Jeremiah 1:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. ”

Jeremiah 1:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Out of the north ... - The caldron represents the great military empires upon the Euphrates. In Hezekiah’s time, Nineveh was at their head; but stormed by the armies of Cyaxares and Nabopalassar...
Jeremiah 1:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Then the LORD said to me, Out of the (o) north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. (o) Syria and Assyria were northward in respect to Jerusalem, which was the Chaldeans d...
Jeremiah 1:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Two Visions of Judgment. These form a separate experience, and imply some change of standpoint, since it is now the judgment of Judah through the instrumentality of the nations which is present...
Jeremiah 1:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

an evil . the calamity. Hebrew. ra'a'. App-44. See note on Isaiah 45:7 .
Jeremiah 1:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

And thus God testifies that the fire was already kindled in Chaldea and Assyria, which was not only to boil the Jews, but also reduce them to nothing. And then he expresses the same in other wo...
Jeremiah 1:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. Shall break forth - תפתח tippathach, shall be opened. The door shall be thrown abroad, tha...
Jeremiah 1:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. Break forth - `shall disclose itself.' Out of the north - ( Jeremiah 4:6 ; Je...
Jeremiah 1:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Call of Jeremiah (13th year of Josiah). First Prophecy 1-3. See Introduction.
Jeremiah 1:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Out of the north an evil. — Literally, the evil, long foretold, as in Micah 3:12 , and elsewhere, and long expected.
Jeremiah 1:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER I THE CALL AND CONSECRATION IN the foregoing pages we have considered the principal events in the life of the prophet Jeremiah, by way of introduction to the more detailed study of his wr...
Jeremiah 1:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Courage Promised to a Fearful Messenger Jeremiah 1:1-19 God has a distinct purpose for each life, and our one aim should be to discover and work out His plan. See Psalms 139:16 ; Galatians 1:...
Jeremiah 1:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The first three verses constitute a title page naming the author and giving the dates of the period during which he exercised his ministry. The Book opens with the account of Jeremiah's call, and at...
Jeremiah 1:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Lord was pleased, we find, both by word and by vision, to confirm the Prophet in his new appointment. And the Lord which raised up to the Prophet's mind these images, took care to instruct his mi...
Jeremiah 1:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then the Lord said unto me ,.... Explaining the above vision: out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land ; that is, out of Babylon, which lay north, as Jarchi...
Jeremiah 1:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. Ver. 14. Out of the north an evil shall break forth, ] i.e., From Chaldea, which is...
Jeremiah 1:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Charge Given to Jeremiah. B. C. 629. 11 Moreover the word of the L ORD came unto me,...
Jeremiah 1:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The Lord said; explained this vision. Out of the north, i.e. from Babylon, a metonymy of the subject; for though it lie eastward, yet it is north from Jerusalem, as lying four degrees more from t...
Jeremiah 1:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH Gives Jeremiah Two Signs, One Of Which Was The Certainty Of YHWH's Watchfulness Over His Purposes, And The Second A Sign Which Demonstrated The Judgments That Were To Come From The North Becaus...
Jeremiah 1:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology. Jeremiah 1:1-3 , penned cir. B.C. 578; Jeremiah 1:4 , sq. B.C. 629. But the recently discovered Assyrian chronology would make the date of the...
Jeremiah 1:14 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 1:1-3 . The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: to whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king...
Jeremiah 1:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 1:5 . Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee. In the creation God knew the nature and designations of every creature, whether of plants, or of living beings. He assigned laws and a...
Jeremiah 1:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

I see a rod of an almond tree. Tree emblems The Hebrew word for almond signifies the “waker,” in allusion to its being the first tree to wake to life in the winter. The word also contains the s...
Jeremiah 1:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION AN ACCOUNT OF THE CALL AND CONSECRATION OF JEREMIAH TO THE PROPHETIC OFFICE , FOLLOWED BY TWO EXPRESSIVE SYMBOLS OF THE MATTERS WHICH HE...
Jeremiah 1:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Call and Commission of the Prophet
Jeremiah 1:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 1:4 ; Isaiah 41:25 ; Jeremiah 10:22 ; Jeremiah 31:8 ; Jeremiah 4:6 ; Jeremiah 46:20 ; Jeremiah 50:41 ; Jeremiah 50:9 ; Jeremiah 6:1 ; Jeremiah 6:22
Jeremiah 1:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

North — From Babylon.

Jeremiah 1:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 1:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 1:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 1:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 1:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 1:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 1:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 1:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 1:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 1:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 1:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jeremiah 1:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 1:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 1:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 1:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 1:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 1:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 1:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 1:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 1:14 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 1:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 1:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jeremiah 1:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 1:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 1:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 1:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes