Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Jeremiah 4:5
The trumpet — The Lord being now about to bring enemies upon them, speaks in martial language, warning them of the nature of their approaching judgment.
The trumpet — The Lord being now about to bring enemies upon them, speaks in martial language, warning them of the nature of their approaching judgment.
Verse Jeremiah 4:5. _BLOW YE THE TRUMPET_] Give full information to all parts of the land, that the people may assemble together and defend themselves against their invaders....
Rather, Make proclamation “in Judah, and in Jerusalem” bid them hear, “and say, Blow the trumpet” throughout “the land:” cry aloud “and say etc.” The prophecy begins with a loud alarm of war. The vers...
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...
DECLARE... PUBLISH... SAY. Compare Jeremiah 46:14; Jeremiah 50:2. JUDAH. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part), for Judah and Benjamin. BLOW YE. Hebrew text reads, "And blow ye": but Hebrew...
Jeremiah 3:6 to Jeremiah 4:4. Conditional offers of restoration We may subdivide thus. (1) Jeremiah 3:6-18. The ten tribes as less guilty than Judah are invited to repent and return. (2)...
_in Jerusalem_ But a proclamation that people should take refuge within cities would not be needed there. It is probable that the words should be omitted. Moreover, by a very slight change in the Hebr...
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...
BLOW YE THE TRUMPET— "Sound the alarm, that every one may save himself in the defenced cities: the enemy is come into the field; he hath set up his standard, _the lion from his thicket_ [Jeremiah 4:7....
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...
Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities. CRY, GATHER TOGE...
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....
DECLARE. — _i.e.,_ proclaim as a herald proclaims. The cry is that of an alarm of war. The prophet sees, as it were, the invading army, and calls the people to leave their villages and to take refuge...
הַגִּ֣ידוּ בִֽ יהוּדָ֗ה וּ בִ ירוּשָׁלִַ֨ם֙ ה
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
CHAPTER III ISRAEL AND JUDAH: A CONTRAST Jeremiah 3:6; Jeremiah 4:1 THE first address of our prophet was throughout of a sombre cast, and the darkness of its close was not relieved by a single ray...
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...
(d) Declare ye in Judah, and proclaim in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, confirm, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the fortified cities. (d) He warns them of...
_Cities. Nabuchodonosor is at hand._...
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...
Jeremiah treats his own people here with more severity, for he saw that they were refractory, and so obstinate in their vices, that they could not by wise counsels be restored to the way of safety. He...
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...
DECLARE YE IN JUDAH, AND PUBLISH IN JERUSALEM, AND SAY,.... Exhortations to repentance being without effect in general, though they might have an influence on some few particular persons, the Lord dir...
Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities. Ver. 5. _Declare y...
_Blow ye the trumpet_ The Lord, being now about to bring enemies upon them, speaks in martial language, warning them of the nature of their approaching judgment. It is the beginning of a new discourse...
Declare ye in Judah, announcing it, making it known widely, AND PUBLISH IN JERUSALEM AND SAY, BLOW YE THE TRUMPET IN THE LAND, as a signal calling the inhabitants to arms; CRY, GATHER TOGETHER, AND SA...
DESCRIPTION OF THE JUDGMENT UNDER THREE EMBLEMS...
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 Lord being now about to bring enemies upon them, he bespeaks them in martial language, by stirring them to a speedy provision, and warning of them of the nature of their approaching judgment; not...
Jeremiah 4:5 Declare H5046 (H8685) Judah H3063 proclaim H8085 (H8685) Jerusalem H3389 say H559 (H8798) Blow...
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 4:5 JUDAH and JERUSALEM must prepare for war. ⇐...
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...
Amos 3:6; Amos 3:8; Ezekiel 33:2; Hosea 8:1; Jeremiah 11:2;...