Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Jeremiah 6:5
This night — They would lose neither day nor night; which shews that, they were extraordinarily stirred up by God in this expedition.
This night — They would lose neither day nor night; which shews that, they were extraordinarily stirred up by God in this expedition.
Verse Jeremiah 6:5. _ARISE, AND LET US GO BY NIGHT_] Since we have lost the day, let us not lose the night; but, taking advantage of the darkness, let us make a powerful assault while they are under t...
Up! and we will make the assault “by night!” And destroy “her palaces.” The generals delay the assault until the next morning. The soldiers consider themselves aggrieved at this, and clamour for a n...
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The call to the children of Benjamin (Jeremiah 6:1) _ 2. Corruption and the deserved judgment (Jeremiah 6:9) 3. The prophet addressed (Jeremiah 6:27)...
THE SIEGE OF THE SINFUL CITY. The prophet bids his kinsfolk (Anathoth, his birthplace, being in Benjamin) to abandon the capital, and to gather in the southern mountains; the northern peril is now nea...
The impatience of the soldiers at the delay takes the form of a demand for a night assault. Cp. Isaiah 15:1. _palaces_ LXX here and often translate by θεμέλια, _foundations_, though varying much elsew...
D. Approach of Judgment Jeremiah 6:1-30 Chapter 6 contains a dramatic description of the advance of the foe against Jerusalem (Jeremiah 6:1-5) and the subsequent siege of that city (Jeremiah 6:6-8). T...
Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out. The invading soldiers encourage one another to th...
1-8. The hostile army approaches....
ק֚וּמוּ וְ נַעֲלֶ֣ה בַ † לָּ֔יְלָה וְ...
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
This judgment the prophet now described. A fierce and relentless foe, acting under the word of Jehovah, is described as coming up against Jerusalem. The prophet declared that the city would be taken,...
I venture to think, that if we read these verses with an eye to the Church in Jesus, they will be found very interesting. Who is the speaker here, that likens Zion to a comely and delicate woman? May...
He afterwards adds, _Arise ye, and let us ascend in the night_; that is, “As we cannot take the city in six hours, (from mid-day to night were six hours, for they divided the day into twelve hours, an...
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...
ARISE, AND LET US GO UP BY NIGHT,.... Since they could not take the city at noon, and by day, as they expected, they propose to attempt it by night; they would lose no time, but proceed on, day and ni...
Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces. Ver. 5. _Let us destroy her palaces._] Where we shall find all precious substance; we shall fill our hands with spoil. _as _ Pro 1:13...
_Prepare ye war against her_ The prophet now drops the metaphor, and tells them in plain terms whom he means by the _shepherds_ namely, _warriors._ These seem to be the words of God giving a commissio...
Arise and let us go by night, in spite of the night and all unfavorable circumstances, AND LET US DESTROY HER PALACES, all her lofty buildings including her fortifications....
THE ADVICE TO FLEE FROM JERUSALEM...
1-8 Whatever methods are used, it is vain to contend with God's judgments. The more we indulge in the pleasures of this life, the more we unfit ourselves for the troubles of this life. The Chaldean a...
LET US GO BY NIGHT, or, _this night_. They were set upon it, they would lose neither day nor night; which shows that they were extraordinarily stirred up by God in this expedition. LET US DESTROY HER...
Jeremiah 6:5 Arise H6965 (H8798) go H5927 (H8799) night H3915 destroy H7843 (H8686) palaces H759 let
IN VIEW OF JUDAH'S FAILURE TO RESPOND TO HIS WARNINGS YHWH STRESSES THAT THE INVASION IS NOW IMMINENT (JEREMIAH 6:1). Chapter 4 had predicted that invasion was coming, and chapter 5 had given the reas...
HIS PEOPLE ARE TO PREPARE FOR ACTION BECAUSE THE INVASION IS UPON THEM (JEREMIAH 6:1). As the enemy approached from the north the tribe of Benjamin (his own tribe), who were to the north of Jerusalem,...
CONTENTS: Jeremiah's second message, continued. The terrors that should come because of sin. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: The God of mercy is loath to depart even from a provoking people,...
Jeremiah 6:1. _Oh ye children of Benjamin flee out of the midst of Jerusalem._ Many of this tribe lived in the city. _Blow the trumpet_ [of alarm] _in Tekoa,_ a village twelve miles from Jerusalem, ac...
_Arise, and let us go up at noon._ CHRISTIAN EFFORT That spirit-stirring call of the text, so needful to arouse the Chaldeans on their march to the ancient, is as needful for us on our pilgrimage to...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 6:4 Armies are ready to ATTACK AT NOON or even BY NIGHT. A night attack was rare and done only when victory was certain or when surprise was necessary (see...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL POSITION OF THIS CHAPTER THE SAME. (Comp. notes on 3, 4, 5.) 2. GEOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES.— Jeremiah 6:1. “_Tekoa:_” a small town of defenc...
EXPOSITION A prophecy, in five stanzas or strophes, vividly describing the judgment and its causes, and enforcing the necessity of repentance. JEREMIAH 6:1 Arrival of a hostile army from the north,...
Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places, if you can find a man, if there be any that is executing judgment, and that is seeking truth; and...
2 Chronicles 36:19; Amos 2:5; Amos 3:10; Amos 3:11; Hosea 8:14;...