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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Jeremiah
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 357,402 words · 646 reading sections
Jeremiah 9:13
Jeremiah 9:13 Ver. 13. And the Lord saith,.... The Septuagint version adds, "to me"; there being no wise and understanding man, nor prophet {b}, to take up this affair, and open the cause of it, therefore the Lord undertakes it himself: the question was put to them, but they not answering it, the Lord does it, becaus…
173 wordsSECTION 122Jeremiah 9:14
Jeremiah 9:14 Ver. 14. But have walked after the imagination of their own heart,.... What their own hearts devised, chose, and were best pleased with; See Gill on "Jer 7:24", and after Baalim; the idols of the Gentiles; these they served and worshipped, and not the true God: which their fathers taught them; which wa…
154 wordsSECTION 123Jeremiah 9:15
Jeremiah 9:15 Ver. 15. Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel,.... He calls himself "the Lord God of hosts", of armies above and below, in heaven and in earth, in opposition to Baalim, the idols of the Gentiles; which word signifies "lords"; which, though there be many who are called so, there i…
3,166 wordsSECTION 124Jeremiah 10:1
Jeremiah 10:1 INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 10 This chapter shows that there is no comparison to be made between God and the idols of the Gentiles; represents the destruction of the Jews as near at hand; and is closed with some petitions of the prophet. It begins by way of preface with an exhortation to hear the word of t…
561 wordsSECTION 125Jeremiah 10:2
Jeremiah 10:2 Ver. 2. Thus saith the Lord, learn not the way of the Heathen,.... Of the nations round about them, particularly the Chaldeans; meaning their religious ways, their ways of worship, their superstition and idolatry, which they were very prone unto, and many of which they had learned already; and were in da…
476 wordsSECTION 126Jeremiah 10:3
Jeremiah 10:3 Ver. 3. For the customs of the people are vain,.... Or, "their decrees", or "statutes" {o}, their determinations and conclusions, founded upon the observation of the stars; or, their "rites and ceremonies" {p} in religion, in the worship of the sun and moon, and the hosts of heaven. The Syriac version is…
204 wordsSECTION 127Jeremiah 10:4
Jeremiah 10:4 Ver. 4. They deck it with silver and with gold,.... Cover it with plates of silver and gold, for the sake of ornament, that it may look grand, majestic, and venerable; and by this means draw the eye and attention, and so the devotion of people to it: they fasten it with nails and hammers, that it move n…
146 wordsSECTION 128Jeremiah 10:5
Jeremiah 10:5 Ver. 5. They are upright as the palm tree,.... Being nailed to a post, or fastened to a pillar, or set upon a pedestal, and so stand erect without bending any way; and are like a palm tree, which is noted for its uprightness; hence the church's stature is compared to it, So 7:7, here it is a sarcasm, and…
273 wordsSECTION 129Jeremiah 10:6
Jeremiah 10:6 Ver. 6. Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O Lord,.... None like him, for the perfections of his nature, for the works of his hands, and for the instances of his kindness and beneficence, both in a way of grace and providence; there is none like him for doing good, or doing evil; that is, for bes…
202 wordsSECTION 130Jeremiah 10:7
Jeremiah 10:7 Ver. 7. Who would not fear thee, O King of nations?.... Not that the fear of him among the nations was general, or that he was owned by them as their King; but inasmuch as of right he was their King, so he ought to have been feared and reverenced by them; and it was an instance of great stupidity and ing…
297 wordsSECTION 131Jeremiah 10:8
Jeremiah 10:8 Ver. 8. But they are altogether brutish and foolish,.... In comparison of the Lord, there is no knowledge and wisdom in them, this is a certain fact; they are verily brutish and foolish; or they are one and all so, there is not a wise man among them: or, "in one thing they are brutish" {r}, &c.; namely, …
219 wordsSECTION 132Jeremiah 10:9
Jeremiah 10:9 Ver. 9. Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish,.... In Cilicia, where the Apostle Paul was born; according to Josephus, as Jerom says, it was a country in India. The Targum renders it, from Africa, and calls it silver "rolled up", or "covered"; so the Vulgate Latin; such was beaten with a ham…
350 wordsSECTION 133Jeremiah 10:10
Jeremiah 10:10 Ver. 10. But the Lord is the true God,.... In opposition to all nominal and fictitious deities, which are not by nature God, only by name, and in the foolish imagination of the people: or, "the Lord God is truth" {t}; that cannot lie, is true to his covenant and promises, and will never deceive those th…
356 wordsSECTION 134Jeremiah 10:11
Jeremiah 10:11 Ver. 11. Thus shall ye say unto them,.... The godly Jews to the idolatrous Chaldeans; and therefore this verse alone is written in the Chaldee language. The Targum prefaces it thus,"this is the copy of the letter, which Jeremiah the prophet sent to the rest of the elders of the captivity in Babylon; and…
