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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 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 30:5-11

The great judgment of Israel's deliverance. It is nothing less than the "day of Jehovah" which the prophet sees in spirit—a day which is "great" ( Jeremiah 30:7 ; comp. Joel 2:11 ; Zephaniah 1:14 ) and terrible ( Jeremiah 30:5 , Jeremiah 30:6 ; comp. Amos 5:18 , Amos 5:20 ; Isaiah 13:6 ; Joel 2:1 , Joel 2:11 ) for Israel, a day of "trouble" ( Jeremiah 30:7 ), but for his enemies of destruction. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 30:6

Whether a man doth travail with child. Great, indeed, must be the terror when no adequate figure suggests itself but that of a woman in her pangs (comp. Jeremiah 6:24 ; Jeremiah 13:21 ; Jeremiah 22:23 ; Isaiah 13:8 ). All faces are turned into paleness. So Joel ( Joel 2:6 ) and Nahum ( Nahum 2:10 ), "All faces withdraw their colour." For "paleness" the Septuagint has "jaundice"—a possible meaning of the Hebrew; comp. χλωρὸς , "pale, bilious looking'' in medical writings,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 30:4-7

Jeremiah 30:4-7. And these are the words that the Lord spake And which God ordered to be written: and those promises, which were written by his order, are as truly his word as the ten commandments, which were written with his finger. We have heard a voice of trembling Such a one as discovers great fears and apprehensions of impending evils. Ask ye now and see, &c. Make diligent inquiry, and ask every one, whether they ever knew or heard of any such thing as a man’s travailing with... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 30:1-24

Disease, suffering and healing (30:1-24)Although he has been prophesying the captivity of Judah, Jeremiah knows also that after seventy years the people will return to their homeland. A theme of hope and encouragement runs through the next few chapters (30:1-3).The suffering of God’s people will almost be more than they can bear, but God assures them that it will not last indefinitely (4-7). He will release them from bondage and give them independence and peace under the rule of the Davidic... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 30:6

a man = a male. Hebrew. zakar. man = a strong man. Hebrew. geber . App-14 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 30:6

Jeremiah 30:6. Ask ye now, &c.— "Is it usual for men to be with child, and to suffer the pangs of travail? Whence then do I see you, Chaldeans and Babylonians, in a similar posture?" The prophet uses this figure, to represent the fear of the Babylonians, and their extreme surprise, when the forces of the Medes and Persians should come upon them. The next verse refers to the same. But though it was a time of trouble to the Babylonians, and to the Jews, as connected with them; yet were the... read more

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