Matthew Poole Commentary - Jeremiah 1:14

Matthew Poole Commentary - Jeremiah 1:14 - 1:14

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Jeremiah 1:14 - 1:14

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The Lord said; explained this vision.

Out of the north, i.e. from Babylon, a metonymy of the subject; for though it lie eastward, yet it is north from Jerusalem, as lying four degrees more from the equinoctial. See Jer_1:13.

Shall break forth; it shall be withheld or restrained no longer in my treasure; I will let it out, viz. that evil of punishment represented by the fire.

Of the land: though God gave almost all the then known world to the king of Babylon, yet here he understands the land of Judea, Jer_25:9.