Jeremiah 4:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Set up the standard toward Zion: retire,a stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction. ”

Jeremiah 4:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The standard - A flag or signal, to which the people were to rally. Retire, stay not - Rather, gather your goods together: linger not; “for I” (emphatic, Yahweh) am bringing at this very time et...
Jeremiah 4:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Set up the standard toward Zion: (e) retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction. (e) He speaks this to admonish them of the great danger when every man will prep...
Jeremiah 4:6 - 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 4:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Set... retire... stay. All plural. standard. evil . calamity. Hebrew. ra'a'. App-44. destruction: or, breaking up.
Jeremiah 4:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The words אל-תעמדו, al-tomedu, may be explained in two ways, — “Stand not,” that is, “Hasten quickly,” as it is the case with those in extreme fear; or, “Ye shall not stand,” that is, “Thou...
Jeremiah 4:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction. I will bring evil from the north - From the land of Chaldea.
Jeremiah 4:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Blow ye the trumpet— "Sound the alarm, that every one may save himself in the defenced cities: the enemy is come into the field; he hath set up his standard, the lion from his thicket [ Jeremiah...
Jeremiah 4:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction. Zion - the standard toward Zion intimated that the people of the surrounding...
Jeremiah 4:6 - 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 4:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Set up the standard toward Zion. — Still the language of alarm. The words are as a command, “Raise the signal which shall point to Zion as a place of refuge from the foe, by whom the rest of the co...
Jeremiah 4:6 - 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 4:6 - 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 4:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Prophet here opens his commission to the men of Judah and Jerusalem; and in the prospect of the Babylonish captivity, now hastening, admonisheth them to seek the Lord. The Prophet, like a faithfu...
Jeremiah 4:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Set up the standard toward Zion ,.... Not on the tower of Zion, as Kimchi interprets it; but on some high place, pointing to Zion, and directing the country people to flee thither for safety; for th...
Jeremiah 4:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction. Ver. 6. Set up the standard towards Zion. ] All this seemeth to be ironically spok...
Jeremiah 4:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Blow ye the trumpet The Lord, being now about to bring enemies upon them, speaks in martial language, warning them of the nature of their approaching judgment. It is the beginning of a new discours...
Jeremiah 4:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Punishment Predicted. B. C. 620. 5 Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and...
Jeremiah 4:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Set up the standard, i.e. for them to resort to, as is usual in war; and it is therefore said to he towards Zion or Jerusalem, as being a signal to show them whither they should repair; see Jerem...
Jeremiah 4:6 - 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 4:6 - 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 4:6 - 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 4:6 - 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 4:6 - 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 4:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Description of The Judgment under three Emblems
Jeremiah 4:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 62:10 ; Jeremiah 1:13-15 ; Jeremiah 21:7 ; Jeremiah 25:9 ; Jeremiah 4:21 ; Jeremiah 50:2 ; Jeremiah 50:22 ; Jeremiah 51:12 ; Jeremiah 51:27 ; Jeremiah 51:54 ; Jeremiah 6:1 ; Jeremi...
Jeremiah 4:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Retire — Make haste away.

Jeremiah 4:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 4:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 4:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 4:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 4:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 4:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 4:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 4:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 4:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 4:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 4:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 4:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 4:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 4:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 4:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 4:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 4:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 4:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 4:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 4:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 4:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 4:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 4:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 4:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 4:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 4:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes