George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Jeremiah 4:15
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.
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.
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...
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...
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
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...
FROM DAN... EPHRAIM. The enemy would enter the Land from the north, as he afterward did. MOUNT. hill country of....
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim. FOR A VOICE DECLARETH FROM DAN. The connection is: There is danger in delay: for the voice of a messenger announces the...
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...
5-10. Destruction approaches Jerusalem....
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....
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...
כִּ֛י קֹ֥ול מַגִּ֖יד מִ דָּ֑ן וּ מַשְׁמִ֥יעַ
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
_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...
DESCRIPTION OF THE JUDGMENT UNDER THREE EMBLEMS...
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...
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...
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...
Jeremiah 4:15 voice H6963 declares H5046 (H8688) Dan H1835 proclaims H8085 (H8688) affliction H205 Mount H2022 Ephr
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...
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....
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...
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...
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....
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_....
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...
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...
Jeremiah 6:1; Jeremiah 8:16; Joshua 17:15; Joshua 20:7; Judges 18:29;...
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...