Jeremiah 4:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled. ”

Jeremiah 4:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

His troops move on in large masses like dark threatening clouds Joel 2:2 . Woe unto us! for we are spoiled - Jeremiah’s own cry of grief.
Jeremiah 4:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Behold, he shall come up as (l) clouds, and his chariots [shall be] as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. (m) Woe to us! for we are laid waste. (l) Meaning that Nebuchadnezzar would co...
Jeremiah 4:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Enemy's Approach. Warning is given by the horn, and guidance, to the refugees fleeing to Jerusalem, by the standard; they are bidden to bring (their families) into safety (not flee for safety)....
Jeremiah 4:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet here concludes the prediction which referred to the dreadful vengeance that was coming; and he mentions here several similitudes, such as might rouse the Jews and constrain them to...
Jeremiah 4:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled. Wo unto us! - The people, deeply affected with the...
Jeremiah 4:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

A dry wind, &c.— The prophet here describes the Chaldean army coming up for the destruction of Judaea, under the metaphor of a hot pestilential wind, which sweeps away multitudes in a moment, b...
Jeremiah 4:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled. Clouds - continuing the metaphor in Jeremia...
Jeremiah 4:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet Sets Forth the Sin of the Nation and Points Out the Inevitable Result (Reign of Josiah, and Probably Before the Reforms of that King: cp. Jeremiah 3:6 ) This section furnishes us with...
Jeremiah 4:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He shall come up as clouds. — He, the destroyer of nations, with armies that sweep like storm-clouds over the land they are going to destroy. (Comp. Ezekiel 38:16 .) Swifter than eagles. — A po...
Jeremiah 4:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 5:1-31 ; Jeremiah 6:1-30 CHAPTER IV THE SCYTHIANS AS THE SCOURGE OF GOD Jeremiah 4:3 - Jeremiah 6:30 IF we would understand what is written here and elsewhere in the pages of p...
Jeremiah 4:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jehovah immediately promised that if Israel would return, she would be established. Then the prophet declared that judgment was determined on. He appealed to the people to repent, and that not in ext...
Jeremiah 4:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Under those strong images, of a dry wind and a full wind, and a whirlwind, are set forth the judgments of the Lord. But under all, I pray the Reader to observe, how the Lord fully proves, that the ev...
Jeremiah 4:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Behold, he shall come up as clouds ,.... Meaning the lion, Nebuchadnezzar, Jeremiah 4:7 , "the king with his army (as the Targum paraphrases it); he shall come up against them as a cloud that asce...
Jeremiah 4:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots [shall be] as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled. Ver. 13. Behold, he shall come up as clouds. ]...
Jeremiah 4:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Punishment Predicted. B. C. 620. 5 Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and...
Jeremiah 4:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He shall come up as clouds; either noting the vast number of them, Isaiah 60:8 Hebrews 12:1 ; or the suddenness of them, when not expected, clouds often rising on a sudden, and overspreading t...
Jeremiah 4:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judah Are Called To Repentance As Well As Israel For They Are Still In Their Land, And, If They Will Only Truly Turn To Him With Genuinely Changed Hearts, Can Still Look Forward To The Future In Hop...
Jeremiah 4:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Chronology of the chapter, Contemporary Scriptures, Historic Facts, Contemporary History as in chap. 3. 1. Geographical References. Jeremiah 4:5 . “ Defenced cit...
Jeremiah 4:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 4:1-2 . If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove. And thou shalt swear, The L...
Jeremiah 4:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 4:3 . Break up your fallow ground. Hebrews ניר nir, novale; make new land, eradicate the thorns. Hosea 10:12 . Our old phrase, the fallow deer, seems to give the exact import of the...
Jeremiah 4:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of My people, not to fan, nor to cleanse. Untempered judgments The prophet intimates that God will one day send a judgment up...
Jeremiah 4:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Jeremiah 4:1 , Jeremiah 4:2 The form and structure of the translation require a change. Render, If thou wilt return , O Israel , saith Jehovah , wilt return unto me ; a...
Jeremiah 4:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Description of The Judgment under three Emblems
Jeremiah 4:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 7:4 ; Deuteronomy 28:49 ; Habakkuk 1:8 ; Hosea 8:1 ; Isaiah 13:5 ; Isaiah 19:1 ; Isaiah 5:28 ; Isaiah 66:15 ; Jeremiah 10:19 ; Jeremiah 4:31 ; Lamentations 4:19 ; Matthew 24:30 ;...
Jeremiah 4:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

As clouds — Denoting the suddenness of them, when not expected, clouds often rising on a sudden, and overspread the whole face of the heavens; or the great swiftness with which Nebuchadnezzar shoul...

Jeremiah 4:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 4:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 4:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 4:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 4:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 4:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 4:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 4:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 4:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 4:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 4:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 4:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 4:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 4:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 4:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 4:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 4:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 4:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 4:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 4:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 4:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jeremiah 4:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 4:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 4:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 4:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes