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Judgment is Coming Fast
Commentators explain that mentioning Dan (in the far north) and then Mount Ephraim (closer to Jerusalem) paints a picture of a rapidly advancing enemy. The prophet uses this imagery to make the threat of God's judgment feel immediate and inescapable for a people who had grown complacent. The warning is that the consequences of sin are closer than they appear.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 4:15
18th Century
Theologian
Dan - The border town of Palestine on the north (Deuteronomy 34:1).
Mount Ephraim - The northern boundary of Judea…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 4:15
19th Century
Bishop
Dan ... Mount Ephraim. — The two places are chosen, not like Dan and Beer-sheba, as extreme limits, but as stages in the march of …
Charles Spurgeon
On Jeremiah 4:14–18
19th Century
Preacher
How long shall your vain thoughts lodge within you? For a voice declares from Dan, and publishes affliction from Mount Ephraim. Make mention to…
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John Calvin
On Jeremiah 4:15
16th Century
Theologian
The Prophet again repeats what he had said—that the Jews were given up to final ruin on account of their perverseness. For they had provoked God so…
John Gill
On Jeremiah 4:15
17th Century
Pastor
For a voice declareth from Dan
The coming of the enemy, as Kimchi explains it, Nebuchadnezzar, the king of the Chaldeans; a me…
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 4:5–18
17th Century
Minister
The fierce conqueror of the neighboring nations was to make Judah desolate. The prophet was afflicted to see the people lulled into security by fal…