Jeremiah 4:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment. ”

Jeremiah 4:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Destruction ... - Or, breaking upon breaking Jeremiah 4:6 . The news of one breaking, one violent calamity, follows close upon another. My curtains - The curtains of the tent, put here for t...
Jeremiah 4:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is laid waste: suddenly are my (r) tents ruined, [and] my curtains in a moment. (r) Meaning, the cities which were as easily cast down as a...
Jeremiah 4:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet's Grief for his country finds characteristic expression: My bowels! my bowels! Let me writhe! The walls of my heart! My heart moaneth within me! (Driver). His soul hears ( mg. with LXX...
Jeremiah 4:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

curtains. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), for tents, in which. large proportion of the people lived ( 2 Samuel 18:17 ; 1 Kings 8:66 ). Compare Jeremiah 10:20 .
Jeremiah 4:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He pursues the same subject, but amplifies the dread by a new circumstance, — that God would heap evils on evils, so that the Jews would in vain hope for an immediate relief. By saying, A cal...
Jeremiah 4:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment. Destruction upon destruction - Cities burnt, and their inhabitants...
Jeremiah 4:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

My bowels, &c.— My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at the centre, or, in the midst, of my heart; my heart is tumultuous within me. This terrific vision is full of the divinest enthusiasm. Th...
Jeremiah 4:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment. Destruction upon destruction is cried - breach upon breach...
Jeremiah 4:20 - 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 4:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Destruction upon destruction is cried. — Literally, Breaking upon breaking, or crash upon crash, is reported. Suddenly are my tents spoiled. — The tent dwelling retained its position even am...
Jeremiah 4:20 - 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 4:20 - 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 4:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I hope the Reader will pause over these verses, and remark the concern of the Prophet. And when he hath done this, let him ask himself what ought to be the concern of the Lord's prophets: I mean his...
Jeremiah 4:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Destruction upon destruction is cried ;.... Or, "breach upon breach" g; as soon as one affliction is over, another comes on; and upon the news of one calamity, tidings are brought of another, as in...
Jeremiah 4:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, [and] my curtains in a moment. Ver. 20. Destruction upon destruction. ] Fluctus fluctum trudit...
Jeremiah 4:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

My bowels , &c. Or, as Dr. Waterland renders it, My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at the centre, or in the midst, of my heart; my heart is tumultuous within me! It is an exclamation of the pr...
Jeremiah 4:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Punishment Predicted. B. C. 620. 19 My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart...
Jeremiah 4:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Destruction upon destruction; a further expression of his bitter lamentation, redoubling his complaint; the end of one, but the beginning of another; q.d. worse and worse, Deuteronomy 32:23 Eze...
Jeremiah 4:20 - 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 4:20 - 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 4:20 - 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 4:20 - 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 4:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

I am pained at my very heart. The prophet’s lamentations over his people’s doom I. The complaint or lamentation itself. 1. The parts affected. The soul and inward man. (1) The secrecy of...
Jeremiah 4:20 - 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 4:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Desolation Following the Lord's Judgment. The prophet here, in a most dramatic manner, introduces Israel as lamenting over the calamity which has struck the nation.
Jeremiah 4:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Thessalonians 1:9 ; Exodus 33:5 ; Ezekiel 14:21 ; Ezekiel 7:25 ; Ezekiel 7:26 ; Habakkuk 3:7 ; Isaiah 13:6 ; Isaiah 33:20 ; Isaiah 47:9 ; Isaiah 54:2 ; Jeremiah 10:19 ; Jeremiah 10:20 ;...
Jeremiah 4:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Destruction — Good Josiah slain, and four of his successors carried away, or slain. My tents — The enemy makes no more of overthrowing my stately cities, than if he were overturning tents made of c...

Jeremiah 4:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 4:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 4:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 4:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 4:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 4:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 4:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 4:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 4:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 4:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 4:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 4:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 4:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 4:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 4:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 4:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 4:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 4:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 4:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 4:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 4:20 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 4:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 4:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jeremiah 4:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 4:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 4:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 4:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes