Jeremiah 10:22

22 Listen! The sound of a report is coming— a great commotion from the land to the north. It will make the cities of Judah a desolation, a haunt for jackals. ^[a]

Jeremiah 10:22 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 10:22

Behold the noise of the bruit is come
Or, "the voice of hearing" ^F3; that is, the voice heard; the report that was made that the king of Babylon had invaded the land, and was coming up to besiege Jerusalem: "and a great commotion out of the north country"; a large army from Babylon, which lay north of Judea, which came with great noise, and caused a great trembling and shaking among the inhabitants of the land whither they were coming: to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons;
this shows that the whole paragraph is to be understood of the Jewish nation, and of their destruction. (See Gill on Jeremiah 9:11).

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 (hewmv lwq) "vox auditionis", Pagninus, Montanus; "vox auditus", Vatablus, Calvin; "vox famae", Schmidt.

Jeremiah 10:22 In-Context

20 My tent is destroyed, and all its ropes are snapped. My sons have departed from me and are no more. I have no one left to pitch my tent or set up my curtains.

21 For the shepherds have become senseless; they do not seek the LORD. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.

22 Listen! The sound of a report is coming— a great commotion from the land to the north. It will make the cities of Judah a desolation, a haunt for jackals.

23 I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.

24 Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice— not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.

Footnotes

• [a] Or serpents or dragons