The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that [was] the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; Ver. 1. _In the fourth year of Jehoiakim._] See on Jeremiah 1:2. Above twenty years had Jeremiah spent his... [ Continue Reading ]
The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Ver. 2. _Unto all the people of Judah._] The circumstances both of time when, and of persons to whom, is thus set down, for the reason given on Jeremiah 25:1 .... [ Continue Reading ]
From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that [is] the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened. Ver. 3. _Rising early and speaking._] _A dilucula i... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending [them]; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear. Ver. 4. _But ye have not hearkened._] See Jeremiah 7:24; Jeremiah 7:26 .... [ Continue Reading ]
They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever: Ver. 5. _They said, Turn ye again._] This was the sum of all the prophet's sermons, as of the apostles', "Repent... [ Continue Reading ]
And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt. Ver. 6. _And I will do you no hurt._] Heb., I will not do evil to you; as else I must. The Romans honoured their Vejoves, that they might not harm the... [ Continue Reading ]
Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt. Ver. 7. _That ye might provoke me._] See Jeremiah 7:17,18 .... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye have not heard my words, Ver. 8. _Because ye have not heard,_] _i.e., _ Not heeded them. _as _ Jer 7:19... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an aston... [ Continue Reading ]
Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle. Ver. 10. _Moreover, I will take from them._] See Jer 7:34 Revelation 18:22 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And this whole land shall be a desolation, [and] an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. Ver. 11. And this land shall be a desolation - seventy years.] Which commenced at the deportation of Jeconiah. 2Ki 24:8 _Jeremiah 29:1,3_ _Ezekiel 4:1_ _; _ Eze 33:21 A... [ Continue Reading ]
_And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, [that] I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations._ Ver. 12. _I will punish the King of Babylon._] As had been previoul... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, [even] all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations. Ver. 13. _And I will bring upon that land,_] _scil., _ By Cyrus and his successors, who out of the ruins of Babylon built... [ Continue Reading ]
For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands. Ver. 14. _For many nations._] The Medes and Persians, together with the rest that served under them. _ And great kings._] Cyrus... [ Continue Reading ]
For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it. Ver. 15. _Take the wine cup of this fury._] _a_ Or, Take this smoking wine cup. A "cup" is oft put for "affliction," and wine for extreme confusion... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them. Ver. 16. _And be moved and be mad._] As men that are overcome by some hot and heady liquor, are mad drunk. _ Because of the sword that I shall send._] For it is God who puts the sword in commission, J... [ Continue Reading ]
Then took I the cup at the LORD'S hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me: Ver. 17. _And made all drink,_] viz., In vision, and by denunciation.... [ Continue Reading ]
Jeremiah 25:18 [To wit], Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as [it is] this day; Ver. 18. _To wit, in Jerusalem._] Judgment beginneth at God's house 1Pe 4:17 _See Trapp on "_ 1Pe 4:... [ Continue Reading ]
Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people; Ver. 19. _Pharaoh king of Egypt._] Pharaohhophra, Jer 44:30 of whom Herodotus _a_ writeth that he persuaded himself and boasted, that his kingdom was so strong that no god or man could take it from him. He was afterwards... [ Continue Reading ]
And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod, Ver. 20. _The mixed people._] That lay scattered in the deserts, and had no certain abode; Scenitae and Hamaxobii. _ And... [ Continue Reading ]
Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon, Ver. 21. _Edom and Moab, &c._] By the destruction of all these nations we may make a conjecture at the destructiou of all the wicked, when Christ shall come to judgment. All that befalleth them in this world, is but as drops of wrath forerunning the great... [ Continue Reading ]
And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which [are] beyond the sea, Ver. 22. _And all the kings of the isles._] As Cyprus, Rhodes, and the Cyclades, subdued also by the Babylonian, saith Jerome, Rabanus, and Vatablus.... [ Continue Reading ]
Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all [that are] in the utmost corners, Ver. 23. _Dedan, and Tema, and Buz._] The Hagarens or Saracens Jer 49:8 _ And all that are in the utmost corners._] _Qui attonsi sunt in comam; _ Roundheads. See Jeremiah 9:26 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert, Ver. 24. _And all the kings of Arabia._] Petraea. _ That dwell in the desert._] In Arabia Deserta.... [ Continue Reading ]
And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes, Ver. 25. _And all the kings of Zimri,_] _i.e., _ Of Arabia Felix. Zamarens, Pliny _a_ calleth them. _ a_ Lib. vi. cap. 28.... [ Continue Reading ]
And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which [are] upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them. Ver. 26. _And all the kingdoms._] See on Jeremiah 25:16 . _ And the king of Sheshak,_] _i.e., _ Belshazzar, th... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you. Ver. 27. _Drink ye, and be drunk, and spue, and fall._] Eckius, or Eccius, otherwise by some called... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink. Ver. 28. _Ye shall certainly drink._] See on Jeremiah 25:15 .... [ Continue Reading ]
For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts. Ver. 29. _The city that is called by my name._] _Periphrasis Hierosolym... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread [the grapes], against all the inhabitants of the earth. Ver.... [ Continue Reading ]
A noise shall come [even] to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them [that are] wicked to the sword, saith the LORD. Ver. 31. _For the Lord hath a controversy with the nations._] _a_ A disceptation, which showeth that... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. Ver. 32. _Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation._] See on Jeremiah 25:16 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from [one] end of the earth even unto the [other] end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground. Ver. 33. _And the slain of the Lord shall be, &c._] Such an utter destruction of the wicke... [ Continue Reading ]
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 vessel. Ver. 34. _Howl, ye shepherds._] _Ululate, volulate._ Shriek and roll. This is spoken to th... [ Continue Reading ]
And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape. Ver. 35. _And the shepherds shall have no way to flee._] Who had formerly divers strongholds. See Amos 2:14 .... [ Continue Reading ]
A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of the flock, [shall be heard]: for the LORD hath spoiled their pasture. Ver. 36. _For the Lord hath spoiled their pastures,_] _i.e., _ Their kingdoms and states, or their flocks.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD. Ver. 37. _And the peaceable habitations._] Heb., The habitations or folds of peace. The fierce anger of the Lord hath unrooted them, their dwellings are demolished.... [ Continue Reading ]
He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger. Ver. 38. _He hath forsaken his covert, as a lion._] God hath, or, as some will, Nebuchadnezzar hath. He is come out of Babylon his den, to range about fo... [ Continue Reading ]