Take from them ... the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle - (or, lamp). To denote the entire cessation of domestic life. The one was the sign of the preparation of the daily meal, the other of the assembling of the family after the labors of the day were over.
Verse Jeremiah 25:10. _I WILL TAKE FROM THEM_] See Jeremiah 7:34; Jeremiah 16:9. _THE SOUND OF THE MILL-STONES, AND THE LIGHT OF THE CANDLE._] These two are conjoined, because they generally
CHAPTER 25 The Seventy Years' Captivity and the Judgment of the Nations _ 1. The retrospect (Jeremiah 25:1) _ 2. The seventy years' captivity announced (Jeremiah 25:8) 3. The punishment of Babylon...
JEREMIAH 25. THE SUPREMACY OF BABYLON OVER JUDAH AND THE NATIONS. Jeremiah 25:1. In the year 604 (after the Babylonian victory over Egypt at Carchemish, 605 B.C., _cf._ Jeremiah 46:2), Jeremiah public...
I WILL TAKE FROM THEM. Quoted in Revelation 18:23. Compare Jeremiah 7:34; Jeremiah 16:9; Jeremiah 33:11. CANDLE. lamp.
Babylon's victory and subsequent ruin....
_take from them_ lit. as mg. _cause to perish from them_. _the voice of mirth, etc_.] Cp. Jeremiah 7:34. Here mention of the millstones and of the candle (lamp) is added, typical of domestic labour a...
THE VOICE OF THE BRIDEGROOM, &C.— _The song of the bridegroom, and the song of the bride; the songs of the mill, and the light of the lamp._ By the _songs of the mill,_ are meant the songs of those fe...
II. GOD AND THE WORLD RULER Jeremiah 25:1-38 Chapter 25 is one of the most important Chapter s in the entire book. A great deal can be learned about the message of Jeremiah from this single chapter. A...
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. (; )...
JEREMIAH'S FOURTEENTH PROPHECY (REIGN OF JEHOIAKIM). THE WINE CUP OF GOD'S FURY We have here the first closely dated prophecy, taking us back from Zedekih's reign to the fourth year of Jehoiakim, betw...
THE VOICE OF MIRTH, AND THE VOICE OF GLADNESS. — The language is mainly an echo of Jeremiah 7:34; Jeremiah 16:9, but there are new features in the cessation of “the sound of the millstone,” _i.e._, of...
וְ הַאֲבַדְתִּ֣י מֵהֶ֗ם קֹ֤ול שָׂשֹׂון֙ וְ קֹ
Still speaking to Zedekiah, Jeremiah reminded him of the word which came in the fourth year of Jehoiakim. It was a message announcing the judgment of God against Judah, Babylon, the nations, the world...
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 (h) millstones, and the light of the candle. (h...
_Sound, or songs of women turning the mill, Matthew xxiv. 41. (Calmet) --- Lamp, or illuminations, on account of some victory, (Haydock) or festival. (Pers. v. 180.) The Jews "light a lamp for the sab...
I pray the Reader to observe, how the King of Babylon is called the Lord's servant. Yes! for the Lord will serve himself of his enemies, when the purposes of his sacred will, render it necessary. In t...
He confirms here what I have just said, — that the Jews were not to be chastised in a common manner, but be exposed to extreme distress. For though all things may not be with us prosperous and accordi...
Chapter 25 closes, so to say, this part of the prophecy with a general summary of God's judgments on the earth, giving it into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. The immediate application to events already a...
MOREOVER, I WILL TAKE FROM THEM THE VOICE OF MIRTH, AND THE VOICE OF GLADNESS,.... At their festivals, and nuptial solemnities: THE VOICE OF THE BRIDEGROOM, AND THE VOICE OF THE BRIDE; expressing the...
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. 1...
_Moreover, I will take from them the voice of mirth_, &c. See the note on Jeremiah 7:34; Jeremiah 16:9. _The sound of the millstones and the light of the candle_ There shall be no longer any marks of...
THE JUDGMENT ON JUDAH...
Moreover, I will take from them the voice of mirth, of loud rejoicing, AND THE VOICE OF GLADNESS, THE VOICE OF THE BRIDEGROOM AND THE VOICE OF THE BRIDE, THE SOUND OF THE MILLSTONES, whose incessant g...
I WILL TAKE FROM THEM: _ Heb._ I will cause to perish from them...
8-14 The fixing of the time during which the Jewish captivity should last, would not only confirm the prophecy, but also comfort the people of God, and encourage faith and prayer. The ruin of Babylon...
I will take away all your mirth and jollity, whether used at weddings, or at any of your merry meetings; I will leave you nothing to rejoice in; your very wedding times shall be times of mourning and...
Jeremiah 25:10 take H6 (H8689) voice H6963 mirth H8342 voice H6963 gladness H8057 voice H6963 bridegroom H2860 voi
SUBSECTION 8). JEREMIAH SUMMARISES HIS MINISTRY BEFORE THE PEOPLE AND AFTER DECLARING WHAT IS TO COME ON JUDAH PROCLAIMS THE JUDGMENT OF YHWH THAT IS COMING ON ALL NATIONS (JEREMIAH 25:1). This final...
JEREMIAH'S WARNING TO THE PEOPLE CONCERNING THEIR FUTURE (JEREMIAH 25:3). Jeremiah 25:3 ‘From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day, these three and twenty ye...
CONTENTS: Prophecy of seventy years' captivity. Sign of the wine cup of fury. CHARACTERS: Jeremiah, Jehoiakim, Nebuchadnezzar, Pharaoh. CONCLUSION: Men would never receive from God the desolating pu...
Jeremiah 25:1. _In the fourth year of Jehoiakim the first year of Nebuchadrezzar._ Daniel says the third year, Daniel 1:1. The campaign could not be less than a year; the variation arises from the per...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER: “_Fourth year of Jehoiakim_” (Jeremiah 25:1). It is stated the _third_ year in Daniel 1:1; but Hales (“Sacred Chron.”) shows that Jehoiakim...
EXPOSITION This chapter may be illustrated by a comparison of it with Jeremiah 46:1. There Jeremiah exults ever the destruction of a nation (Egypt) which was one of the chief enemies of God's people,...
The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim (Jeremiah 25:1). So now we're going back in time. This was before Zedekiah was king. This was when Jeh...
Ecclesiastes 12:2; Esther 3:13; Esther 7:4; Esther 8:11; Ezekiel 26:13
Moreover — Nay, I will not only deprive you of your mirth, but of those things that are necessary for you, as necessary as bread and light, the millstone shall not move, you shall not have the light s...