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An Urgent Alarm of War
All commentators agree that this verse depicts a frantic alarm of war. The blowing trumpet and loud cries are not a call to form a battle line, but a desperate warning for people in the countryside to flee to fortified cities. Scholars note how the rapid commands convey the chaos, confusion, and terror of an imminent invasion.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 4:5
18th Century
Theologian
Rather, proclaim in Judah, and in Jerusalem, instruct them to hear, and say, Blow the trumpet throughout the land: cry a…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 4:5
19th Century
Bishop
Declare. — that is, proclaim as a herald proclaims. The cry is that of an alarm of war. The prophet sees, as it were, the invading…
Charles Spurgeon
On Jeremiah 4:5–7
19th Century
Preacher
This was a terrible prophecy. The Chaldeans, who had broken to pieces so many other kingdoms and powers, were on their way. The lion enraged, had l…
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John Calvin
On Jeremiah 4:5–6
16th Century
Theologian
Jeremiah treats his own people here with more severity, for he saw that they were rebellious and so obstinate in their vices that they could not by…
John Gill
On Jeremiah 4:5
17th Century
Pastor
Exhortations to repentance being without effect in general, though they might have an influence on some few particular persons, the Lord directs th…
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…