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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 30:1-9

Here, I. Jeremiah is directed to write what God had spoken to him, which perhaps refers to all the foregoing prophecies. He must write them and publish them, in hopes that those who had not profited by what he said upon once hearing it might take more notice of it when in reading it they had leisure for a more considerate review. Or, rather, it refers to the promises of their enlargement, which had been often mixed with his other discourses. He must collect them and put them together, and God... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 30:6

Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child ?.... Look into the histories of former times, inquire of those most versed in them, whether ever there was such a thing in the world as that a man should travail with child; ask one and, another you see in distress, whether that is their case or not, which looks so much like it; and since there never was such an instance, nor is it possible that there should: wherefore do I see every man with his hands his loins, as a woman in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 30:7

Alas! for that day is great ,.... For sorrow and distress: so that none is like it ; such were the times of Jerusalem's siege and destruction by the Romans; and which was an emblem of those times of trouble from antichrist in the latter day; see Matthew 24:21 ; it is even the time of Jacob's trouble : of the church and people of God, the true Israel of God; when Popery will be the prevailing religion in Christendom; when the outward court shall be given to the Gentiles; the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 30:8

For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts ,.... When the time is come for Jacob to be saved out of his trouble: that I will break his yoke from off thy neck ; not the yoke of the king of Babylon, but of antichrist, and of all the antichristian states, by whom the people of God have been oppressed; so the Targum, "I will break the yoke of the peoples (the antichristian nations) from off your necks.' Jarchi interprets it of the yoke of the nations of the world... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 30:7

Alas! for that day is great - When the Medes and Persians with all their forces shall come on the Chaldeans, it will be the day of Jacob's trouble - trial, dismay, and uncertainty; but he shall be delivered out of it - the Chaldean empire shall fall, but the Jews shall be delivered by Cyrus. Jerusalem shall be destroyed by the Romans, but the Israel of God shall be delivered from its ruin. Not one that had embraced Christianity perished in the sackage of that city. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 30:8

I will break his yoke - That is, the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar. Of him - Of Jacob, ( Jeremiah 30:7 ;), viz., the then captive Jews. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 30:6

Verse 6 He then adds, and not of peace This is emphatically subjoined, that the Prophet might shake off from the people those foolish delusions with which they were imbued by the false prophets. He then says, that they in vain hoped for peace, for they could not flee from terror and fear. He enhances this fear by saying, Inquire and see whether a man is in labor? Some one renders this absurdly, “Whether a man begets?” by which mistake he has betrayed a defect of judgment as well as ignorance;... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 30:7

Verse 7 The Prophet goes on in this verse to describe the grievousness of that punishment for which the people felt no concern, for they disregarded all threatenings, as I have already said, and had now for many years hardened themselves so as to deem as nothing so many dreadful things. This, then, was the reason why he dwelt so much on this denunciation, and exclaimed, Alas! great is that day: “great” is to be taken for dreadful; and he adds, so that there is none like it It was a dreadful... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 30:8

Verse 8 Jeremiah proceeds with what he touched upon in the last verse, even that the Lord, after having chastised his people, would at length shew mercy to them, so as to receive them into favor. He says, in short, that their captivity would not be perpetual. But we must remember what we have before stated, that is, that deliverance is only promised to the faithful, who would patiently and resignedly submit to God and not disregard his paternal correction. If, then, we desire God to be... read more

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