Jeremiah 25:36 NKJV,NLT

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 25:30-38

We have, in these verses, a further description of those terrible desolations which the king of Babylon with his armies should make in all the countries and nations round about Jerusalem. In Jerusalem God had erected his temple; there were his oracles and ordinances, which the neighbouring nations should have attended to and might have received benefit by; thither they should have applied for the knowledge of God and their duty, and then they might have had reason to bless God for their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 25:36

And a voice of the cry of the shepherds ,.... Or of the kings, as the Targum: and an howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard ; of the mighty of the people, as the same; what is before called for is here represented as in fact, because of the certainty of it: for the Lord hath spoiled their pastures : their kingdoms, provinces, cities, and towns; or their people, as the Targum, among whom they lived, and by whom they were supported; still keeping up the metaphor of the... read more

John Calvin

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:1-38

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:30-38

The judgment upon the world. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:30-38

The vision of final judgment. A sublime and terrible description; corresponding with many others throughout the Old and New Testaments. I. IT SERVES A GREAT ETHICAL PURPOSE . The sense of wrong-doing is thereby intensified, and some idea is given of the awful consequences of sin and its hatefulness to the mind of God. II. AN EVIDENCE OF THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF SIN AND SALVATION . By such visions as these the ages of the world are linked together... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:34-38

Howling shepherds. In the general calamity of the nation the shepherds are especially called upon to howl and cry and wallow in the dust. The shepherds are the leaders of the people. These leaders, therefore, are not to be exempt from the distresses of the common people; on the contrary, trouble is to fall upon them in an aggravated degree. I. HIGH RANK IS NO SECURITY AGAINST TROUBLE . It may free a man from many annoyances, it cannot defend him from all kinds of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:36-37

The prophet seems in his spirit to hear the lamentation to which in Jeremiah 25:34 he summoned the "shepherds." A voice of the cry should be , Hark I the cry (omitting "shall be heard"); the clause is an exclamation. Hath spoiled ; rather, is spoiling (or, laying waste ). The peaceable habitations ; rather, the peaceful fields (or, pastures ). Are cut down ; rather, are destroyed ; literally, are brought to silence (comp. Jeremiah 9:10 ). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 25:34-36

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 scatter you” (or, (dash you in pieces).Fall like a pleasant vessel - The comparison suggests the idea of change from a thing of value into worthless fragments.Jeremiah 25:36Hath spoiled - Or, spoileth. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 25:36-38

Jeremiah 25:36-38 . A voice of the cry of the shepherds Those are great calamities indeed that strike such a terror upon great men, and put them into this mighty consternation. For the Lord hath spoiled their pasture In which they fed their flock, and out of which they fed themselves; the spoiling of this makes them cry out thus. Carrying on the metaphor of a lion roaring, the prophet alludes to the great fright into which shepherds are put when they hear a roaring lion coming toward... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 25:30-38

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 25:36

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 25:36

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:1-38

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:30-38

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:30-38

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:34-38

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:36-37

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 25:34-36

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 25:36-38

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