Jeremiah 25:32
in Jeremiah 25This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold! Disaster is spreading from nation to nation; a mighty storm is rising from the ends of the earth.”
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ASV
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great tempest shall be raised up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
KJV
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
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This verse in Jeremiah 25
Commentary
8 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
A great whirlwind - Or, storm. The coasts of the earth - See Jer 6:22 note. The thunderstorm seen first on the edge of the horizon overspreads the heaven, and travels from nation to nation in its destructive course.
This site's exposition
This is what the LORD of
on Jeremiah 25:32-33
The judgment moves like weather: “Disaster is spreading from nation to nation; a mighty storm is rising from the ends of the earth.” The picture of the dead “like dung lying on the ground” was used of Jerusalem in chapters 8 and 16, and it covers the nations.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 32, 33.) Thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, affliction (or evil) will come forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind (or storm) will come forth from the ends of the earth. And those slain (or wounded by the Lord) on that day will be from one end of the earth to the other end. They shall not be lamented, nor shall they be gathered or buried; they shall lie on the surface of the earth like manure.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
The Chaldean army shall be like a hurricane raised in the north, but thence carried on with incredible fierceness and swiftness, bearing down all before it. It is like the whirlwind out of which God answered Job, which was exceedingly terrible, Job xxxvii.
): Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation; as the cup goes round, every nation shall have its share and take warning by the calamities of another to repent and reform. Nay, as if this ere to be a little representation of the last and general judgment, it shall reach from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth,
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Thus saith the Lord of hosts, behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
from the coasts--rather, "from the uttermost regions." Like a storm which arises in one region and then diffuses itself far and wide, so God's judgments shall pass "from nation to nation," till all has been fulfilled; no distance shall prevent the fulfilment. not be lamented-- (Jer 16:4, 6). neither gathered--to their fathers, in their ancestral tombs (Jer 8:2). dung-- (Ps 83:10).
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1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Evil shall go forth from nation to nation - One nation after another shall fall before the Chaldeans.
The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כֹּ֤ה | koh | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| אָמַר֙ | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| צְבָא֔וֹת | tzevaot | of hosts | H6635 → | 485 times |
| הִנֵּ֥ה | hineh | there! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| רָעָ֛ה | raah | calamity | H7451 → | 662 times |
| יֹצֵ֖את | yotzet | [is] about to go forth | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| מִגּ֣וֹי | migoy | from nation | H1471 → | 561 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| גּ֑וֹי | goy | nation | H1471 → | 561 times |
| וְסַ֣עַר | vesaar | and a storm | H5591 → | 24 times |
| גָּד֔וֹל | gadol | great | H1419 → | 526 times |
| יֵע֖וֹר | yeor | it will be roused | H5782 → | 80 times |
| מִיַּרְכְּתֵי־ | miyarketei- | from [the] remotest parts of | H3411 → | 28 times |
| אָֽרֶץ׃ | ʾaretz | [the] earth | H776 → | 2504 times |
כֹּ֤הthus
kohH3541 →577 times
אָמַר֙he says
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
יְהוָ֣הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
צְבָא֔וֹתof hosts
tzevaotH6635 →485 times
הִנֵּ֥הthere!
hinehH2009 →843 times
רָעָ֛הcalamity
raahH7451 →662 times
יֹצֵ֖את[is] about to go forth
yotzetH3318 →1067 times
מִגּ֣וֹיfrom nation
migoyH1471 →561 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
גּ֑וֹיnation
goyH1471 →561 times
וְסַ֣עַרand a storm
vesaarH5591 →24 times
גָּד֔וֹלgreat
gadolH1419 →526 times
יֵע֖וֹרit will be roused
yeorH5782 →80 times
מִיַּרְכְּתֵי־from [the] remotest parts of
miyarketei-H3411 →28 times
אָֽרֶץ׃[the] earth
ʾaretzH776 →2504 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 23:19Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 30:23
Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.
- Amos 1:14
So I will kindle a fire in the walls of Rabbah to consume its citadels amid war cries on the day of battle and a violent wind on the day of tempest.
- Isaiah 21:1
This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror.
- Proverbs 10:25
When the whirlwind passes, the wicked are no more, but the righteous are secure forever.
- Jeremiah 30:23
Through
Isaiah 30:30And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.
it leads to
- Isaiah 29:6
you will be visited by the LORD of Hosts with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, with windstorm and tempest and consuming flame of fire.
- Psalms 18:13–14
The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded— hailstones and coals of fire.
- Joshua 10:11
As they fled before Israel along the descent from Beth-horon to Azekah, the LORD cast down on them large hailstones from the sky, and more of them were killed by the hailstones than by…
- Isaiah 29:6
Through
Jeremiah 30:23Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 23:19–20
Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.
- Jeremiah 23:19–20
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About Jeremiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.