The lion is come up from his thicket, Nebuchadnezzar, like an angry lion, leaving his lair, Babylon, with his army of Chaldean soldiers, and the destroyer of the Gentiles, he who subdued many nations, is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate, by ravaging it with fire and sword; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant. Cf. Jeremiah 2:15.
Verse Jeremiah 4:7. _THE LION IS COME UP_] Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. "The king (Nebuchadnezzar) is come up from his tower." - _Targum_. _THE DESTROYER OF THE GENTILES_] Of the _nations_: of al...
Rather, A “lion”... a “destroyer” of nations: a metaphor descriptive of the impending calamity. A lion is just rousing himself from his lair, but no common one. It is destroyer, not of men, but of nat...
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...
THE LION. A lion. Figure of speech _Hypocatastasis_, not _Simile_ or _Metaphor._ Put thus for the king of Babylon. Contrast Jeremiah 49:19. See note there. GENTILES. nations....
Flee without delay, if so be that walls can save you. The foe from the north threatens ruin to town and country alike. Terror shall seize the greatest in the land, and dismay the priests and prophets....
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...
_A lion_ See introd. note above. _thy land_ We should perhaps read _the land_, and consider the rest of the _v_. as an insertion suggested by the parallels in Jeremiah 2:15; Jeremiah 9:11. Du. propo...
CHAPTER SIX SERMONS FROM THE REIGN OF JOSIAH (Continued) III. GOD'S WARNING To HIS PEOPLE Jeremiah 4:5 to Jeremiah 6:26 Following his treatment of repentance Jeremiah takes up at length the subject...
The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabi...
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....
THE LION] i.e. the enemy. OF THE GENTILES] RV 'of nations.'...
THE LION IS COME UP... — The “lion” is, of course, the Chaldæan invader, the destroyer, not of men only, but of nations. So in Daniel 7:4 the lion is the symbol of the Assyrian monarchy. The winged li...
עָלָ֤ה אַרְיֵה֙ מִֽ סֻּבְּכֹ֔ו וּ מַשְׁחִ֣ית...
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...
The (f) lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabit...
_Robber. Nabuchodonosor attacks unjustly, (Calmet) though he be God's scourge._...
The Prophet here opens his commission to the men of Judah and Jerusalem; and in the prospect of the Babylonish captivity, now hastening, admonisheth them to seek the Lord. The Prophet, like a faithful...
The Prophet more fully declares the import of the threatening which we briefly considered yesterday; for God said in the former verse, that he would _bring an evil from the north; _and the kind of evi...
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...
THE LION IS COME UP FROM HIS THICKET,.... Meaning Nebuchadnezzar s, from Babylon, who is compared to a lion for his strength, fierceness, and cruelty; see Jeremiah 50:17 so the Roman emperor is called...
_The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; [and] thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inha...
_The lion is come up from his thicket_ Nebuchadnezzar, so called from his fierceness and strength, shall come up from Babylon, where his chief seat is, as lions are principally among the thickets of t...
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...
THE LION IS COME UP FROM HIS THICKET, i.e. Nebuchadnezzar, called here a lion from his fierceness and strength, PROVERBS 30:30; a metaphor; especially in this expedition; see ISAIAH 5:27 shall come up...
Jeremiah 4:7 lion H738 up H5927 (H8804) thicket H5441 destroyer H7843 (H8688) nations H1471 way H5265 ...
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....
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 4:7 LION. Many ancient nations likened themselves to lions, but here the text refers to Babylon, the chief DESTROYER OF NATIONS in Jeremiah’s times. The land will be a waste
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...
2 Kings 24:1; 2 Kings 25:1; Daniel 5:19; Daniel 7:4; Ezekiel 21:19;...
The lion — Nebuchadnezzar, so called from his fierceness and strength....