John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 25:37
Verse 37 He goes on with the same subject, that the tents, previously tranquil, would perish or be destroyed. And he designedly calls their dwellings peaceable; for the Jews, having found that their enemies had not before disturbed them, still promised to themselves the same good fortune in future. And the faithful indeed do act thus rightly, and justly conclude from God’s previous benefits that he will be kind to them as he had ever been so; but hypocrites, though they repent not, yet... read more
John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 25:36
Verse 36 He not merely repeats the same thing in other words, but adds also something more grievous, that God would render desolate their pastures. He pursues the same metaphor; for as he used this comparison in speaking of the king’s counsellors and the priests, so now he does the same; and what he means by pastures is the community, the people, in the city and in the country; (154) as though he had said, that they had hitherto ruled over that land which was rich and fertile, and in which they... read more