Jeremiah 49:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Bible Comments

Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, [saying], Who shall come unto me?

Ver. 4. Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys?] Because fat and fertile, as being near to Sodom and Gomorrah, that pleasant plain. Gen 13:10

O backsliding daughter.] a Or, Untoward and refractory. Sept., Thou daughter of rashness, or of impudence, quae ita lascivis sicut puella quae libidinatur, et virum quaerit, saith Oecolampadius.

That trusted in her treasures.] Never yet true to those that trusted them. 1 Timothy 6:17 Psa 52:7

Who shall come unto me?] Or, Who can come at me?

a Appellat homines regni erroneos filiam vagam.

Jeremiah 49:4

4 Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me?