Jeremiah 25:31-38 NIV

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 Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 25:32

Thus saith the Lord of hosts, behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation ,.... Begin in one nation, and then go on to another; first in Judea, and then in Egypt; and so on, like a catching distemper, or like fire that first consumes one house, and then another; and thus shall the cup go round from nation to nation, before prophesied of: thus, beginning at Judea, one nation after another was destroyed by the king of Babylon; then he and his monarchy were destroyed by the Medes and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 25:33

And the slain of the Lord ,.... Slain by his permission, yea, by his orders, according to his will, in his wrath and sore displeasure, and to glorify his vindictive justice: shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth ; not that this should be at one and the same time; for there never was such a time, that there was such a general slaughter in the world, that the slain should reach from one end to the other; but that within the dispensation, in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 25:34

Howl, ye shepherds, and cry ,.... The Targum is, "howl, ye kings, and cry;' and the rulers and governors of the nations before threatened with destruction are meant; who are here called upon to lamentation and mourning for the ruin and loss of their kingdoms; though Calvin thinks that this is an apostrophe to the Jewish nation, and the rulers of it. It is no uncommon thing in Scripture to call kings and civil magistrates shepherds; see Jeremiah 23:1 ; and wallow yourselves in the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 25:35

And the shepherds shall have no way to flee ,.... Or, "and flight shall perish from the shepherds" F21 ואבד מנוס מן הרעים "et peribit fuga a pastoribus", V. L. "effugiumperibit", Schmidt; "perfugium", Cocceius. ; though they may attempt it, they shall not be able to accomplish it; neither the dignity of their persons, the greatness of their power, or the abundance of their riches, would make a way for them; their enemies being so numerous, powerful, and watchful: nor the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 25:36

And a voice of the cry of the shepherds ,.... Or of the kings, as the Targum: and an howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard ; of the mighty of the people, as the same; what is before called for is here represented as in fact, because of the certainty of it: for the Lord hath spoiled their pastures : their kingdoms, provinces, cities, and towns; or their people, as the Targum, among whom they lived, and by whom they were supported; still keeping up the metaphor of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 25:37

And the peaceable habitations are cut down ,.... Or, "their peaceable ones", as the Targum; the palaces and stately dwellings, in which they lived in great pomp and prosperity, in great peace, plenty, and safety, are destroyed by the enemy, and laid waste, and become desolate; yea, even those that lived peaceably and quietly, and neither were disturbed themselves, nor disturbed others, yet, as is usual in times of war, share the same fate with their neighbours, who have been more troublesome... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 25:38

He hath forsaken his covert as a lion ,.... Which some understand of God leaving Jerusalem, or the temple, where he dwelt; who, while he made it his residence, protected it; but when he forsook it, it became exposed to the enemy. Kimchi says it may be understood of the destruction of the first temple by Nebuchadnezzar; but he thinks it is most correct to interpret it of the destruction of the second temple; that is, by the Romans, when it was left desolate by Christ, the Lion of the tribe of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 25:32

Evil shall go forth from nation to nation - One nation after another shall fall before the Chaldeans. read more

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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 25:32

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 25:33

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 25:34

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 25:35

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 25:36

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 25:37

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 25:38

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 25:32

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