Jeremiah 4:20

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Destruction ... - Or, breaking upon breaking Jeremiah 4:6 . The news of one breaking, one violent calamity, follows close upon another. My cu...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is laid waste: suddenly are my (r) tents ruined, [and] my curtains in a moment. (r) Meanin...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet's Grief for his country finds characteristic expression: My bowels! my bowels! Let me writhe! The walls of my heart! My heart moaneth w...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

curtains. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), for tents, in which. large proportion of the people lived ( 2 Samuel 18:17 ; 1 Kings 8:66...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He pursues the same subject, but amplifies the dread by a new circumstance, — that God would heap evils on evils, so that the Jews would in vai...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment. Destruction upon...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

My bowels, &c.— My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at the centre, or, in the midst, of my heart; my heart is tumultuous within me. This terr...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment. Destruct...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

5-10. Destruction approaches Jerusalem.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Destruction upon destruction is cried. — Literally, Breaking upon breaking, or crash upon crash, is reported. Suddenly are my tents spoiled....
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 wh...
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 app...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I hope the Reader will pause over these verses, and remark the concern of the Prophet. And when he hath done this, let him ask himself what ought to...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Destruction upon destruction is cried ;.... Or, "breach upon breach" g; as soon as one affliction is over, another comes on; and upon the news of on...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, [and] my curtains in a moment. Ver. 20. Destr...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

My bowels , &c. Or, as Dr. Waterland renders it, My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at the centre, or in the midst, of my heart; my heart is tum...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Punishment Predicted. B. C. 620. 19...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Destruction upon destruction; a further expression of his bitter lamentation, redoubling his complaint; the end of one, but the beginning of anothe...
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 H...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH Warns Judah That If They Will Not Repent For Them Too Invasion By A Fierce Adversary Is Threatening And Will Undoubtedly Come Because Of Their...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Chronology of the chapter, Contemporary Scriptures, Historic Facts, Contemporary History as in chap. 3. 1. Geogra...
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...
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 f...
The Biblical Illustrator

I am pained at my very heart. The prophet’s lamentations over his people’s doom I. The complaint or lamentation itself. 1. The parts affecte...
The Biblical Illustrator

Suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment. Sudden sorrow Jeremiah was describing the havoc of war, a war which was devastating...
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 I...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Desolation Following the Lord's Judgment. The prophet here, in a most dramatic manner, introduces Israel as lamenting over the calamity which h...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Destruction upon destruction is cried, blow upon blow is reported; for the whole land is spoiled, rendered desolate by the enemy; suddenly are my...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Destruction — Good Josiah slain, and four of his successors carried away, or slain. My tents — The enemy makes no more of overthrowing my stately c...

²⁰ Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 4:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Jeremiah 4:20