George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Jeremiah 25:34
Leaders. Septuagint, "rams." He addresses the princes. --- Vessels. Septuagint, "chosen rams," fattened for slaughter.
Leaders. Septuagint, "rams." He addresses the princes. --- Vessels. Septuagint, "chosen rams," fattened for slaughter.
Verse Jeremiah 25:34. _HOWL, YE SHEPHERDS_] Ye kings and chiefs of the people. _YE SHALL FALL LIKE A PLEASANT VESSEL._] As a fall will break and utterly ruin a precious vessel of crystal, agate, c.,...
PRINCIPAL OF THE FLOCK - i. e., noble ones. WALLOW YOURSELVES IN THE ASHES - Rather, roll yourselves on the ground. FOR ... - Read; “for your days for being slaughtered are accomplished, and I will...
CHAPTER 25 The Seventy Years' Captivity and the Judgment of the Nations _ 1. The retrospect (Jeremiah 25:1) _ 2. The seventy years' captivity announced (Jeremiah 25:8) 3. The punishment of Babylon...
JEREMIAH 25. THE SUPREMACY OF BABYLON OVER JUDAH AND THE NATIONS. Jeremiah 25:1. In the year 604 (after the Babylonian victory over Egypt at Carchemish, 605 B.C., _cf._ Jeremiah 46:2), Jeremiah public...
SHEPHERDS. rulers (of all kinds). Compare Jeremiah 2:8; Jeremiah 6:3. All three had miserable ends: Jehoiakim (Jeremiah 22:18; Jeremiah 36:30)
The judgement to come upon all the peoples of the earth. The description is characterized by Oriental hyperbole. A considerable amount is adapted from elsewhere, and the eschatological character of th...
_wallow yourselves_in ashes] rather, SPRINKLE YOURSELVES. See on Jeremiah 6:26. The words "in ashes" are added in E.VV. only because they occur in the Hebrew of the other passage. _principal of the f...
HOWL, YE SHEPHERDS— See Jeremiah 25:30. By _shepherds,_ as before, are meant the _princes_ and _chief men;_ and, pursuing the same metaphor, the _principal of the flock,_ signify the great and wealthy...
D. Judgment on the World Jeremiah 25:30-38 TRANSLATION (30) But as for you, prophesy unto them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD from on high will roar, and from His holy habitation He wil...
Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant...
JEREMIAH'S FOURTEENTH PROPHECY (REIGN OF JEHOIAKIM). THE WINE CUP OF GOD'S FURY We have here the first closely dated prophecy, taking us back from Zedekih's reign to the fourth year of Jehoiakim, betw...
SHEPHERDS] i.e. RULERS. LIKE A PLEASANT VESSEL] fair but fragile....
HOWL, YE SHEPHERDS. — The idea of the flock suggested in the “habitation” or “pasture” of Jeremiah 25:30 is here expanded. The “shepherds” are, as usual, the rulers of the people (Jeremiah 10:21; Jere...
הֵילִ֨ילוּ הָ רֹעִ֜ים וְ זַעֲק֗וּ וְ הִֽתְפַּ
CHAPTER XVI JEHOVAH AND THE NATIONS Jeremiah 25:15 "Jehovah hath a controversy with the nations."- Jeremiah 25:31 As the son of a king only learns very gradually that his father's authority and act...
Still speaking to Zedekiah, Jeremiah reminded him of the word which came in the fourth year of Jehoiakim. It was a message announcing the judgment of God against Judah, Babylon, the nations, the world...
Howl, (z) ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves [in the ashes], ye chief of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a (a) plea...
In these verses is described, the sad consequence of divine judgments. The King of Babylon and his confederates, may seemingly for a time triumph: but their end shall be, like Moab of old, to perish f...
I doubt not but that the Prophet now turns his discourse especially to his own nation, which interpreters have not observed, and hence have not understood the meaning of the Prophet. He prophesied of...
Chapter 25 closes, so to say, this part of the prophecy with a general summary of God's judgments on the earth, giving it into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. The immediate application to events already a...
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 lame...
Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves [in the ashes], ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant...
_Howl, ye shepherds, and cry_ The imperative is here also put for the future: see Jeremiah 25:27. _Shepherds_ are here the same with kings, princes, or generals. In pursuance of the same metaphor, by...
THE JUDGMENT UPON THE WORLD...
Howl, ye shepherds, the kings and rulers of the earth, AND CRY, AND WALLOW YOURSELVES IN THE ASHES, as a token of great sorrow, YE PRINCIPAL OF THE FLOCK, the strong ones, the nobles, the wealthy amon...
THE DAYS OF YOUR SLAUGHTER: _ Heb._ your days for slaughter A PLEASANT VESSEL:...
30-38 The Lord has just ground of controversy with every nation and every person; and he will execute judgment on all the wicked. Who can avoid trembling when God speaks in displeasure? The days are...
SHEPHERDS, and the PRINCIPAL OF THE FLOCK, are in this place of the same significancy, by both he means the civil rulers; so the word is used JEREMIAH 22:22, JEREMIAH 23:1. These he calls aforehand to...
Jeremiah 25:34 Wail H3213 (H8685) shepherds H7462 (H8802) cry H2199 (H8798) about H6428 (H8690) leaders...
YHWH WILL ROAR FROM HEAVEN AND THE EARTH WILL FACE ITS JUDGMENT (JEREMIAH 25:30). What is coming on the world is pictured in terms of ‘universal' catastrophe, as so often in the prophets. The idea is...
SUBSECTION 8). JEREMIAH SUMMARISES HIS MINISTRY BEFORE THE PEOPLE AND AFTER DECLARING WHAT IS TO COME ON JUDAH PROCLAIMS THE JUDGMENT OF YHWH THAT IS COMING ON ALL NATIONS (JEREMIAH 25:1). This final...
CONTENTS: Prophecy of seventy years' captivity. Sign of the wine cup of fury. CHARACTERS: Jeremiah, Jehoiakim, Nebuchadnezzar, Pharaoh. CONCLUSION: Men would never receive from God the desolating pu...
Jeremiah 25:1. _In the fourth year of Jehoiakim the first year of Nebuchadrezzar._ Daniel says the third year, Daniel 1:1. The campaign could not be less than a year; the variation arises from the per...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER: “_Fourth year of Jehoiakim_” (Jeremiah 25:1). It is stated the _third_ year in Daniel 1:1; but Hales (“Sacred Chron.”) shows that Jehoiakim...
EXPOSITION This chapter may be illustrated by a comparison of it with Jeremiah 46:1. There Jeremiah exults ever the destruction of a nation (Egypt) which was one of the chief enemies of God's people,...
The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim (Jeremiah 25:1). So now we're going back in time. This was before Zedekiah was king. This was when Jeh...
2 Chronicles 36:10; Amos 5:11; Daniel 11:8; Ezekiel 27:30; Ezekie
Shepherds — Shepherds and the principal of the flock, in this place mean civil rulers. A pleasant vessel — Like a crystal glass, or some delicate vessel, which breaks in pieces and cannot again be set...