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Verse Jeremiah 4:15. _FOR A VOICE DECLARETH FROM DAN_] _Dan_ was a
city in the tribe of Dan, north of Jerusalem; the first city in
Palestine, which occurs in the way from Babylon to Jerusalem.
_AFFL...
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DAN - The border-town of Palestine on the north Deuteronomy 34:1.
MOUNT EPHRAIM - The northern boundary of Judaea itself. The invading
army presses on so rapidly, that scarcely have the news arrived o...
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CHAPTER 4
_ 1. True repentance and what it means (Jeremiah 4:1) _
2. The alarm sounded: judgment comes (Jeremiah 4:5)
3. The doom of the rebellious people (Jeremiah 4:14)
4. The desolation of I
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THE ENEMY'S APPROACH. Warning is given by the horn, and guidance, to
the refugees fleeing to Jerusalem, by the standard; they are bidden to
bring (their families) into safety (not flee for safety). Th...
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FROM DAN... EPHRAIM. The enemy would enter the Land from the north, as
he afterward did.
MOUNT. hill country of....
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The connexion is, It is high time to amend, for, etc.
_a voice_ better, _Hark! one declareth_.
_Dan_ on the northern border of Palestine. See Deuteronomy 34:1.
_the hills of Ephraim_ or, Mount Ephra...
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As the burning sirocco, the dense clouds accompanied by the whirlwind,
or the savage creatures of the air, so shall the enemy prove to be, as
they descend on Judah in doom. Let her even now seek to av...
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Jeremiah 4:5-31. Impending judgements. National disaster
This section and the two that follow it (viz. chs. 5 and 6) are
somewhat later than the preceding, as presenting a more definite
description o...
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FOR A VOICE DECLARETH FROM DAN— _For lo! a sound of devastation
comes from Dan; lo! a tumult is heard from the mountains of Ephraim._
Houb....
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3. _The third figure: the keepers_ (Jeremiah 4:14-18)
TRANSLATION
(14) Wash your heart from evil, O Jerusalem, that you might be saved.
How long will you harbor in your midst wicked thoughts? (15) Fo...
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THE PROPHET SETS FORTH THE SIN OF THE NATION AND POINTS OUT THE
INEVITABLE RESULT (REIGN OF JOSIAH, AND PROBABLY BEFORE THE REFORMS OF
THAT KING: CP. JEREMIAH 3:6)
This section furnishes us with the g...
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5-10. Destruction approaches Jerusalem....
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Dan was on the northern border of Palestine. MOUNT EPHRAIM was the
range immediately N. of Judah, only about 10 m. from 'Jerusalem
itself. Thus the enemy's approach is rapid....
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DAN... MOUNT EPHRAIM. — The two places are chosen, not like Dan and
Beer-sheba, as extreme limits, but as stages in the march of the
invader: first Dan (as in Jeremiah 8:16), the northernmost point
(D...
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כִּ֛י קֹ֥ול מַגִּ֖יד מִ דָּ֑ן וּ
מַשְׁמִ֥יעַ
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Jeremiah 5:1; Jeremiah 6:1
CHAPTER IV
THE SCYTHIANS AS THE SCOURGE OF GOD
Jeremiah 4:3 - Jeremiah 6:30
IF we would under
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Jehovah immediately promised that if Israel would return, she would be
established. Then the prophet declared that judgment was determined
on. He appealed to the people to repent, and that not in exte...
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For a voice declareth from (n) Dan, and proclaimeth affliction from
mount (o) Ephraim.
(n) Which was a city in the utmost border of Israel north toward
Babylon.
(o) Which was in the middle between D...
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_Ephraim. At Bethel and Dan the calves were adored. (Calmet) --- But
they were now no more. (Haydock) --- The irruption of Nabuchodonosor
is announced. He set himself up for a god._...
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Under those strong images, of a dry wind and a full wind, and a
whirlwind, are set forth the judgments of the Lord. But under all, I
pray the Reader to observe, how the Lord fully proves, that the evi...
