Jeremiah 4

Jeremiah 4:1

O Israel] Doubtful, whether the ten Tribes, or Iudah.

Jeremiah 4:2

in him] In God.

Jeremiah 4:3

men of Iudah and Ierusalem] Them he exhorts to repentance; to prevent the imminent judgements to come.

Break up] Hosea X. 11.

Jeremiah 4:5

Blow the Trumpet] To give warning of the enemies approach.

Jeremiah 4:6

towards Zion] Whereby men may be admonished to repair towards Zion, their chief place of strength.

Jeremiah 4:7

The Lion is come] Nebuchadnezzar.

Jeremiah 4:10

thou hast] The false Prophets in Gods Name; those in the end of the former verse; those he blames for promising them peace.

Jeremiah 4:12

unto me] To do my will against them.

Jeremiah 4:15

from Dan] The utmost bound Northward, and towards Babylon, ch. VIII. 16.

Ephraim] North-border of Judah; by which Nebuchadnezzar must come.

Jeremiah 4:16

watchers] Hostile forces, v. 17.

Jeremiah 4:19

my bowels,] The Prophets passionate grieving at the miseries of the war upon his people, ch. IX. 1. Esay XXII. 4 bewailing their folly that would take no warning.

Jeremiah 4:20

my tents spoiled] The tents of my people.

Jeremiah 4:23

I beheld] In a spiritual rapture, represented to the eye of his minde.

the earth] The Land of Iudea. Very Rhetorical delineations do follow of their miseries by this invasion of Nebuchadnezzar, graphicaly as in a Map described.

Jeremiah 4:27

yet will I not make a full end.] But reserve a remnant.

Jeremiah 4:30

rentest thy face with painting] Noted as a whorish practice in Jezabel, 2 Kings IX. 30. in Aholah and Aholibah, Ezek. XXIII. 40.