3,702 wordsSECTION 135Jeremiah 11:1
Jeremiah 11:1 INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 11 This chapter gives an account of the covenant God had made with the people of the Jews; their breach of it; and the evils threatened them on that account; and particularly against the men of Anathoth, for their ill treatment of the prophet. It begins with the order to Jeremia…
395 wordsSECTION 136Jeremiah 11:2
Jeremiah 11:2 Ver. 2. Hear ye the words of this covenant,.... Which. Dr. Lightfoot understands of the covenant lately made in the times of Josiah, upon finding and reading the law of Moses, 2Ki 23:3, but it seems rather to design the law of Moses itself; or the covenant made with the people of Israel on Mount Horeb, E…
245 wordsSECTION 137Jeremiah 11:3
Jeremiah 11:3 Ver. 3. And say thou unto them,.... This shows that the command of publishing the law or covenant was, however, principally given to Jeremiah: thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel; that made them, and brought them out of Egypt, and made a covenant with them, and had taken care of them, and had bestowe…
124 wordsSECTION 138Jeremiah 11:4
Jeremiah 11:4 Ver. 4. Which I commanded your fathers,.... To observe and keep: in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt: that is, quickly after, when they were in the wilderness, and before they came into the land of Canaan. The "day" seems to include the whole time from their coming out of Egypt…
291 wordsSECTION 139Jeremiah 11:5
Jeremiah 11:5 Ver. 5. That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers,.... Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: to give them a land flowing with milk and honey: that is, abounding with plenty of all kind of provisions; see Ex 3:8: as it is this day; the land of Canaan continued to those times a very fruitful …
211 wordsSECTION 140Jeremiah 11:6
Jeremiah 11:6 Ver. 6. Then the Lord said unto me,.... Again; for this is a repetition of the above order: proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: with a loud voice, and openly, that all may hear: saying, hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them; which their forefather…
105 wordsSECTION 141Jeremiah 11:7
Jeremiah 11:7 Ver. 7. For I earnestly protested unto your fathers,.... Or "witnessing, witnessed" {g}; testified his great affection for them; importunately solicited their observation of his precepts for their good; and strictly cautioned them against neglect and disobedience: the day that I brought them out of the …
145 wordsSECTION 142Jeremiah 11:8
Jeremiah 11:8 Ver. 8. Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear,.... Though they had such strong solicitations and fair warnings, and these repeated again and again; all which was an aggravation of their disobedience and stubbornness: but walked everyone in the imagination of their evil heart; which is desperately …
223 wordsSECTION 143Jeremiah 11:9
Jeremiah 11:9 Ver. 9. And the Lord said unto me,.... After he had given him the order to publish and proclaim the words of the covenant, and exhort to obedience to them; he showed the prophet the reason of it, and opened to him a secret he was not acquainted with: a conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and amo…
235 wordsSECTION 144Jeremiah 11:10
Jeremiah 11:10 Ver. 10. They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers,.... According to Kimchi, this prophecy was delivered out in the times of Jehoiakim. There had been a reformation in the reign of Josiah, but now they had rebelled against the Lord, and had returned to their former idolatries that had …
196 wordsSECTION 145Jeremiah 11:11
Jeremiah 11:11 Ver. 11. Therefore thus saith the Lord, behold, I will bring evil upon them,.... The evil of punishment for the evil of their sins, such as famine, the sword, captivity, which latter is the evil more especially designed; and there is no evil of this nature but what is of God; it is of his sending and br…
245 wordsSECTION 146Jeremiah 11:12
Jeremiah 11:12 Ver. 12. Then shall the cities of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem,.... That is, the inhabitants of the cities of Judah, as well as the inhabitants of the city of Jerusalem; the former being in distress through the enemy being in their land, as well as the latter besieged by him: go and cry unto…
3,207 wordsSECTION 147Jeremiah 12:1
Jeremiah 12:1 INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 12 This chapter contains the prophets complaint of the prosperity of the wicked, and the Lord's answer to it; an account of the deplorable and miserable estate of the Jewish nation; and a threatening to the neighbouring nations that had used them ill; with a promise of deliveran…
894 wordsSECTION 148Jeremiah 12:2
Jeremiah 12:2 Ver. 2. Thou hast planted them,.... In the land of Canaan, fixed the bounds of their habitation, given them a firm and comfortable settlement; for all the good things, even of the wicked, come from God: yea, they have taken root; as everything that is planted does not; but these did, though it was downw…
278 wordsSECTION 149Jeremiah 12:3
