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Text -- Jeremiah 25:33 (NET)

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25:33 Those who have been killed by the Lord at that time will be scattered from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned over, gathered up, or buried. Their dead bodies will lie scattered over the ground like manure.
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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Clarke: Jer 25:33 - -- From one end of the earth - From one end of the land to the other. All Palestine shall be desolated by it.

From one end of the earth - From one end of the land to the other. All Palestine shall be desolated by it.

Calvin: Jer 25:33 - -- This verse explains what I have just said; and hence it also appears that the Prophet did not speak of mutual slaughters inflicted by one nation on a...

This verse explains what I have just said; and hence it also appears that the Prophet did not speak of mutual slaughters inflicted by one nation on another, but that he only declared that God’s wrath would spread like a storm so as to extend to all nations and lands. The Prophet no doubt continues the same subject; and we see why he says here, And the slain, of Jehovah shall be in that day, etc.; he calls our attention to God alone; he will speak otherwise hereafter, he does not set here before us the ministers of God’s vengeance, but God himself as acting by himself.

Hence he says, the slain of Jehovah; some read, “the wounded;” and חלל , chelal, means to wound and to kill; but “the slain” is more suitable here. The slain then of Jehovah shall be from one extremity of the earth to the other; as though he had said, that God would not be satisfied with punishing three or four nations, but would shew himself the judge of all the countries of the earth.

Now this passage is worthy of special notice; for we often wonder why God connives at so many crimes committed by men, which none of us would tolerate. But if we consider how dreadful was the tempest of which the Prophet now speaks, we ought to know that God rests for a time, in order that the ungodly and the wicked might be the less excusable. It was at the same time doubtless a sad spectacle, when so many regions and provinces were unceasingly suffering various calamities, when one nation thought itself better off than its neighbors, but presently found itself more cruelly treated. And yet this was generally the case, for God’s wrath extended to the extremities of the earth.

He amplifies the atrocity of the evil by mentioning three things, — They shall not be lamented, nor gathered, nor buried; but they shall be as dung, and shall thus lie on the face of the earth We have said in other places that lamentation does no good to the dead; but as it is what humanity requires, the want of it is rightly deemed a temporal punishment. So when any one is deprived of burial, it is certainly nothing to the dead if his body is not laid in a grave; for we know that God’s holy servants have often been either burnt or hung or exposed to wild beasts; and the whole Church complains that dead bodies were lying around Jerusalem and became food to the birds of heaven and to the beasts of the earth. But these things do not disprove the fact, that burial is an evidence of God’s paternal kindness towards men. For why has he appointed that men should be buried rather than brute animals, except that he designed it to be an intimation of an immortal life? As, then, burial is a sign of God’s favor, it is no wonder that he often declares to the reprobate that their dead bodies would be cast away, so as not to be honored, with a grave.

But we must remember this truth, — that temporal punishments happen in common to God’s children and to aliens; God extends without any difference temporal punishments to his own children and to the unbelieving, and that in order that it may be made evident that our hope ought not to be fixed on this world. But however this may be, it is yet true that when God punishes the unbelieving in this way, he adds at the same time some remark by which it may be understood, that it happens not in vain nor undesignedly, that those are deprived of burial, who deserve that God should exterminate them from the earth, and that their memory should be obliterated, so that they should not be connected among men. But we have said also in another place, that such expressions admit of another meaning, which yet is not at variance with the former, but connected with it, and that is, that so great would be the slaughter, that none would be left to shew this kindness to his friend or to his neighbor or to his brother. For when four or ten or a hundred die, they may be buried; but when God slays by the sword a great number in one day, none are found to take care of burying the dead, as few remain alive, and even they dread their enemies. When therefore the prophets say that those whom God slew would be without lamentation and burial, they intimate that so great would be the number, that all would lie on the ground; for no one would dare to perform this humane act towards the dead, and were all to do their utmost, they would not be able, as the number would be so great.

Thus Jeremiah confirms what we have said, — that God’s vengeance would extend to all lands and all nations, so as to involve in ruin the nobles as well as the common people, and to leave remaining but a small number.

