Jeremiah 30:5

“For thus saith the Lord, etc.] Yet what follows are the words of others; wherefore some supply it, “for thus saith the Lord, the nations shall say”f570; so Kimchi and Ben Melech interpret it as what the Gentiles will say in the times of the Messiah; but it might be better supplied, “ye shall say”; that is, Israel and Judah; to whom the words of the Lord are spoken in (<243003>Jeremiah 30:3); or else the Lord here represents his people, saying: we have heard a voice of trembling, ear, and not of peace; which is to be understood, of the fear and dread injected into them by the Babylonians when they besieged their city, and burned that, and their temple; nor of the fear and dread which came…”

“We have heard . . . trembling--God introduces the Jews speaking that which they will be reduced to at last in spite of their stubbornness. Threat and promise are combined: the former briefly; namely, the misery of the Jews in the Babylonian captivity down to their "trembling" and "fear" arising from the approach of the Medo-Persian army of Cyrus against Babylon; the promise is more fully dwelt on; namely, their "trembling" will issue in a deliverance as speedy as is the transition from a woman's labor pangs to her joy at giving birth to a child (Jer 30:6).”

“Better, as in the margin. The prophet places his hearers in the center of Babylon, and describes it as convulsed with terror as the armies of Cyrus draw near. The voice of trembling is the war-cry of the advancing host: while fear and no peace implies that even among the exiles there is only alarm at the prospect of the city, where they had so long dwelt, being destroyed. return to 'Top of Page'”

“a voice: Jer 4:15-20, Jer 6:23, Jer 6:24, Jer 8:19, Jer 9:19, Jer 25:36, Jer 31:15, Jer 31:16; Isa 5:30, Isa 59:11; Amo 5:16-18, Amo 8:10; Zep 1:10, Zep 1:11; Luk 19:41-44, Luk 21:25, Luk 21:26, Luk 23:29-30 of fear, and not of peace: or, there is fear, and not peace, Jer 46:5 Jeremiah 30:6”