PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Jeremiah
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 357,402 words · 646 reading sections
Jeremiah 48:9
Jeremiah 48:9 Ver. 9. Give wings unto Moab that it may flee and get away,.... That is, give wings to the inhabitants of Moab; signifying that they were in great danger, and there was no probability of escaping it, unless they had the wings of a swift bird, or were as swift as such, and even that would not do; though p…
263 wordsSECTION 602Jeremiah 48:10
Jeremiah 48:10 Ver. 10. Cursed [be] he that doeth the work of the Lord deceitfully,.... Which is said with respect to the Chaldeans, who were enjoined to destroy the Moabites; which is called the work of the Lord, because he had given them a commission to do it; and which was to be done by them, not by halves, or in a…
247 wordsSECTION 603Jeremiah 48:11
Jeremiah 48:11 Ver. 11. Moab hath been at ease from his youth,.... Lived in great peace and prosperity from the time they became a kingdom; being very little disturbed with wars by their neighbours, or very rarely; so that they were in very prosperous and flourishing circumstances, which occasioned that pride and haug…
7,459 wordsSECTION 604Jeremiah 49:1
Jeremiah 49:1 INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 49 This chapter contains prophecies concerning the judgments of God on several nations and kingdoms, chiefly bordering on the land of Israel; on the Ammonites, Jer 49:1; on the Edomites, Jer 49:7; on the kingdom of Damascus, or the Syrians, Jer 49:23; on the Kedarenes or Arabian…
499 wordsSECTION 605Jeremiah 49:2
Jeremiah 49:2 Ver. 2. Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord,.... Or, "are coming" {y}; as they did, in a very little time after this prophecy: that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; the metropolis of the Ammonites; it was their royal city in the times of David, 1Ki 11:1; …
413 wordsSECTION 606Jeremiah 49:3
Jeremiah 49:3 Ver. 3. Howl, O Heshbon,.... Which was a city of Moab, though it formerly belonged to the Amorites; see Jer 48:2; it was upon the border of Ammon, and near to Ai, now destroyed; and therefore is called upon to howl and lament, because its destruction also was near at hand, and might be expected; hence Ki…
373 wordsSECTION 607Jeremiah 49:4
Jeremiah 49:4 Ver. 4. Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys,.... Of which there were many in the country of Ammon, fruitful and well watered, which were situated by the rivers of Arnon and Jabbok, the borders of this country, and in which was the plain of the vineyards; see Jud 11:13; and indeed the whole country was…
378 wordsSECTION 608Jeremiah 49:5
Jeremiah 49:5 Ver. 5. Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord God of hosts,.... The terrible army of the Chaldeans, which should strike them with a panic; who thought themselves so secure in their fortresses, trusting in their riches: from all those that be about thee; meaning either from the Chaldeans,…
217 wordsSECTION 609Jeremiah 49:6
Jeremiah 49:6 Ver. 6. And afterwards I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith the Lord. Perhaps by Cyrus; for, in the times of Judas Maccabeus, the children of Ammon were again a large and mighty people, "Afterward he passed over to the children of Ammon, where he found a mighty power, and muc…
234 wordsSECTION 610Jeremiah 49:7
Jeremiah 49:7 Ver. 7. Concerning Edom, thus saith the Lord of hosts,.... Or, "unto Edom" {i}, thus saith the Lord; or, "against Edom" {k}; all which is true, as observed on Jer 49:1; meaning the Idumeans, the posterity of Esau, who was called Edom. Kimchi thinks this respects time yet future, and points at the destruc…
387 wordsSECTION 611Jeremiah 49:8
Jeremiah 49:8 Ver. 8. Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan,.... Another city in Idumea; though some take it to be a country in Arabia, bordering on Edom, and subdued by the Edomites: the inhabitants of this place are advised to "flee" for their lives, since the enemy was just upon them; and "turn bac…
163 wordsSECTION 612Jeremiah 49:9
Jeremiah 49:9 Ver. 9. If grape gatherers come to thee, would they not leave [some] gleaning grapes?.... If gatherers of grapes, at the time of the vintage, should come into thy fields to gather the grapes, being ripe, would not they leave some for the poor to glean? certainly they would, and not take every cluster. Th…
145 wordsSECTION 613Jeremiah 49:10
Jeremiah 49:10 Ver. 10. But I have made Esau bare,.... By the hand of the Chaldeans; stripped him of everything that is valuable; of his cities, castles, villages, people, wealth, and treasure: I have uncovered his secret places; where either his substance was hid, or his people; these were made known to their enemie…
7,558 wordsSECTION 614Jeremiah 50:1
Jeremiah 50:1 INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 50 This and the following chapter contain a long prophecy concerning the destruction of Babylon; and which is expressed in such language, that it may be, and is to be, accommodated to the destruction of mystical Babylon; and several passages in the book of the Revelation are bor…
457 wordsSECTION 615Jeremiah 50:2
Jeremiah 50:2 Ver. 2. Declare ye among the nations,.... The taking of Babylon; a piece of news, in which the nations of the world had a concern, as well as the Jews, being brought under the Babylonish yoke, from which they would now be freed; and therefore such a declaration must be very acceptable and joyful to them.…
464 wordsSECTION 616Jeremiah 50:3