Jeremiah 12:3 Ver. 3. But thou, O Lord, knowest me,.... The Lord knew him before he was born, Jer 1:5, he knew what he designed him for, and what use he would make of him; and he knew him now, and loved him, and cared for him, as his prophet; he knew his sincerity and faithfulness, and took notice of it, with what int…
285 wordsSECTION 150Jeremiah 12:4
Jeremiah 12:4 Ver. 4. How long shall the land mourn,.... The land of Judea, being desolate, and bringing forth no fruit, through the long drought that had been upon it: and the herbs of every field wither; for want of rain to come upon it: for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? this opens the cause, the reas…
336 wordsSECTION 151Jeremiah 12:5
Jeremiah 12:5 Ver. 5. If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee,.... The Targum introduces the words thus, "this is the answer which was made to Jeremiah the prophet, concerning his question; a prophet thou art, like to a man that runs with footmen, and is weary.'' Then how canst thou contend wit…
437 wordsSECTION 152Jeremiah 12:6
Jeremiah 12:6 Ver. 6. For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father,.... The men of Anathoth; even they have dealt treacherously with thee; by laying schemes, and consulting methods, to take away his life privately; his enemies were those of his own house; which is oftentimes the case of good men, and especially…
273 wordsSECTION 153Jeremiah 12:7
Jeremiah 12:7 Ver. 7. I have forsaken my house,.... The temple, where the Lord took up his residence, and vouchsafed his presence to his people; this was fulfilled in the first temple, when it was destroyed by the Chaldeans; and more fully in the second, when Christ took his leave of it, Mt 23:38 and when that voice w…
225 wordsSECTION 154Jeremiah 12:8
Jeremiah 12:8 Ver. 8. Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest,.... Which roars, and terrifies passengers from going that way; and which rends and tears in pieces all it meets with. This expresses the clamours of these people against God and his providences, and their rage, fierceness, and cruelty, against his…
285 wordsSECTION 155Jeremiah 12:9
Jeremiah 12:9 Ver. 9. Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird,.... Or, "is not mine heritage unto me as a speckled bird?" {b} as a bird of various colours, delightful to look at, as the peacock, so Jerom interprets it here; it was so formerly, but not so now; or as a bird of various colours, and unusual, which oth…
2,320 wordsSECTION 156Jeremiah 13:1
Jeremiah 13:1 INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 13 In this chapter, under the similes of a girdle and bottles of wine, the destruction of the Jews is set forth. Some exhortations are given them to repent and humble themselves, even men of all ranks and degrees among them; and their sins, the source of their calamities, are po…
816 wordsSECTION 157Jeremiah 13:2
Jeremiah 13:2 Ver. 2. So I got a girdle,.... Or, bought {n} a linen one, as directed: according to the word of the Lord; his express order and command; the prophet was not disobedient to the heavenly vision: and I put it on my loins; without washing it before or after, and wore it publicly for some time. {n} hnqaw …
66 wordsSECTION 158Jeremiah 13:3
Jeremiah 13:3 Ver. 3. And the word of the Lord,.... The Targum is, "the word of prophecy from before the Lord:'' came unto me the second time, saying; what distance of time there was between this order and the former is not known.…
44 wordsSECTION 159Jeremiah 13:4
Jeremiah 13:4 Ver. 4. Take the girdle which thou hast got, which is upon thy loins,.... Either he is bid to take it off his loins, on which it was; or to go with it on them; seeing the taking it off does not seem absolutely necessary; and go with it to the place directed to in the following words: and arise, go to Eu…
140 wordsSECTION 160Jeremiah 13:5
Jeremiah 13:5 Ver. 5. So I went and hid it by Euphrates,.... Or, "in" {o} it; in a hole of the rock, upon the banks of it: as the Lord commanded me: all this seems to be done not really, but visionally; it can hardly be thought that Jeremy should be sent on two such long journeys, on such an account, which would take…
145 wordsSECTION 161Jeremiah 13:6
Jeremiah 13:6 Ver. 6. And it came to pass after many days,.... When the girdle had lain long in the hole, by the side of Euphrates; this denotes the length of the Babylonish captivity, which was seventy years: that the Lord said unto me, arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee …
125 wordsSECTION 162Jeremiah 13:7
Jeremiah 13:7 Ver. 7. Then I went to Euphrates,.... In a vision; this is the second journey, of which See Gill on "Jer 13:5", and digged; the hole, in process of time, being stopped up with soil or sand, that were thrown up over it; this digging was in a visionary way; see Eze 8:8: and took the girdle from the place…
196 wordsSECTION 163Jeremiah 13:8
Jeremiah 13:8 Ver. 8. Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying. Or the word of prophecy from before the Lord, as the Targum; and now follows the application of this sign to the thing signified, and the whole intention of it is opened.…
47 wordsSECTION 164Jeremiah 13:9
