“ Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces. ”
Up! and we will make the assault “by night!” And destroy “her palaces.” The generals delay the assault until the next morning. The soldiers consider themselves aggrieved at this, and clamour fo...
The Siege of the Sinful City. The prophet bids his kinsfolk (Anathoth, his birthplace, being in Benjamin) to abandon the capital, and to gather in the southern mountains; the northern peril is now...
He afterwards adds, Arise ye, and let us ascend in the night; that is, “As we cannot take the city in six hours, (from mid-day to night were six hours, for they divided the day into twelve ho...
Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces. Arise, and let us go by night - Since we have lost the day, let us not lose the night; but, taking advantage of the darkness, let us mak...
Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out. The invading soldiers encourage one another...
1-8. The hostile army approaches.
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...
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,...
I venture to think, that if we read these verses with an eye to the Church in Jesus, they will be found very interesting. Who is the speaker here, that likens Zion to a comely and delicate woman? May...
Arise, and let us go up by night ,.... Since they could not take the city at noon, and by day, as they expected, they propose to attempt it by night; they would lose no time, but proceed on, day and...
Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces. Ver. 5. Let us destroy her palaces. ] Where we shall find all precious substance; we shall fill our hands with spoil. as Pro 1:13
Prepare ye war against her The prophet now drops the metaphor, and tells them in plain terms whom he means by the shepherds namely, warriors. These seem to be the words of God giving a commissi...
Judgments Threatened against Israel; The Doom of Israel. B. C. 608. 1 O ye children of B...
Let us go by night, or, this night . They were set upon it, they would lose neither day nor night; which shows that they were extraordinarily stirred up by God in this expedition. Let us destroy...
His People Are To Prepare For Action Because The Invasion Is Upon Them ( Jeremiah 6:1-8 ). As the enemy approached from the north the tribe of Benjamin (his own tribe), who were to the north of Je...
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 6:1 . 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,...
Arise, and let us go up at noon. Christian effort That spirit-stirring call of the text, so needful to arouse the Chaldeans on their march to the ancient, is as needful for us on our pilgrimage...
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...
The Advice to Flee from Jerusalem
2 Chronicles 36:19 ; Amos 2:5 ; Amos 3:10 ; Amos 3:11 ; Hosea 8:14 ; Isaiah 32:14 ; Jeremiah 17:27 ; Jeremiah 52:13 ; Jeremiah 9:21 ; Psalms 48:3 ; Zechariah 11:1
This night — They would lose neither day nor night; which shews that, they were extraordinarily stirred up by God in this expedition.