Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Jeremiah 4:12
Or, as in the margin; i. e., a wind more full, more impetuous than those winds which serve for fanning and cleansing the grain.
Unto me - Rather, for me: to perform my will.
Or, as in the margin; i. e., a wind more full, more impetuous than those winds which serve for fanning and cleansing the grain.
Unto me - Rather, for me: to perform my will.
Verse Jeremiah 4:12. Jeremiah 4:11....
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...
THEM _._. special various reading called _"Sevir"_ (App-34) reads "her"....
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...
As the burning sirocco, the dense clouds accompanied by the whirlwind, or the savage creatures of the air, so shall the enemy prove to be, as they descend on Judah in doom. Let her even now seek to av...
_a full wind from these_ i.e. a violent wind from the bare heights in the wilderness. It is better, however, to render nearly as mg. A WIND TOO STRONG FOR THESE THINGS, too violent for winnowing and c...
A DRY WIND, &C.— The prophet here describes the Chaldean army coming up for the destruction of Judaea, under the metaphor of a hot pestilential wind, which sweeps away multitudes in a moment, blasts t...
2. _THE SECOND FIGURE:_ TRANSLATION (11) In that time it shall be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A wind scorching hot of the bare heights in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, n...
Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them. FULL ... FROM THOSE PLACES - rather, 'a wind fuller (i:e., more impetuous) than those winds (whic...
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....
TOWARD THE NORTH] to Assyria, the place of Israel's captivity....
A FULL WIND FROM THOSE PLACES. — Better, _a wind fuller than those,_ or, _fuller than for this..._ _i.e.,_ more tempestuous than those which serve for the work of the thresher, and blowing away both g...
ר֧וּחַ מָלֵ֛א מֵ אֵ֖לֶּה יָ֣בֹוא לִ֑י עַתָּ֕ה
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...
Under those strong images, of a dry wind and a full wind, and a whirlwind, are set forth the judgments of the Lord. But under all, I pray the Reader to observe, how the Lord fully proves, that the evi...
_And come, _he says, _unto me _God, I doubt not, speaks here. Some think that the Prophet here represents the whole body of the people; and they consider them as saying, that there would come a wind 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...
EVEN A FULL WIND FROM THOSE PLACES SHALL COME UNTO ME,.... That is, a strong one, very vehement; or, "a wind which is fuller than these", as the Syriac version renders it; which is stronger than those...
Jeremiah 4:12 [Even] a full wind from those [places] shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them. Ver. 12. _Even a full wind from those places._] An impetuous and stiff wind, such...
Even a full wind from those places, more violent than any such light breezes, SHALL COME UNTO ME, as the Lord's instrument for working His punishment; NOW ALSO WILL I GIVE SENTENCE AGAINST THEM, passi...
DESCRIPTION OF THE JUDGMENT UNDER THREE EMBLEMS...
A FULL WIND FROM THOSE PLACES: Or, a fuller wind then those GIVE SENTENCE AGAINST THEM: _ Heb._ utter judgments...
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...
A FULL WIND FROM THOSE PLACES, Heb. _fuller than they_. A wind too strong for them. This is a further description of the former wind; it shall be full, even a fuller wind, that shall do its work thoro...
Jeremiah 4:12 wind H7307 strong H4392 come H935 (H8799) speak H1696 (H8762) judgment H4941 a full wind from those - or, a fuller wind 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....
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...
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....
_A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of My people, not to fan, nor to cleanse._ UNTEMPERED JUDGMENTS The prophet intimates that God will one day send a judgment upon H...
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...
Ezekiel 5:8; Ezekiel 6:11; Ezekiel 7:8; Ezekiel 7:9; Jeremiah 1:16...
Full — Heb. Fuller than they. A wind too strong for them. Shall come — It shall presently come to me, to receive my commission, and do my will....