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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 25:30-38

We have, in these verses, a further description of those terrible desolations which the king of Babylon with his armies should make in all the countries and nations round about Jerusalem. In Jerusalem God had erected his temple; there were his oracles and ordinances, which the neighbouring nations should have attended to and might have received benefit by; thither they should have applied for the knowledge of God and their duty, and then they might have had reason to bless God for their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 25:31

A noise shall come up even to the ends of the earth ,.... Wars, and rumours of wars, everywhere, till the cup has gone round, and all nations have drank of it, and have felt the power of divine wrath for their sins: for the Lord hath a controversy with the nations ; will enter into a judicial process with them; will litigate the point with them, and try it openly; that it may be seen who is in the right, and who in the wrong: he will plead with all flesh ; or enter into judgment... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 25:31

Verse 31 He pursues the same subject; he says that there would be a dreadful assault, and that it would extend to the extreme parts of the earth. The word שאון, shaun, means a noise or sound; but it is also taken for violence or assault; and either meaning would not be unsuitable here. The sound then, or assault, shall come to the extreme parts of the earth It then follows, that God had a strife with all nations; and here the Prophet seems to obviate a question that might have been raised,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:30-38

The vision of final judgment. A sublime and terrible description; corresponding with many others throughout the Old and New Testaments. I. IT SERVES A GREAT ETHICAL PURPOSE . The sense of wrong-doing is thereby intensified, and some idea is given of the awful consequences of sin and its hatefulness to the mind of God. II. AN EVIDENCE OF THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF SIN AND SALVATION . By such visions as these the ages of the world are linked together... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:31

A noise . The word is used elsewhere for the tumultuous sound of a marching army (see Isaiah 13:4 ; Isaiah 17:12 ). He will plead ; rather, he will hold judgment . Jehovah's "contending" sometimes involves the notion of punishing, e.g. Ezekiel 38:22 ; Isaiah 66:16 . In 2 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles 22:8 , the same verb in the same conjugation is forcibly rendered in the Authorized Version, "to execute judgment." read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:31

Jehovah's controversy with the nations. This necessary controversy explains all the proceedings described from Jeremiah 25:15 to the end of the chapter. Jeremiah is not a prophet to Israel only, but to all who are guilty of similar transgressions. The cup of God's holy wrath goes on filling wherever he beholds wrongdoing. It is easy to see, if we only ponder a little, that some such outburst as this must come in all true prophecy. As the Apostle Paul puts it, the nations that sinned... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 25:31

A noise - The trampling of an army in motion. Compare Amos 2:2.A controversy - i. e., a suit at law.Will plead - Or, will hold judgment. As judge He delivers the wicked to the sword. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 25:30-33

Jeremiah 25:30-33. The Lord shall roar from on high Shall manifest his anger from heaven. God speaks by his judgments, and those, when they are very terrible, may be fitly compared to the roaring of a lion, which strikes a consternation into those that hear it. He shall mightily roar upon his habitation He shall pronounce and execute a terrible judgment upon his temple, the place on earth which he hath chosen for his residence: see 1 Kings 8:29. He shall give a shout as they that tread... read more

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