Jeremiah 50:3 Ver. 3. For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her,.... The Medes and Persians, which under Cyrus were one nation; and which not only lay north of Judea, where this prophecy came, but of Babylon, against which they were to come; and might lay more north to it, before the enlargement of the…
249 wordsSECTION 617Jeremiah 50:4
Jeremiah 50:4 Ver. 4. In those days, and at that time, saith the Lord,.... When Babylon shall be taken and destroyed, then what follows shall be accomplished; which, as it respects the conversion of the Jews, shows that this prophecy is not to be restrained to literal Babylon: the children of Israel shall come, they …
362 wordsSECTION 618Jeremiah 50:5
Jeremiah 50:5 Ver. 5. They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward,.... Either to Jerusalem, near to which Mount Zion was; or to the land of Israel, so called, from a principal part of it: and this also is not to be understood of their return thither, upon the taking of Babylon by Cyrus, and the liberty…
489 wordsSECTION 619Jeremiah 50:6
Jeremiah 50:6 Ver. 6. My people hath been lost sheep,.... like lost sheep, without a shepherd, going astray the fold, wandering from place to place, having none to take care of them, guide and direct them, or to go in and out before them, and lead them into suitable pastures; so it was with the Jews in the Babylonish …
428 wordsSECTION 620Jeremiah 50:7
Jeremiah 50:7 Ver. 7. All that found them have devoured them,.... As lost and wandering sheep are liable to be found, and to be devoured, by every beast of prey, lions, wolves, and bears; so the Jews were found by their neighbours, their enemies, and especially by the Chaldeans, having forsaken God, and being forsaken…
298 wordsSECTION 621Jeremiah 50:8
Jeremiah 50:8 Ver. 8. Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans,.... This, in the literal sense, is a call to the Jews in Babylon, and in other parts of Chaldea, to go out from thence upon the proclamation of Cyrus; and especially to the chief of them, to animate the rest, and s…
157 wordsSECTION 622Jeremiah 50:9
Jeremiah 50:9 Ver. 9. For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon,.... The work was of the Lord; it was he that would give a commission and a command to the enemies of Babylon; that would incline them, and stir them up, to come against her; that would direct their motions and guide them thither, so that…
8,370 wordsSECTION 623Jeremiah 51:1
Jeremiah 51:1 INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 51 The former part of this chapter is a continuation of the prophecy of the preceding chapter, concerning the destruction of Babylon, Jer 51:1; the latter part of it contains a prophecy of Jeremiah sent to the captives in Babylon by the hand of Seraiah, with the copy of the abov…
348 wordsSECTION 624Jeremiah 51:2
Jeremiah 51:2 Ver. 2. And I will send unto Babylon farmers, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land,.... Or, "strangers that shall fan her" {c}; meaning the Medes and Persians, who should be like a strong wind upon the mountains, where corn, having been threshed, was fanned, and the chaff carried away by the wind…
179 wordsSECTION 625Jeremiah 51:3
Jeremiah 51:3 Ver. 3. Against [him that] bendeth let the archer bend his bow,.... These are either the words of the Lord to the Medes and Persians, to the archers among them, to bend their bows and level their arrows against the Chaldeans, who had bent their bows and shot their arrows against others; or of the Medes a…
187 wordsSECTION 626Jeremiah 51:4
Jeremiah 51:4 Ver. 4. Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans,.... By the sword, or by the arrows and darts of the Medes and Persians: and [they that are] thrust through in her streets; either by the one or by the other, especially the latter, since they only are mentioned; See Gill on "Jer 50:30".…
61 wordsSECTION 627Jeremiah 51:5
Jeremiah 51:5 Ver. 5. For Israel [hath] not [been] forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the Lord of hosts,.... That is, not totally and finally; for though they might seem to be forsaken, when carried captive by their enemies, yet they were not in such sense as a woman is deprived of her husband when dead, and she is be…
385 wordsSECTION 628Jeremiah 51:6
Jeremiah 51:6 Ver. 6. Flee out of the midst of Babylon,.... This is said either to such as were there of other nations upon trade and business, as Kimchi, to get out of it as fast as they could, that they might not be consumed; or to the Israelites, as Jarchi, the Jews that were captives there. This is applied to the …
201 wordsSECTION 629Jeremiah 51:7
Jeremiah 51:7 Ver. 7. Babylon [hath been] a golden cup in the hand of the Lord,.... Either so called from the liquor in it, being of a yellow colour, or pure as gold, as the Jewish commentators generally; or from the matter of it, being made of gold, denoting the grandeur, splendour, and riches of the Babylonian empir…
315 wordsSECTION 630Jeremiah 51:8
Jeremiah 51:8 Ver. 8. Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed,.... Or "broken" {g}; even into shivers, as a cup is; for when it had been used to answer the purposes designed by the Lord, he let it fall cut of his hands at once, and it was broken; or rather he dashed it in pieces, as a potter's vessel. The destruction…
231 wordsSECTION 631Jeremiah 51:9
