Jeremiah 4:9

9 "It shall come about in that day," declares the LORD, "that the ¹heart of the king and the heart of the princes will fail; and the priests will be appalled and the ²prophets will be astounded."

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Jeremiah 4:9 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 4:9

And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the Lord
When Nebuchadnezzar should be come up from Babylon into the land of Judea, and lay waste the cities thereof, and besiege Jerusalem: that the heart of the king shall perish;
meaning Zedekiah king of Judah, who should be in the utmost fright and consternation, not knowing what to do, being devoid both of wisdom and courage; see ( Jeremiah 39:4 ) : and the heart of the princes;
who being seized with the same panic, and at their wits' end, would not be able to give any advice and counsel to the king; so that the people would have no help from the king and his nobles, in whom they put their confidence: and the priests shall be astonished;
which Kimchi interprets of the priests of the high places, the idolatrous priests, whose service would now cease, and whose idols would not save them: and the prophets shall wonder;
which he also interprets of the false prophets; as does the Targum; who prophesied peace, and now they shall see it was a lie they prophesied, since sudden destruction now comes upon them.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Jeremiah 4:9 In-Context

7 "A lion has gone up from his thicket, And a destroyer of nations has set out; He has gone out from his place To make your land a waste. Your cities will be ruins Without inhabitant.

8 "For this, put on sackcloth, Lament and wail; For the fierce anger of the LORD Has not turned back from us."

9 "It shall come about in that day," declares the LORD , "that the heart of the king and the heart of the princes will fail; and the priests will be appalled and the prophets will be astounded."

10 Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Surely You have utterly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, 'You will have peace '; whereas a sword touches the throat."

11 In that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, "A scorching wind from the bare heights in the wilderness in the direction of the daughter of My people -not to winnow and not to cleanse,

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1. Isaiah 22:3-5; Jeremiah 48:41
2. Isaiah 29:9, 10; Ezekiel 13:9-16

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