Jeremiah 30:5-7

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 30:5

For thus saith the Lord ,.... Yet what follows are the words of others; wherefore some supply it, "for thus saith the Lord, the nations shall say" F16 "Gentes dicturae sunt", Vatablus. ; so Kimchi and Ben Melech interpret it as what the Gentiles will say in the times of the Messiah; but it might be better supplied, "ye shall say"; that is, Israel and Judah; to whom the words of the Lord are spoken in Jeremiah 30:3 ; or else the Lord here represents his people, saying: we have... 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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 30:5

We have heard a voice of trembling - This may refer to the state and feelings of the people during the war which Cyrus carried on against the Babylonians. Trembling and terror would no doubt affect them, and put an end to peace and all prosperity; as they could not tell what would be the issue of the struggle, and whether their state would be better or worse should their present masters fall in the conflict. This is well described in the next verse, where men are represented as being,... 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

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 30:5

Verse 5 Now he says, Thus saith Jehovah, A cry, or, the voice of trembling, or of fear, have we heard. The word חרדה, cherede, is thought to mean properly that dread which makes the whole body to tremble, and is therefore rendered trembling. God speaks, and yet in the person of the people. Why? In order to expose their insensibility; for as they were obstinate in their wickedness, so they were not terrified by threatenings, however many and dreadful. God dictated words for them, for they were... 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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 30:5

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

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 30:5

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 30:5

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

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 30:1-24

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