Jeremiah 25:35 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the shepherdsd shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape. ”

• Jeremiah 25:35 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  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,...

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• Jeremiah 25:35 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And the (b) shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the chief of the flock to escape. (b) It will not help them to seek to flee.

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• Jeremiah 25:35 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Jeremiah 25. The Supremacy of Babylon over Judah and the Nations. Jeremiah 25:1-11 . In the year 604 (after the Babylonian victory over Egypt at Carchemish, 605 B.C., cf. Jeremiah 46:2 ), Jere...

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• Jeremiah 25:35 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  He explains what we have now observed, for he had bidden the pastors to howl and the choice of the flock to roll or to prostrate themselves in the dust; he now gives the reason, even because th...

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• Jeremiah 25:35 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.

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• Jeremiah 25:35 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape. The shepherds shall have no way to flee - literally, 'flight shall fail shepherds, etc., escaping (shall...

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• Jeremiah 25:35 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Jeremiah's Fourteenth Prophecy (Reign of Jehoiakim). The Wine Cup of God's Fury We have here the first closely dated prophecy, taking us back from Zedekih's reign to the fourth year of Jehoiakim,...

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• Jeremiah 25:35 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER XVI JEHOVAH AND THE NATIONS Jeremiah 25:15-38 "Jehovah hath a controversy with the nations."- Jeremiah 25:31 As the son of a king only learns very gradually that his father's author...

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• Jeremiah 25:35 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Still speaking to Zedekiah, Jeremiah reminded him of the word which came in the fourth year of Jehoiakim. It was a message announcing the judgment of God against Judah, Babylon, the nations, the worl...

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• Jeremiah 25:35 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  In these verses is described, the sad consequence of divine judgments. The King of Babylon and his confederates, may seemingly for a time triumph: but their end shall be, like Moab of old, to perish...

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• Jeremiah 25:35 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And the shepherds shall have no way to flee ,.... Or, "and flight shall perish from the shepherds" u; though they may attempt it, they shall not be able to accomplish it; neither the dignity of thei...

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• Jeremiah 25:35 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape. Ver. 35. And the shepherds shall have no way to flee. ] Who had formerly divers strongholds. See Amos 2:14...

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• Jeremiah 25:35 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Howl, ye shepherds, and cry The imperative is here also put for the future: see Jeremiah 25:27 . Shepherds are here the same with kings, princes, or generals. In pursuance of the same metaphor,...

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• Jeremiah 25:35 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  General Desolation; Jeremiah's Faithful Preaching. B. C. 607.       30 Therefore prophesy th...

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• Jeremiah 25:35 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  In ordinary dispensations of judgment, there is some way left to escape, and if there be any way of escape, great men are likeliest to find it; but he telleth them that the greatest men should find n...

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• Jeremiah 25:35 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Subsection 8). Jeremiah Summarises His Ministry Before The People And After Declaring What Is To Come On Judah Proclaims The Judgment Of YHWH That Is Coming On All Nations ( Jeremiah 25:1-38 ). Th...

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• Jeremiah 25:35 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the Chapter: “ Fourth year of Jehoiakim ” ( Jeremiah 25:1 ). It is stated the third year in Daniel 1:1 ; but Hales (“Sacred Chron.”) shows that Je...

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• Jeremiah 25:35 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Jeremiah 25:1 . In the fourth year of Jehoiakim the first year of Nebuchadrezzar. Daniel says the third year, Daniel 1:1 . The campaign could not be less than a year; the variation arises from th...

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• Jeremiah 25:35 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION This chapter may be illustrated by a comparison of it with Jeremiah 46:1-24 . There Jeremiah exults ever the destruction of a nation (Egypt) which was one of the chief enemies of God...

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• Jeremiah 25:35 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Judgment upon the World

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• Jeremiah 25:35 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Amos 2:14 ; Amos 9:1 ; Amos 9:1-3 ; Daniel 5:30 ; Ezekiel 17:15 ; Ezekiel 17:18 ; Isaiah 2:12-22 ; Isaiah 24:21-23 ; Jeremiah 32:4 ; Jeremiah 34:3 ; Jeremiah 38:18 ; Jeremiah 38:23 ; Jer...

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