Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Jeremiah 4:9
The heart — They shall have no heart to do any thing, they shall not be able to help their people, either by their counsel or arms. Prophets — False prophets that had nothing but visions of peace for them.
The heart — They shall have no heart to do any thing, they shall not be able to help their people, either by their counsel or arms. Prophets — False prophets that had nothing but visions of peace for them.
Verse Jeremiah 4:9. _THE HEART OF THE KING SHALL PERISH_] Shall lose all courage....
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...
HEART. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject), for courage. KING... PRINCES... PRIESTS... PROPHETS. All had become false and corrupt since Josiah's day....
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...
_the priests shall be astonished_ because of the punishment which has followed upon their idolatries. _the prophets shall wonder_ because of the non-fulfilment of their prophecies....
SHALL PERISH— _Shall sink._...
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...
And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder. HE...
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 HEART OF THE KING SHALL PERISH. — The heart, as representing the mind generally. Judgment and wisdom were to give way to panic and fear....
וְ הָיָ֤ה בַ † יֹּום ־הַ הוּא֙...
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...
And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, [that] the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the (g) prophets shall wonder....
_Heart; counsel and vigour. --- Prophets of falsehood._...
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...
As the royal dignity still continued with the Jews, though their power was greatly diminished, they, relying on that distinction, hoped that they had a sufficient protection: hence it was, that they w...
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...
AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS AT THAT DAY, SAITH THE LORD,.... When Nebuchadnezzar should be come up from Babylon into the land of Judea, and lay waste the cities thereof, and besiege Jerusalem: THAT THE...
And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, [that] the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder. Ver...
_At that day the heart of the king shall perish_ Both his wisdom and his courage: despairing of success, he shall have no spirit to do any thing, and if he had, he would be at a loss what to do; _and...
DESCRIPTION OF THE JUDGMENT UNDER THREE EMBLEMS...
And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the Lord, at the time when this judgment would come upon Judah, THAT THE HEART OF THE KING SHALL PERISH, the rulers whose position demanded that they devis...
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 HEART OF THE KING SHALL PERISH; the king, viz. of Judah, and the great men, that should have encouraged the people in such a calamitous day, and been their great support, shall not only be afraid,...
Jeremiah 4:9 day H3117 says H5002 (H8803) LORD H3068 heart H3820 king H4428 perish H6 (H8799) heart...
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 4:9 IN THAT DAY refers to the day of the Lord, the day God judges, whether in history or at the final judgment that ends history. (See note on Amos 5:18–20 and...
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...
1 Samuel 25:37; 1 Samuel 25:38; 2 Kings 25:4; Acts 13:41; Ezekiel 13