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Jeremiah 6:1-30
The Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 6:1-30
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commentaryMatthew Henry on Jeremiah 6:1-8Whatever methods are used, it is vain to contend with God's judgments. The more we indulge in the pleasures of this life, the more we unfit ourselves for the troubles of this life. The Chaldean army shall break in upon…Matthew HenrycommentaryJudgments Threatened against Israel; The Doom of Israel. (b. c. 608.)JUDGMENTS THREATENED AGAINST ISRAEL; THE DOOM OF ISRAEL. (B. C. 608.) Here is I. Judgment threatened against Judah and Jerusalem. The city and the country were at this time secure and under no apprehension of danger; th…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 6:1O ye children of Benjamin. The political rank of Jerusalem, as the capital of the kingdom of Judah, makes it difficult to realize that Jerusalem was not locally a city of Judah at all. It belonged, strictly speaking, to…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 6:1-8Arrival of a hostile army from the north, and summons to flee from the doomed city.Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 6:1-8A dreadful onlook. Such was the vision of Jeremiah which he saw concerning the coming wrath upon Judah and Jerusalem. It was the sad sight which the sinners in Jerusalem never, but the seer ever, saw clearly, vividly, h…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 6:1Signal-fires. "Set up a sign of fire in Beth-haccerem." Introduction. ― Illustrate from Homer's description of such signal-fires, or from Macaulay's poem, "Defeat of the Spanish Armada.' Take them as illustrative of the…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 6:2I have likened … a comely and delicate woman. This passage is one of the most difficult in the book, and if there is corruption of the text anywhere, it is here. The most generally adopted rendering is, "The comely and…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 6:3The shepherds with their flocks, etc.; rather, To her came shepherds with their flocks; they have pitched their tents round about her; they have pastured each at his side. The best commentary on the last clause is furni…Joseph S. Exell and contributors