Jeremiah 25:38 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolatee because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger. ”

Jeremiah 25:38 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Yahweh has risen up, like a lion that leaves its covert, eager for prey, that He may execute judgment upon the wicked.
Jeremiah 25:38 - 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...
Jeremiah 25:38 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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 (Sept...
Jeremiah 25:38 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet in the last verse reminds us, that the Jews in vain trusted in God’s protection, for he would forsake his own Temple as well as the city. It was as it were a common saying among the...
Jeremiah 25:38 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger. As the lion - Leaving the banks of Jordan when overfl...
Jeremiah 25:38 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 Chald...
Jeremiah 25:38 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger. He hath forsaken his covert - the temple, whe...
Jeremiah 25:38 - 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,...
Jeremiah 25:38 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He hath forsaken his covert... — The image of Jeremiah 25:30 is reproduced. The thunder of Jehovah’s wrath is as the roaring of the lion ( Amos 3:8 ). He is as the lion leaving its hiding-place i...
Jeremiah 25:38 - 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...
Jeremiah 25:38 - 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...
Jeremiah 25:38 - 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...
Jeremiah 25:38 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He hath forsaken his covert as a lion ,.... Which some understand of God leaving Jerusalem, or the temple, where he dwelt; who, while he made it his residence, protected it; but when he forsook it,...
Jeremiah 25:38 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger. Ver. 38. He hath forsaken his covert, as a lion. ]...
Jeremiah 25:38 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Jeremiah 25:38 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

General Desolation; Jeremiah's Faithful Preaching. B. C. 607. 30 Therefore prophesy th...
Jeremiah 25:38 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

God had before compared himself to a lion, Jeremiah 25:30 ; here he declares himself to be about to move like a lion, who when he goeth out to seek his prey, leaveth his covert: see Jeremiah 50:...
Jeremiah 25:38 - 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...
Jeremiah 25:38 - 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...
Jeremiah 25:38 - 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...
Jeremiah 25:38 - 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...
Jeremiah 25:38 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Judgment upon the World
Jeremiah 25:38 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 8:8 ; Hosea 11:10 ; Hosea 13:7 ; Hosea 13:8 ; Hosea 5:14 ; Jeremiah 25:12 ; Jeremiah 4:7 ; Jeremiah 49:19 ; Jeremiah 5:6 ; Jeremiah 50:44 ; Psalms 76:2 ; Zechariah 2:3
Jeremiah 25:38 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Because — The effects of this rising up of God out of his covert is the desolation of the land through the fierceness of the enemy, caused by the fierce anger of God.

Jeremiah 25:38 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 25:38 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 25:38 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 25:38 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 25:38 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 25:38 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 25:38 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 25:38 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 25:38 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 25:38 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 25:38 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 25:38 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 25:38 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 25:38 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 25:38 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 25:38 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 25:38 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 25:38 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 25:38 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 25:38 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 25:38 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 25:38 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 25:38 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 25:38 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes