Berean BlueApp preview

Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 33:5

Annotations upon the Holy Bible. Browse this work.

Jeremiah33:5

5 They come to fight with the Caldeans , but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in my anger, and in my fury f, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city .

It is very difficult to determine whether these words contain an entire sense in themselves, or what connexion they have with the foregoing words, not to repeat mens diverse apprehensions of which a large account is given by the Author of the English Annotations, I think they judge best who think they have an entire sense in themselves, and judge that the They here mentioned are the Jews of whom the Prophet saith they come, because he knew they would sally out and fight with their Enemies, but to no purpose, but to fill their houses with their own dead bodies whom he would cause in his anger to be slain.

For their wickedness which they had provoked God by, and caused him to hide his face from that City which had so much of his countenance formerly.

Matthew Poole and continuators, Annotations upon the Holy Bible, Jeremiah 33:5. Public domain.

Permanent link. Source edition.

Read Jeremiah 33. Compare commentaries on this chapter.

Source and publication rights

Text Creation Partnership. Public domain; TCP unrestricted text and encoding. Source edition.

Berean Blue opens December 1, 2026. Explore this passage in the app preview.