George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 4:20
Moment. The cities are destroyed as easily as a tent. read more
Moment. The cities are destroyed as easily as a tent. read more
Me, practically. They have not honoured me as they ought. (Calmet) --- If they were indeed devoid of sense, they would be excused. (Worthington) read more
Void. Hebrew, " Thohu and bohu, " like chaos, Genesis i. 2. (Haydock) read more
CHAPTER IV. Gone. Beasts feel the wrath of God, and in a land uninhabited; not even birds will remain, Osee iv. 3. (St. Jerome) read more
Carmel: the beautiful country of Palestine, (Haydock) Jerusalem, (Theodoret) or the mountain so called. read more
Destroy, when Jechonias was led captive. God allowed the people still eleven years to repent; and he afterwards restored the Jews. (Calmet) --- He will never suffer his church to perish. (Worthington) read more
Repented. Only a finite being can do this. God's resolution is here unconditional and fixed. read more
Stone, or antimony, like Jazabel, (4 Kings ix. 30.) to darken and enlarge the eye-lids. --- Lovers. Infidel nations of Egypt, &c. read more
Child. Hebrew and Septuagint, "a first-born," when the pains are most acute. (Calmet) read more
George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 4:19
My. God, (St. Jerome) the people, (Grotius) or rather Jeremias speaks. read more