For the danger from actual wild beasts in Palestine cp. 1 Samuel 17:34; 1Ki 13:24; 1 Kings 20:36. Here the description "spoiling," "watching over" (i.e. lying in wait) shews that the passage is metaphorical. Cp. Jeremiah 4:7.
evenings deserts, as mg., thus preserving the parallelism with "forest." The mistake arose from the similarity of the two words in Hebrew.
leopard panther.
watch over Cp. Hosea 13:7.
Verse Jeremiah 5:6. _WHEREFORE A LION_] Nebuchadnezzar, according to the general opinion; who is called here a _lion_ for his courage and violence, a _bear_ for his rapaciousness, and a _leopard_ for...
EVENINGS - See the margin. From its habit of skulking about in the twilight the wolf is often called the “evening wolf” Habakkuk 1:8; Zephaniah 3:3, but the word used here means a sandy desert. LEOPA...
CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The apostate conditions of Jerusalem (Jeremiah 5:1) _ 2. The impending judgment (Jeremiah 5:10) 3. Sowing and reaping (Jeremiah 5:19) 4. The horrible thing ...
THE SINS OF JERUSALEM. Jeremiah is bidden to seek even one man in Jerusalem, for whose sake Yahweh may spare the city (_cf._ Genesis 18:16), one man of justice and faithfulness (_mg.) ;_ even the oath...
EVENINGS. deserts. TRANSGRESSIONS. revolts. BACKSLIDINGS. apostasies. INCREASED. strong, or many....
WHEREFORE A LION, &C.— By the _lion,_ say some, Nebuchadnezzar is meant: see chap. Jeremiah 4:7. By the _wolf,_ Nabuzaradan; and by the _leopard,_ Antiochus Epiphanes. Others by the _lion_ think that...
C. Causes of Coming Judgment Jeremiah 5:1-31 In chapter five Jeremiah discusses the various reasons why God must judge His people. The nation has been guilty of at least six terrible sins: (1) moral c...
Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: beca...
5:6 evenings (c-15) Or 'deserts.'...
1-9. The universal corruption of the city prevents forgiveness....
LION] i.e. the invader: cp. Matthew 4:7. EVENINGS] RM 'deserts.' 7-8. All idolatry was unfaithfulness to God, to whom Israel was espoused, but gross licentiousness was literally the common accompanim...
A LION OUT OF THE FOREST. — The imagery is vivid in itself. The three forms of animal ferocity, lion, wolf, leopard — representing, perhaps, the three phases of simple fierceness, ravenousness, and cu...
עַל ־כֵּן֩ הִכָּ֨ם אַרְיֵ֜ה מִ יַּ֗עַר זְאֵ֤ב
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
WIDESPREAD CORRUPTION Jeremiah 5:1-6; Jeremiah 19:1-15; Jeremiah 20:1-18; Jeremiah 21:1-14; Jeremiah 22:1-30; Jeremiah 23:1-40; Jeremiah 24:1-10; Jeremiah 25:1-38;...
Having thus declared that judgment was determined on, the prophet now carefully declared the reason for it. This was, first, the utter corruption of conduct. Among the people not a man was to lie foun...
Wherefore a (f) lion from the forest shall slay them, [and] a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out from there shall be torn in piece...
_Lion. Nabuchodonosor. --- Wolf. Cambyses, (Calmet) and leopard. Epiphanes. (Haydock) --- The Chaldeans, Persians and Greeks afflicted them. (St. Jerome) --- The first beast may designate Nabuc: the s...
How striking the expostulation? How unanswerably just the appeal? Do not fail to observe, Reader, that the Lord doth not simply speak of one nation, or of another, but it is this nation, this people,...
Here, at length, God shews that he was moderate in his judgments, so that the wicked in vain charged him, as it is usual with them, with too much rigor. Some render the words in the past tense, and th...
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...
WHEREFORE A LION OUT OF THE FOREST SHALL SLAY THEM,.... Meaning King Nebuchadnezzar out of Babylon, a place full of people, and so comparable to a forest, as the king is to a lion, for his strength, f...
Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, [and] a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: bec...
_Wherefore a lion_, &c. Nebuchadnezzar and the Chaldean army are here pointed at under the metaphor of beasts of prey, of three kinds: being powerful, courageous, and violent as a _lion;_ rapacious, g...
LACK OF TRUTH AND FAITH IN PUBLIC LIFE...
Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them and a wolf of the evenings, one of those found in the great steppes and deserts, SHALL SPOIL THEM, A LEOPARD SHALL WATCH OVER THEIR CITIES, lurking f...
EVENINGS: Or, deserts ARE INCREASED: _ Heb._ are strong...
1-9 None could be found who behaved as upright and godly men. But the Lord saw the true character of the people through all their disguises. The poor were ignorant, and therefore they were wicked. Wh...
Nebuchadnezzar and the Chaldean army from Syria and Libanus, woody places, are here pointed at under the metaphor of beasts of prey of three kinds; the malignity that is proper to each of these creatu...
Jeremiah 5:6 lion H738 forest H3293 slay H5221 (H8689) wolf H2061 deserts H6160 destroy H7703 (H8799) leopard...
YHWH PRESENTS THE REASONS WHY THE INVASION IS NECESSARY (JEREMIAH 5:1). Invasion is seen as necessary because there are no righteous people in Jerusalem, and they are full of adultery (both spiritual...
YHWH GIVES HIS REASONS WHY JERUSALEM WILL NOT BE PARDONED AND JEREMIAH MAKES A VAIN SEARCH FOR A RIGHTEOUS MAN (JEREMIAH 5:1). YHWH now vindicates His decision to bring inevitable judgment. He assures...
Jeremiah 5:1. _Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seek...
CONTENTS: Jeremiah's second message, continued. God's charges against them and the judgments threatened. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: Sinners have reason to expect punishment on account of...
Jeremiah 5:2. _Though they say the Lord liveth, surely they swear falsely._ These words being in every one's mouth, are but words, not sentiments. If men knew the grandeur of God, and studied his perf...
_Run ye. .. and see. .. if ye can find a man._ A MAN; OR, THE DIVINE IDEAL UNREALISED I. The Divine idea of a man. One “that executeth Judgment, that seeketh the truth.” This involves-- 1. A righte...
_O Lord, are not Thine eyes upon the truth?_ TRUTHFULNESS The allusion is not to doctrinal truth, or truth in the abstract, but to practical truth as it should exist in the hearts and lives of men. T...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. The description here of unblushing immorality and total disorganisation leads Kimchi and others to date this chapter after Josiah’s times;...
EXPOSITION Is the punishment thought too severe? Then let the moral condition of Jerusalem be inquired into. Must not such transgressions precipitate its people into ruin? There are four well-marked...
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...
Amos 5:18; Amos 5:19; Daniel 7:4; Daniel 7:6; Ezekiel 14:16;...
A lion — Nebuchadnezzar and the Chaldean army are here pointed at under the metaphor of beasts of prey of three kinds; compared to a lion, which denotes his great power, courage, and pride. A wolf — F...