Jer 4:4, 6, 10, 9:26 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 4. Circumcise yourselves ] Put away every thing that has a tendency to grieve the Spirit of God, or to render your present holy resolutions unfruitful.

‏ Jeremiah 4:4

Verse 4. Circumcise yourselves] Put away every thing that has a tendency to grieve the Spirit of God, or to render your present holy resolutions unfruitful.

‏ Jeremiah 4:6

Verse 6. I will bring evil from the north] From the land of Chaldea.

‏ Jeremiah 4:10

Verse 10. Ah, Lord God! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people] The Targum paraphrases this verse thus: "And I said, Receive my supplication, O Lord God; for, behold, the false prophets deceive this people and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace." The prophet could not reconcile this devastation of the country with the promises already made; and he appears to ask the question, Hast thou not then deceived this people in saying there shall be peace, i.e., prosperity?

Whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.] That is, the life; the people being generally destroyed.

‏ Jeremiah 9:26

Verse 26. All that are in the utmost corners] col ketsutsey pheah. These words have been variously understood. The Vulgate translates: Omnes qui attonsi sunt in comam; "All who have their hair cut short." The Targum, Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic have understood it nearly in the same way; and so our margin. Others think that the insular or peninsular situation of the people is referred to. Dr. Blayney thinks the Arabians are meant, who dwelt in the great desert, between Mesopotamia and Palestine. I really think our marginal reading should be preferred, as expressing the sense of all the ancient Versions.