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Jeremiah 25:31

The Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 25:31

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

A noise. The word is used elsewhere for the tumultuous sound of a marching army (see ; ). He will plead; rather, he will hold judgment. Jehovah's "contending" sometimes involves the notion of punishing, e.

g. ; . In 2 Chronicles, 2혻Chronicles 22:8, the same verb in the same conjugation is forcibly rendered in the Authorized Version, "to execute judgment."

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