Jeremiah 51:9 Ver. 9. We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed,.... These are either the words of the friends of Babylon of her auxiliaries and allies, who did all they could to defend her against the Persians, but to no purpose; it was not in their power to help her; the time of her destruction was come, a…
390 wordsSECTION 632Jeremiah 51:10
Jeremiah 51:10 Ver. 10. The Lord hath brought forth our righteousness,.... Or "righteousnesses" {i} this, as Kimchi observes, is spoken in the person of the Israelites; not as though the Jews had done no iniquity, for which they were carried captive; they had committed much, and were far from being righteous in themse…
626 wordsSECTION 633Jeremiah 51:11
Jeremiah 51:11 Ver. 11. Make bright the arrows,.... Which were covered with rust; scour them of it; anoint them with oil, as armour were wont to be; make them neat, clean, and bright, that they may pierce the deeper; hence we read of a "polished shaft", or arrow, one made bright and pure, Isa 49:2; agreeably to this s…
11,748 wordsSECTION 634Jeremiah 52:1
Jeremiah 52:1 INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 52 This chapter contains the history of the besieging, taking, and destroying of Jerusalem; the moving cause of it, the wicked reign of Zedekiah, Jer 52:1; the instruments of it, the king of Babylon and his army, which besieged and took it, Jer 52:4; into whose hands the king of…
305 wordsSECTION 635Jeremiah 52:2
Jeremiah 52:2 Ver. 2. And he did [that which was] evil in the eyes of the Lord,.... Though we do not read of any idolatry he was guilty of; yet he was disobedient to the word of the Lord, and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet of the Lord, that spoke in his name; and particularly he rebelled against th…
96 wordsSECTION 636Jeremiah 52:3
Jeremiah 52:3 Ver. 3. For through the anger of the Lord it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah,.... Or, "besides the anger of the Lord [that] was in", or "against Jerusalem and Judah" {n}; for their many sins and transgressions committed against him: till he had cast them out from his presence; out of the land of Jud…
239 wordsSECTION 637Jeremiah 52:4
Jeremiah 52:4 Ver. 4. And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign,.... Of Zedekiah's reign: in the tenth month, in the tenth [day] of the month; the month Tebet, which answers to part of December and part of January; hence the fast of the tenth month, on account of the siege of Jerusalem, Zec 8:19; [that] Neb…
152 wordsSECTION 638Jeremiah 52:5
Jeremiah 52:5 Ver. 5. So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. The siege continued about eighteen months; from the tenth day of the tenth month, in the ninth of Zedekiah's reign, to the ninth day of the fourth month, in the eleventh year of his reign; as follows:…
54 wordsSECTION 639Jeremiah 52:6
Jeremiah 52:6 Ver. 6. And in the fourth month, in the ninth [day] of the month,.... The month Tammuz {o}, which answers to part of June and part of July; hence the fast of the fourth month, for the taking of the city, Zec 8:19; the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land; fo…
160 wordsSECTION 640Jeremiah 52:7
Jeremiah 52:7 Ver. 7. Then the city was broken up,.... Either its gates were broke open, some one or other of them; or a breach was made in the walls of it, through which the Chaldean army entered: and all the men of war fled; the soldiers, with their officers, not being able to stand before the army of the king of B…
207 wordsSECTION 641Jeremiah 52:8
Jeremiah 52:8 Ver. 8. But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king,.... Not finding him in his palace, and being informed of his flight, and which way he took: and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: See Gill on "Jer 39:5"; and all his army was scattered from him; when they saw the enemy pursuing the…
87 wordsSECTION 642Jeremiah 52:9
Jeremiah 52:9 Ver. 9. Then they took the king,.... King Zedekiah, being left alone, excepting some few with him: and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; which is supposed to be Antioch in Syria: where he gave judgment upon him; or "spake with him judgments" {r}: chided and reproa…
105 wordsSECTION 643Jeremiah 52:10
Jeremiah 52:10 Ver. 10. And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes,.... Or, however, ordered them to be slain; See Gill on "Jer 39:6"; he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah; who, together with the king's sons, were taken with him; or, however, were taken in Jerusalem, and brought to R…
71 wordsSECTION 644Jeremiah 52:11
Jeremiah 52:11 Ver. 11. Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah,.... After he had seen his children and princes executed, which must be very terrible to him; See Gill on "Jer 39:7"; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon; in Jer 39:7; it is said, he bound him, "to carry him" there; here …
105 wordsSECTION 645Jeremiah 52:12
Jeremiah 52:12 Ver. 12. Now in the fifth month, in the tenth [day] of the month,.... Hence the fast of the fifth month, for the burning of the city, which was the month Ab, and answers to part of July and part of August, Zec 8:19; which [was] the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; that is, the ninetee…
466 wordsSECTION 646Jeremiah 52:13
Jeremiah 52:13 Ver. 13. And burnt the house of the Lord,.... The temple built by Solomon, after it had stood four hundred and seventy years, six months, and ten days, according to Josephus {z}: but the Jews say it stood but four hundred ten years {a}: and the king's house; the royal palace; probably that which was bu…
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