Jeremiah 4:17

“As keepers of a field, are they against her round about, etc.] As those that are set to watch a field, in which are fruit and corn of any sort, that thieves and robbers, and wild beasts, may not enter to waste and destroy, and are placed on all sides for that purpose; so the Chaldeans were round about Jerusalem, that none could make their escape out of it; (see <122504> 2 Kings 25:4): because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the Lord; it was not without reason that the Lord suffered the Chaldeans to come against Jerusalem, besiege, and take it; the inhabitants of it had rebelled against him, their King and their God; and therefore he delivers them up into the hands of another lord,…”

“keepers of a field--metaphor from those who watch a field, to frighten away the wild beasts.”

“Jeremiah compares the tents of the besiegers on guard round Jerusalem to the booths erected by shepherds or farmers for the protection of their flocks or produce. return to 'Top of Page'”

“As keepers - They will watch that none relieve them, and that none get out to escape. Jeremiah 4:18”

“4:17-18 The foreign armies already surrounded the capital city. The impending attack was due to the people’s rebellion against the Lord.”

“keepers: Jer 6:2, Jer 6:3; Kg2 25:1-4; Isa 1:8; Luk 19:43, Luk 19:44, Luk 21:20-24 because: Jer 5:23; Neh 9:26, Neh 9:30; Isa 1:20-23, Isa 30:9; Lam 1:8, Lam 1:18; Eze 2:3-7; Dan 9:7-19 Jeremiah 4:18”