“ How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet? ”
The standard - See Jeremiah 4:6 . The alarm caused by the invasion is graphically described. The people are dispersed over the land following their usual pursuits, when tidings come of the enemy...
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...
He concludes that part of his discourse, which, as we have said, he embellished with figurative terms, in order more fully to rouse slow and torpid minds: but he confirms what he said at the be...
How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet? How long shall I see the standard? - Judah in perplexity asks, 'How long is this state of things to continue?'
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...
How long shall I see... — The “standard,” as in Jeremiah 4:6 , is the alarm signal given to the fugitives. The “trumpet” sounds to give the alarm, and quicken their flight to the defenced city. Th...
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...
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...
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...
How long shall I see the standard ,.... "Ensign" or "banner" displayed; either by the watchmen placed on high hills or towers, who, when they see the enemy approaching, lift up their ensign or banne...
How long shall I see the standard, [and] hear the sound of the trumpet? Ver. 21. How long shall I see the standard? ] Sad sights and doleful ditties are common in times of war. And hear the sou...
How long shall I see the standard , &c. This dreadful war continued a great while, not in the borders, but in the bowels of the country; for the people were very obstinate, and would not submit...
Punishment Predicted. B. C. 620. 19 My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart...
He seems to have these concomitants of war, both of Judea preparing for defence, and especially these of the enemy preparing for ruin and destruction. always in his eye and ear, Jeremiah 4:19 , an...
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...
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 4:1-2 . 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 4:3 . 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...
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...
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...
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.
2 Chronicles 35:25 ; 2 Chronicles 36:10 ; 2 Chronicles 36:17 ; 2 Chronicles 36:3 ; 2 Chronicles 36:6 ; 2 Chronicles 36:7 ; Jeremiah 4:14 ; Jeremiah 4:19 ; Jeremiah 4:5 ; Jeremiah 4:6 ; Jer...