Jeremiah 4:26
“I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness,.... Or, "I beheld, and, lo, Carmel was a wilderness"; which was…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Jeremiah 4:23-26
In four verses each beginning with “I beheld,” the prophet sees in vision the desolate condition of Judaea during the…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Jeremiah 4:19-31
The prophet is here in an agony, and cries out like one upon the rack of pain with some acute distemper, or as a woman…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
the fruitful field mg. Heb. Carmel(see Jer 2:7), but meaning here the most fruitful portions of the land in general.
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