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The Prophet again repeats what he had said, — that the Jews were
given up, on account of their perverseness, to final ruin; for they
had so often and for so long a time provoked God, and had not atten...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4, 5, AND 6.
Chapter 4 resumes the subject of Chapter s 2, 3, and, applying it at
that time to the people, tells them that, if they return, it must be
unto th...
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FOR A VOICE DECLARETH FROM DAN,.... The coming of the enemy, as Kimchi
explains it, Nebuchadnezzar, the king of the Chaldeans; a messenger
was come from Dan, which was on the border of the land of Isr...
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_For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount
Ephraim._
Ver. 15. _For a voice declareth from Dan._] Which was first called
Laish, then Dan, and after that, in honour of Tiberi...
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_O Jerusalem, wash thy heart_ O ye inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of
Judah, cleanse your inward parts; not your hands only, as hypocrites
do, but your hearts, James 4:8; _from wickedness_ Namely, fr...
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DESCRIPTION OF THE JUDGMENT UNDER THREE EMBLEMS...
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For a voice declareth from Dan, in the extreme northern part of
Canaan, where the advance of the enemy would be felt first, AND
PUBLISHETH AFFLICTION FROM MOUNT EPHRAIM, this being an evidence that
th...
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5-18 The fierce conqueror of the neighbouring nations was to make
Judah desolate. The prophet was afflicted to see the people lulled
into security by false prophets. The approach of the enemy is
desc...
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A VOICE, i.e. either the voice of the prophets, that is still sounding
it in your ears, and declaring it unto you; or rather, the rumour and
noise of this army is already come through your land; you h...
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Jeremiah 4:15 voice H6963 declares H5046 (H8688) Dan H1835 proclaims
H8085 (H8688) affliction H205 Mount H2022 Ephr
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JUDAH ARE CALLED TO REPENTANCE AS WELL AS ISRAEL FOR THEY ARE STILL IN
THEIR LAND, AND, IF THEY WILL ONLY TRULY TURN TO HIM WITH GENUINELY
CHANGED HEARTS, CAN STILL LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE IN HOPE....
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YHWH WARNS JUDAH THAT IF THEY WILL NOT REPENT FOR THEM TOO INVASION BY
A FIERCE ADVERSARY IS THREATENING AND WILL UNDOUBTEDLY COME BECAUSE OF
THEIR SINS (JEREMIAH 4:3).
If Judah will not respond to th...
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Jeremiah 4:1. _If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return
unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight,
then shalt thou not remove. And thou shalt swear, The LORD l...
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CONTENTS: Jeremiah's second message, continued. Warning of the
consequences of sin and exhortation to return to God.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: It is the evil of men's doings that kindle...
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Jeremiah 4:3. _Break up your fallow ground._ Hebrews ניר _nir,
novale;_ make _new_ land, eradicate the thorns. Hosea 10:12. Our old
phrase, the fallow deer, seems to give the exact import of the word....
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—_Chronology_ of the chapter,
_Contemporary Scriptures, Historic Facts, Contemporary History_ as in
chap. 3. 1. GEOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES. Jeremiah 4:5. “_Defenced
cities_....
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EXPOSITION
JEREMIAH 4:1, JEREMIAH 4:2
The form and structure of the translation require a change. Render,
_If thou wilt return_,_ O Israel_,_ saith Jehovah_,_ wilt return unto
me_;_ and if thou wilt...
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But if you will return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and
if you will put away thine abominations out of my sight, then you will
no longer be [moved or] removed. And thou shalt swear, The...
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Jeremiah 6:1; Jeremiah 8:16; Joshua 17:15; Joshua 20:7; Judges 18:29;...
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From Dan — Dan was the first place the Chaldeans came to, being the
utmost boundary of Canaan northward. Ephraim was the innermost border
of Israel in the north of Judea, intimating the march of the
B...