For the same purpose he adds what follows, that they would be as dung on the face of the earth This is added by way of contempt. It was then hardly credible, that so many illustrious, wealthy, and powerful nations could thus in so short a time be destroyed. But the Prophet, in order to shake off this false conceit, says that they would become like dung, that however great their dignity and power, their wealth and strength, might be, they could not yet escape the hand of God, for he would reduce to nothing the glory of the whole world. We now perceive the real meaning of the Prophet. It then follows —

Defender: Jer 25:33 - -- Here "earth" could be better translated "land." The reference is probably to the great line of armies from all parts of the world who will have gather...

Here "earth" could be better translated "land." The reference is probably to the great line of armies from all parts of the world who will have gathered in the land of Israel, stretching from the land of Edom in the south to Armageddon in the north, anticipating the final great battle with the returning Christ when they will all be destroyed (Isa 34:5, Isa 34:6; Isa 63:1-4; Rev 16:14-16; Rev 19:17-21)."

TSK: Jer 25:33 - -- the slain : Jer 25:18-26, Jer 13:12-14; Isa 34:2-8, Isa 66:16; Zep 2:12; Rev 14:19, Rev 14:20; Rev 19:17-21 they shall not : See note on Jer 8:2, Jer ...

the slain : Jer 25:18-26, Jer 13:12-14; Isa 34:2-8, Isa 66:16; Zep 2:12; Rev 14:19, Rev 14:20; Rev 19:17-21

they shall not : See note on Jer 8:2, Jer 9:21, Jer 9:22, Jer 16:4-7; Psa 79:3, Psa 83:10; Ezek. 39:4-20; Rev 11:9

they shall be : 2Ki 9:37; Isa 5:25

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Jer 25:33 - -- Lamented - See the marginal reference and Jer 8:2.

Lamented - See the marginal reference and Jer 8:2.

Poole: Jer 25:33 - -- That those who should be slain by commission from the Lord in this time of his judgments should be in all places, and so numerous, that there should...

That those who should be slain by commission from the Lord in this time of his judgments should be in all places, and so numerous, that there should be none left to lament for or to bury the dead; but the dead bodies should lie and rot upon the surface of the earth, and be as muck to it. See the like phrases Jer 16:4 .

Gill: Jer 25:33 - -- And the slain of the Lord,.... Slain by his permission, yea, by his orders, according to his will, in his wrath and sore displeasure, and to glorify h...

And the slain of the Lord,.... Slain by his permission, yea, by his orders, according to his will, in his wrath and sore displeasure, and to glorify his vindictive justice:

shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; not that this should be at one and the same time; for there never was such a time, that there was such a general slaughter in the world, that the slain should reach from one end to the other; but that within the dispensation, in which the cup should go round to all nations, meant by "that day", the slain of the Lord would be in all parts of the world; or that, according to his will, there would be a great slaughter everywhere, as the cup went round, or the sword was sent, first ravaging one country, and then another;

they shall not be lamented; having no pity from their enemies; and as for their friends, they will share the same rite with them; so that there will be none to mourn over them:

neither gathered; taken up from the field of battle where they fall; but, where they should fall, there they should lie; none gathering up their bodies or bones, in order for interment:

nor buried; in the sepulchres of their fathers, nor indeed in any place, or in any manner; as not in any grand and magnificent manner, so not so much as in a common way;

they shall be dung upon the ground; spread upon it, and lie above it, as dung, to manure the earth.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Jer 25:33 The intent here is to emphasize the large quantity of those who are killed – there will be too many to insure proper mourning rites and proper b...

Geneva Bible: Jer 25:33 And ( y ) the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from [one] end of the earth even to the [other] end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, nei...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Jer 25:1-38 - --1 Jeremiah, reproving the Jews' disobedience to the prophets,8 foretells the seventy years' captivity;12 and after that, the destruction of Babylon.15...

