Bible study online

Jeremiah 4:20

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Jeremiah 4:20

Verse 20 of 31

Scripture focus

Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, [and] my curtains in a moment.

Jeremiah 4:20 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 4:20

Theological / Devotional

Destruction. Literally, “breaking,” “crash,” or “breakdown.”

Is cried. Tidings would be brought of one catastrophe after another (see Deut. 32:23; Eze. 7:26).

Land. Heb. ’eres, which may be translated either “land” or “earth.” The destruction pictured in this chapter has its primary application to desolation of the land of Judah by the Babylonian armies, but describes also the conditions in the great day of God at the end of time (Ed 181; GC 310).

My tents. Used here of dwellings in general.

Curtains. That is, “tent curtains” (see Jer. 10:20; Isa. 54:2).

By SdaBc