“ Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye have not heard my words, ”
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...
the LORD of hosts. See note on Jeremiah 6:6 , and 1 Samuel 1:3 .
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye have not heard my words,
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye have not heard my words, No JFB commentary on this verse.
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,...
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...
I pray the Reader to observe, how the King of Babylon is called the Lord's servant. Yes! for the Lord will serve himself of his enemies, when the purposes of his sacred will, render it necessary. In...
Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts ,.... Of armies above and below; and so can do what he pleases in heaven and in earth: because ye have not heard my words ; by the prophets, so as to obey th...
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye have not heard my words, Ver. 8. Because ye have not heard, ] i.e., Not heeded them. as Jer 7:19
Therefore, because ye have not heard That is, because ye have not hearkened to, nor obeyed my words, Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north , &c. All those kings whose terr...
Desolation Predicted. B. C. 607. 8 Therefore thus saith the L ORD of hosts; Because y...
That is, because you have not hearkened to and obeyed my words; for it is manifest they had heard Jeremiah and the other prophets.
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...
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 25:1 . 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...
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...
The Judgment on Judah
Jeremiah 6:6