MHCC: Jer 25:30-38 - --The Lord has just ground of controversy with every nation and every person; and he will execute judgment on all the wicked. Who can avoid trembling wh...

Matthew Henry: Jer 25:30-38 - -- We have, in these verses, a further description of those terrible desolations which the king of Babylon with his armies should make in all the count...

Keil-Delitzsch: Jer 25:30-38 - -- "But do thou prophesy to them all these words, and say unto them: Jahveh will roar from on high, and from His holy habitation let His voice resound...

Constable: Jer 2:1--45:5 - --II. Prophecies about Judah chs. 2--45 The first series of prophetic announcements, reflections, and incidents th...

Constable: Jer 2:1--25:38 - --A. Warnings of judgment on Judah and Jerusalem chs. 2-25 Chapters 2-25 contain warnings and appeals to t...

Constable: Jer 15:10--26:1 - --3. Warnings in view of Judah's hard heart 15:10-25:38 This section of the book contains several ...

Constable: Jer 24:1--25:38 - --A collection of burdens on many nations chs. 24-25 The four message that follow concern ...

Constable: Jer 25:30-38 - --Universal judgment to come 25:30-38 25:30 Jeremiah was also to announce that God would prepare to judge all the inhabitants of the earth (v. 29). As a...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Jeremiah (Book Introduction) JEREMIAH, son of Hilkiah, one of the ordinary priests, dwelling in Anathoth of Benjamin (Jer 1:1), not the Hilkiah the high priest who discovered the ...

JFB: Jeremiah (Outline) EXPOSTULATION WITH THE JEWS, REMINDING THEM OF THEIR FORMER DEVOTEDNESS, AND GOD'S CONSEQUENT FAVOR, AND A DENUNCIATION OF GOD'S COMING JUDGMENTS FOR...

TSK: Jeremiah 25 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Jer 25:1, Jeremiah, reproving the Jews’ disobedience to the prophets, Jer 25:8, foretells the seventy years’ captivity; Jer 25:12, an...

Poole: Jeremiah (Book Introduction) BOOK OF THE PROPHET JEREMIAH THE ARGUMENT IT was the great unhappiness of this prophet to be a physician to, but that could not save, a dying sta...

Poole: Jeremiah 25 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 25 Their disobedience to the prophets reproved, Jer 25:1-7 . The seventy years of captivity foretold, Jer 25:8-11 ; and after that the dest...

MHCC: Jeremiah (Book Introduction) Jeremiah was a priest, a native of Anathoth, in the tribe of Benjamin. He was called to the prophetic office when very young, about seventy years afte...

MHCC: Jeremiah 25 (Chapter Introduction) (Jer 25:1-7) The Jews rebuked for not obeying calls to repentance. (Jer 25:8-14) Their captivity during seventy years is expressly foretold. (Jer 25...

Matthew Henry: Jeremiah (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Book of the Prophet Jeremiah The Prophecies of the Old Testament, as the Epistles of the New, are p...

Matthew Henry: Jeremiah 25 (Chapter Introduction) The prophecy of this chapter bears date some time before those prophecies in the chapters next foregoing, for they are not placed in the exact orde...

Constable: Jeremiah (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The title of this book derives from its writer, the late seventh an...

Constable: Jeremiah (Outline) Outline I. Introduction ch. 1 A. The introduction of Jeremiah 1:1-3 B. T...

Constable: Jeremiah Jeremiah Bibliography Aharoni, Yohanan, and Michael Avi-Yonah. The Macmillan Bible Atlas. Revised ed. London: C...

Haydock: Jeremiah (Book Introduction) THE PROPHECY OF JEREMIAS. INTRODUCTION. Jeremias was a priest, a native of Anathoth, a priestly city, in the tribe of Benjamin, and was sanct...

Gill: Jeremiah (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH The title of the book in the Vulgate Latin version is, "the Prophecy of Jeremiah"; in the Syriac and Arabic versions, "the...

Gill: Jeremiah 25 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 25 This chapter contains a prophecy of the destruction of Judea by the king of Babylon; and also of Babylon itself, after ...

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