Jeremiah 6:22 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth. ”

Jeremiah 6:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Raised - Or, awakened, to undertake distant expeditions. The sides of the earth - Or ends, the most distant regions (see Jeremiah 25:32 ).
Jeremiah 6:22 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the (s) north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth. (s) From Babylon by Dan, which was north of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 6:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Foe from the North is again described ( cf. Jeremiah 5:15-17 ) in his advance against Jerusalem ( Jeremiah 6:22-23 ). Its inhabitants utter their dismay (wax feeble, Jeremiah 6:24 ; Heb. are...
Jeremiah 6:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the sides, &c. Idiom for. great distance.
Jeremiah 6:22 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

It was no useless repetition when the Prophet said so often that God said. He might have said only, “Behold, a nation shall come from the north;” but he premises by saying that he derived th...
Jeremiah 6:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.
Jeremiah 6:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Behold, a people, &c.— The Chaldeans are here again described as in chap. Jeremiah 5:15 , &c. a distant nation, violent, cruel, armed with bows and spears, and well mounted: Instead of si...
Jeremiah 6:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth. A people cometh from the north country, and a great nation...
Jeremiah 6:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-8. The hostile army approaches.
Jeremiah 6:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

From the north country... — The words point, as in Jeremiah 1:13-15 , to the Chaldæan, perhaps, also, to the Scythian, invasion. So the “north quarters” are used in Ezekiel 38:6 ; Ezekiel 38:1...
Jeremiah 6:22 - 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 6:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This judgment the prophet now described. A fierce and relentless foe, acting under the word of Jehovah, is described as coming up against Jerusalem. The prophet declared that the city would be taken,...
Jeremiah 6:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The last of these verses throws a light on the whole passage, by way of explanation, on the principles of the gospel of Christ. All men are as reprobate silver, until the Great Refiner and Purifier o...
Jeremiah 6:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thus saith the Lord, behold, a people cometh from the north country ,.... The Assyrians from Babylon, which lay north of Judea, as in Jeremiah 1:14 : and a great nation shall be raised ; that is,...
Jeremiah 6:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth. Ver. 22. Thus saith the Lord. ] It is not in vain that this is...
Jeremiah 6:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Behold, I will lay stumbling-blocks before this people I will suffer such things to be laid in their way as shall be the occasion of their destruction. Or, I will bring calamities upon them, by whi...
Jeremiah 6:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Equity of Divine Judgments; Punishment Predicted. B. C. 608. 18 Therefore hear, ye nat...
Jeremiah 6:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Now the prophet is showing what these destructive stumbling-blocks shall be, of which he had prophesied forty years already, and yet they would not be warned. The north country: see Jeremiah 6:1 ....
Jeremiah 6:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

In View Of Judah's Failure To Respond To His Warnings YHWH Stresses That The Invasion Is Now Imminent ( Jeremiah 6:1-30 ). Chapter 4 had predicted that invasion was coming, and chapter 5 had given...
Jeremiah 6:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES . —1. Chronological and Historical position of this chapter the same . (Comp. notes on 3, 4, 5.) 2. Geographical References. — Jeremiah 6:1 . “ Tekoa: ” a small town...
Jeremiah 6:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 6:1 . Oh ye children of Benjamin flee out of the midst of Jerusalem. Many of this tribe lived in the city. Blow the trumpet [of alarm] in Tekoa, a village twelve miles from Jerusalem,...
Jeremiah 6:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION A prophecy, in five stanzas or strophes, vividly describing the judgment and its causes, and enforcing the necessity of repentance. Jeremiah 6:1-24 Arrival of a hostile army fro...
Jeremiah 6:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Impending Judgment Announced
Jeremiah 6:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 1:14 ; Jeremiah 1:15 ; Jeremiah 10:22 ; Jeremiah 25:9 ; Jeremiah 5:15 ; Jeremiah 50:41-43 ; Jeremiah 6:1
Jeremiah 6:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Behold — God shall stir up the Chaldeans like a great storm. The sides — The uttermost parts of the Babylonian territories.

Jeremiah 6:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 6:22 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 6:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 6:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 6:22 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 6:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 6:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 6:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 6:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 6:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 6:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 6:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 6:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 6:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 6:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 6:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 6:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 6:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 6:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 6:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 6:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 6:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 6:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 6:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 6:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes