Jeremiah 10:22

“Behold the noise of the bruit is come, etc.] Or, “the voice of hearing”f220; 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 “<240911>Jeremiah 9:11”).”

“bruit--rumor of invasion. The antithesis is between the voice of God in His prophets to whom they turned a deaf ear, and the cry of the enemy, a new teacher, whom they must hear [CALVIN]. north country--Babylon (Jer 1:15).”

“The lamentation of the daughter of Zion, the Jewish Church, at the devastation of the land, and her humble prayer to God for mercy. Jeremiah 10:19 Grievous - Rather, “mortal,” i. e., fatal, incurable. A grief - Or, “my grief.” Jeremiah 10:20 tabernacle - i. e., “tent.” Jerusalem laments that her tent is plundered and her children carried into exile, and so “are not,” are dead Matthew 2:18, either absolutely, or dead to her in the remote land of their captivity. They can aid the widowed mother no longer in pitching her tent, or in hanging up the curtains round about it. Jeremiah 10:21 Therefore they shall not prosper - Rather, “therefore they have not governed wisely.” “The pastors,” i. e.,…”

“Noise - Rumour, report. Jeremiah 10:23”

“10:22 The invading armies would reduce every town to rubble, and jackals (wild dogs) would make their dens in the tumbled ruins.”

“the noise: Jer 1:15, Jer 4:6, Jer 5:15, Jer 6:1, Jer 6:22; Hab 1:6-9 a den: Jer 9:11; Mal 1:3 Jeremiah 10:23”