Jeremiah 4:13 NIV

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 4:13

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

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

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 4:5-31

A revelation of grievous purport has suddenly reached the prophet. See how the foe draws nearer and nearer, and how alarm drives the scattered population to seek for refuge in the fortified cities. Can such be the issue of the promises of peace with which Jehovah has encouraged his people? Such are the contents of the first paragraph ( Jeremiah 4:5-10 ). Next,-in short, detached figures the prophet sets forth the sin of the people and its punishment. Like a scorching simoom is the former;... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 4:5-31

The proclamation of woe. Such is the character of this entire section, and we observe upon this proclamation— I. THAT , LIKE ALL SUCH , IT IS PROMPTED BY DIVINE LOVE . The most fearful judgments contained in the whole Bible are those denounced by our Lord Jesus Christ. The most awful words ever spoken are those which proceeded out of the mouth of him at whose graciousness all-men wondered. It is evident, therefore, that they were the utterances, as is this one here,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 4:11-13

The uses of the wind. Not all the uses of the wind are set forth here, but enough is mentioned to remind us how God can turn a beneficial agent into a destructive one very rapidly and decisively. The force Of the unquenchable fire has already been spoken of ( Jeremiah 4:4 ); and it is a sufficiently dreadful thought that fire, so genial, so useful, with such a place in the house, and—so far as Israel was concerned—such a place in the service of God, should thus have become, in the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 4:13

He shall come up as clouds , etc. It is needless to name the subject; who can it be but the host of Jehovah's warlike instruments? (For the first figure, comp. Ezekiel 38:16 ; for the second, Isaiah 5:28 ; Isaiah 66:15 ; and for the third, Habakkuk 1:8 ; Deuteronomy 28:49 .) Woe unto us ! etc. The cry of lamentation of the Jews (comp. Jeremiah 4:20 ; Jeremiah 9:18 ). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 4:13

His troops move on in large masses like dark threatening clouds Joel 2:2.Woe unto us! for we are spoiled - Jeremiah’s own cry of grief. read more

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

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

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

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

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 4:5-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 4:5-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 4:11-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 4:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 4:13

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