Jeremiah 5:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the eveningsa shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased. ”

Jeremiah 5:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Evenings - See the margin. From its habit of skulking about in the twilight the wolf is often called the “evening wolf” Habakkuk 1:8 ; Zephaniah 3:3 , but the word used here means a sandy deser...
Jeremiah 5:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Wherefore a (f) lion from the forest shall slay them, [and] a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out from there shall be torn in piec...
Jeremiah 5:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Sins of Jerusalem. Jeremiah is bidden to seek even one man in Jerusalem, for whose sake Yahweh may spare the city ( cf. Genesis 18:16-33 ), one man of justice and faithfulness ( mg.) ; even...
Jeremiah 5:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

evenings . deserts. transgressions . revolts. backslidings . apostasies. increased . strong, or many.
Jeremiah 5:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Here, at length, God shews that he was moderate in his judgments, so that the wicked in vain charged him, as it is usual with them, with too much rigor. Some render the words in the past ten...
Jeremiah 5:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: be...
Jeremiah 5:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Wherefore a lion, &c.— By the lion, say some, Nebuchadnezzar is meant: see chap. Jeremiah 4:7 . By the wolf, Nabuzaradan; and by the leopard, Antiochus Epiphanes. Others by the lion th...
Jeremiah 5:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces:...
Jeremiah 5:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-9. The universal corruption of the city prevents forgiveness.
Jeremiah 5:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A lion out of the forest. — The imagery is vivid in itself. The three forms of animal ferocity, lion, wolf, leopard — representing, perhaps, the three phases of simple fierceness, ravenousness, and...
Jeremiah 5:6 - 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 5:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Widespread Corruption Jeremiah 5:1-6 ; Jeremiah 19:1-15 ; Jeremiah 20:1-18 ; Jeremiah 21:1-14 ; Jeremiah 22:1-30 ; Jeremiah 23:1-40 ; Jeremiah 24:1-10 ; Jeremiah 25:1-38 ; Jeremiah 26:1-2...
Jeremiah 5:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Having thus declared that judgment was determined on, the prophet now carefully declared the reason for it. This was, first, the utter corruption of conduct. Among the people not a man was to lie fou...
Jeremiah 5:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

How striking the expostulation? How unanswerably just the appeal? Do not fail to observe, Reader, that the Lord doth not simply speak of one nation, or of another, but it is this nation, this people,...
Jeremiah 5:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them ,.... Meaning King Nebuchadnezzar out of Babylon, a place full of people, and so comparable to a forest, as the king is to a lion, for his strength...
Jeremiah 5:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, [and] a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: be...
Jeremiah 5:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Wherefore a lion , &c. Nebuchadnezzar and the Chaldean army are here pointed at under the metaphor of beasts of prey, of three kinds: being powerful, courageous, and violent as a lion; rapacio...
Jeremiah 5:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Universal Corruption to the Age. B. C. 608. 1 Run ye to and fro through the streets...
Jeremiah 5:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Nebuchadnezzar and the Chaldean army from Syria and Libanus, woody places, are here pointed at under the metaphor of beasts of prey of three kinds; the malignity that is proper to each of these creat...
Jeremiah 5:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH Gives His Reasons Why Jerusalem Will Not Be Pardoned And Jeremiah Makes A Vain Search For A Righteous Man ( Jeremiah 5:1-9 ). YHWH now vindicates His decision to bring inevitable judgment. He...
Jeremiah 5:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the chapter . The description here of unblushing immorality and total disorganisation leads Kimchi and others to date this chapter after Josiah’s time...
Jeremiah 5:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 5:1 . Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that s...
Jeremiah 5:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 5:2 . Though they say the Lord liveth, surely they swear falsely. These words being in every one's mouth, are but words, not sentiments. If men knew the grandeur of God, and studied his p...
Jeremiah 5:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Run ye. .. and see. .. if ye can find a man. A man; or, The Divine ideal unrealised I. The Divine idea of a man. One “that executeth Judgment, that seeketh the truth.” This involves-- 1. A r...
Jeremiah 5:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Is the punishment thought too severe? Then let the moral condition of Jerusalem be inquired into. Must not such transgressions precipitate its people into ruin? There are four well-ma...
Jeremiah 5:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Lack of Truth and Faith in Public Life
Jeremiah 5:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 5:18 ; Amos 5:19 ; Daniel 7:4 ; Daniel 7:6 ; Ezekiel 14:16-21 ; Ezekiel 16:25 ; Ezekiel 22:27 ; Ezekiel 23:19 ; Ezra 10:10 ; Ezra 9:6 ; Habakkuk 1:8 ; Hosea 13:7 ; Hosea 13:8 ; Hos...
Jeremiah 5:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A lion — Nebuchadnezzar and the Chaldean army are here pointed at under the metaphor of beasts of prey of three kinds; compared to a lion, which denotes his great power, courage, and pride. A wolf...

Jeremiah 5:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 5:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 5:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 5:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 5:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 5:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 5:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 5:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 5:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 5:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 5:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 5:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jeremiah 5:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 5:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 5:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 5:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 5:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 5:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 5:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 5:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 5:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 5:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 5:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 5:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jeremiah 5:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 5:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 5:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 5:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes