E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 25:37
peaceable habitations = pastures of peace. cut down = silenced. read more
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E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 25:38
as the lion. Figure of speech Simile ( App-6 ). Compare Jeremiah 25:30 . the fierceness of the oppressor. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Aramaean, and Septuagint, read "the (Septuagint "great") sword of oppressors". Compare Jeremiah 46:16 ; Jeremiah 50:16 . read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 25:30
"Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, Jehovah will roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he will mightily roar against his fold; he will give a shout as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth. A noise shall come even unto the end of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the nations; he will enter into judgment with all flesh: as for the wicked, he will give them to the sword, saith... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 25:32
"Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great tempest shall be raised up from the uttermost parts of the earth. And the slain of Jehovah shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the face of the ground. Wail ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow in ashes, ye principal of the flock; for the days of your slaughter and of your... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 25:30
Jeremiah 25:30. The Lord shall roar from on high— The metaphor in the first part of the verse is taken from a lion roaring over his prey, (see Jeremiah 25:38.) and in the latter from the triumphant shouts of the treaders of the grapes. The meaning is, that he should pronounce and execute a terrible judgment upon the temple, the place that he had chosen for his habitation. read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 25:34
Jeremiah 25:34. Howl, ye shepherds— See Jeremiah 25:30. By shepherds, as before, are meant the princes and chief men; and, pursuing the same metaphor, the principal of the flock, signify the great and wealthy men of this nation, against whom these judgments are denounced. By a pleasant or precious vessel, is meant a crystal glass, or any other brittle vessel, which is easily broken by falling. Houbigant renders the latter clause, For the days of your slaughter are fulfilled, and ye shall be... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 25:38
Jeremiah 25:38. He hath forsaken his covert, &c.— For who would have dared to approach it, if he had thought good to protect it? if Jerusalem, if the temple, if Judaea, are delivered into the hand of the Chaldeans, it is because He who guarded and protected them hath forsaken and abandoned them. REFLECTIONS.—1st, This prophesy bears date in the first year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, and the fourth of Jehoiakim; and it is directed to the people in general, probably when assembled at... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 25:30
30. roar—image from a destructive lion (Isaiah 42:13; Joel 3:16). upon his habitation—rather, "His pasturage"; keeping up the image of a lion roaring against the flock in the pasture. The roar was first to go forth over Judea wherein were "the sheep of His pasture" (Joel 3:16- :), and thence into heathen lands. shout . . . tread . . . grapes— (Jeremiah 48:33; Isaiah 16:9; Isaiah 16:10). read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 25:31
31. controversy—cause at issue (Micah 6:2). plead with all flesh— (Isaiah 66:16). God shows the whole world that He does what is altogether just in punishing. read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 25:34
shepherds = rulers (of all kinds). Compare Jeremiah 2:8 ; Jeremiah 6:3 . All three had miserable ends: Jehoiakim (Jeremiah 22:18 ; Jeremiah 36:30 ); Jehoiachin, taken to Babylon; and Zedekiah, after his eyes were put out. principals = strong ones. of your dispersions: or, when ye are dispersed. So in the Mugah Codex (quoted in the Massorah), with three early printed editions. pleasant = precious (i.e. fair, but fragile). read more