up against them as a cloud that ascendeth and covers the earth.' The metaphor denotes the swiftness of his coming, and the multitudes he should come with, and that darkness and distress he should bring with him upon the people of the Jews: and his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 4:14

O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness ,.... These are the words of the prophet, or of God by the prophet, showing the cause of all their ruin and destruction, the wickedness of their hearts; and they are expressed in such form and language, as to be accommodated to the case of any unregenerate sinner: every man's heart is wicked, desperately wicked, even wickedness itself; everything in it is wicked; the thoughts, and the imagination of the thoughts of the heart, the mind, the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 4:11-13

A dry wind - a fall wind - as clouds - as a whirlwind - All these expressions appear to refer to the pestilential winds, suffocating vapors, and clouds and pillars of sand collected by whirlwinds, which are so common and destructive in the east, (see on Isaiah 21:1 ; (note)); and these images are employed here to show the overwhelming effect of the invasion of the land by the Chaldeans. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 4:13

Wo unto us! - The people, deeply affected with these threatened judgments, interrupt the prophet with the lamentation - Wo unto us, for we are spoiled! The prophet then resumes: - read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 4:14

O Jerusalem, wash thine heart - Why do ye not put away your wickedness, that ye may be saved from these tremendous judgments? How long shall thy vain thoughts of safety and prosperity lodge within thee? Whilst thou continuest a rebel against God, and provokest him daily by thy abominations! read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 4:12

Verse 12 And come, he says, unto me God, I doubt not, speaks here. Some think that the Prophet here represents the whole body of the people; and they consider them as saying, that there would come a wind which would rush on themselves. But this is too strained; and further, this explanation is disproved by the context: nor can what follows be applied to the Prophet, I will now pronounce judgments against them Here then God, in his office as a judge, declares that a wind was nigh, by which he... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 4:13

Verse 13 The Prophet here concludes the prediction which referred to the dreadful vengeance that was coming; and he mentions here several similitudes, such as might rouse the Jews and constrain them to fear. He says, that the chariots of God would come as clouds and as a whirlwind; and then that his horses would be swifter than eagles As to the clouds, the whirlwind, and the eagles, (for the import of the three similitudes is the same,) the Prophet no doubt intended thus to set forth the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 4:14

Verse 14 Here now the Prophet expressly and avowedly exhorts the people to repent. By bidding Jerusalem to wash from wickedness her heart, that she might be saved, he shews that there was no remedy, except the Jews were reconciled to God; and that this could not be, except they repented of their sins. He had said before, that while God was angry they could not but perish; he now confirms the same thing, — that thou mayest be saved, wash thine heart from wickedness; as though he had said, that... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 4:5-18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 4:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 4:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 4:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 4:11-13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 4:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 4:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 4:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 4:13

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 4:14

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