Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Jeremiah 25:35
And the (b) shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the chief of the flock to escape.
(b) It will not help them to seek to flee.
And the (b) shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the chief of the flock to escape.
(b) It will not help them to seek to flee.
PRINCIPAL OF THE FLOCK - i. e., noble ones. WALLOW YOURSELVES IN THE ASHES - Rather, roll yourselves on the ground. FOR ... - Read; “for your days for being slaughtered are accomplished, and I will...
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The judgement to come upon all the peoples of the earth. The description is characterized by Oriental hyperbole. A considerable amount is adapted from elsewhere, and the eschatological character of th...
_And the shepherds, etc._ For the idiom in mg. _flight shall perish from the shepherds, and escape from, etc._, cp. Job 11:20 mg.; Psalms 142:4 (Hebrews 5); Amos 2:14
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And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape. THE SHEPHERDS SHALL HAVE NO WAY TO FLEE - literally, 'flight shall fail shepherds, etc., escaping (shall fail...
25:35 refuge (a-2) Or 'flight,' as Amos 2:14 ....
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וְ אָבַ֥ד מָנֹ֖וס מִן ־הָֽ רֹעִ֑ים וּ
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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...
In these verses is described, the sad consequence of divine judgments. The King of Babylon and his confederates, may seemingly for a time triumph: but their end shall be, like Moab of old, to perish f...
He explains what we have now observed, for he had bidden the pastors to howl and the choice of the flock to roll or to prostrate themselves in the dust; he now gives the reason, even because they coul...
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...
AND THE SHEPHERDS SHALL HAVE NO WAY TO FLEE,.... Or, "and flight shall perish from the shepherds" u; though they may attempt it, they shall not be able to accomplish it; neither the dignity of their p...
And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape. Ver. 35. _And the shepherds shall have no way to flee._] Who had formerly divers strongholds. See Amos 2:14 ....
_Howl, ye shepherds, and cry_ The imperative is here also put for the future: see Jeremiah 25:27. _Shepherds_ are here the same with kings, princes, or generals. In pursuance of the same metaphor, by...
THE JUDGMENT UPON THE WORLD...
And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, literally, "And there vanishes the refuge away from the shepherds," so that they cannot depend upon it, NOR THE PRINCIPAL OF THE FLOCK TO ESCAPE, the flock...
AND THE SHEPHERDS SHALL HAVE NO WAY TO FLEE, NOR THE PRINCIPAL OF THE FLOCK TO ESCAPE: _ Heb._ flight shall perish from the shepherds, and escaping from, etc....
30-38 The Lord has just ground of controversy with every nation and every person; and he will execute judgment on all the wicked. Who can avoid trembling when God speaks in displeasure? The days are...
In ordinary dispensations of judgment, there is some way left to escape, and if there be any way of escape, great men are likeliest to find it; but he telleth them that the greatest men should find no...
Jeremiah 25:35 shepherds H7462 (H8802) way H4498 flee H6 (H8804) leaders H117 flock H6629 escape H6413...
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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...
Amos 2:14; Amos 9:1; Amos 9:1; Daniel 5:30; Ezekiel 17:15;...