Jeremiah 13:9 Ver. 9. Thus saith the Lord, after this manner,.... As this girdle has been hid in Euphrates, and has been marred and rendered useless; so in like manner, and by such like means, will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem; or their glory, or excellency {t}; that which they gloried i…
157 wordsSECTION 165Jeremiah 13:10
Jeremiah 13:10 Ver. 10. This evil people, which refuse to hear my words,.... Sent by the prophets, to whom they turned a deaf ear; and though they pressed them, and importunately desired them to give them a hearing, they refused it; and this showed them to be a bad people, very degenerate and wicked; and which further…
172 wordsSECTION 166Jeremiah 13:11
Jeremiah 13:11 Ver. 11. For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man,.... Being girt tight unto him: so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel, and the whole house of Judah; whom he chose above all people, and caused to approach unto him, and dwell in his courts; whom he favoured with his prese…
233 wordsSECTION 167Jeremiah 13:12
Jeremiah 13:12 Ver. 12. Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word,.... The following parable: thus saith the Lord God of Israel; what was to be said is prefaced with these words, to show that it was not a trifling matter, but of moment and importance, and not to be slighted and despised as it was: every bottle …
303 wordsSECTION 168Jeremiah 13:13
Jeremiah 13:13 Ver. 13. Then shall thou say unto them,.... Explaining the above words: thus saith the Lord, behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land; this is the application of the parable, and shows that by every bottle is meant every inhabitant of Judea: even the kings that sit upon David's throne; or,…
4,861 wordsSECTION 169Jeremiah 14:1
Jeremiah 14:1 INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 14 This chapter contains prophecy of a drought, which produced a famine, Jer 14:1, and is described by the dismal effects of it; and general distress in the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem, Jer 14:2, even the nobles were affected with it, whose servants returned without water…
658 wordsSECTION 170Jeremiah 14:2
Jeremiah 14:2 Ver. 2. Judah mourneth,.... That is, the inhabitants of Judah; those of the house of Judah, as the Targum; these mourned because of the drought and famine that were upon the land: and the gates thereof languish; the cities of Judah, as the Targum; the inhabitants of them, which used to be supplied from …
291 wordsSECTION 171Jeremiah 14:3
Jeremiah 14:3 Ver. 3. And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters,.... To places where water used to be; to the pools, the upper and the lower, particularly to the fountain of Shiloah, which, Jerom says, was the only one the city of Jerusalem used. The meaning either is, that the nobles in Jerusalem sen…
252 wordsSECTION 172Jeremiah 14:4
Jeremiah 14:4 Ver. 4. Because the ground is chapt,.... Through the violent heat of the sun, and want of rain; or, is broken {y}; and crumbles into dust. The Targum is, "because of sins, the inhabitants of the earth are broken:'' for there was no rain in the earth; this was the reason of the dearth, and of the famine…
148 wordsSECTION 173Jeremiah 14:5
Jeremiah 14:5 Ver. 5. Yea, the hind also calved in the field,.... Or brought forth her young in the field; of which see Job 39:1, and which they sometimes did through fear, particularly when frightened with thunder and lightning; and which are common in a time of heat and drought, which is the case here; see Ps 29:9 o…
214 wordsSECTION 174Jeremiah 14:6
Jeremiah 14:6 Ver. 6. And the wild asses did stand in the high places,.... To see where any grass was to be had, or where the wind blows more freely and cooly, to draw it in; as follows. The Targum renders it, "by the brooks"; and so Jarchi interprets it brooks of water; whither they came as usual to drink, and found …
406 wordsSECTION 175Jeremiah 14:7
Jeremiah 14:7 Ver. 7. O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us,.... That we deserve such judgments to be inflicted on us; and that God is righteous in bringing them; and we are altogether undeserving of the favour now about to be asked. These are the words of the prophet interceding for his people, and confess…
199 wordsSECTION 176Jeremiah 14:8
Jeremiah 14:8 Ver. 8. O the hope of Israel,.... The author, object, ground, and foundation of hope of all good things, both here and hereafter; in whom Israel had been used to hope in times past, and had great encouragement so to do, Ps 130:7 or, "the expectation of Israel" {f}; whom they looked for to come: the Savi…
315 wordsSECTION 177Jeremiah 14:9
Jeremiah 14:9 Ver. 9. Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied,.... Astonished, and so surprised as not to know what to say or do; or "asleep", as the Septuagint; taking no notice of us, and being altogether unconcerned what becomes of us; or, as one "dumb" {i}; that will give no answer to our prayers: as a mighty man…
178 wordsSECTION 178Jeremiah 14:10
Jeremiah 14:10 Ver. 10. Thus saith the Lord unto this people,.... Instead of answering the prophet directly and immediately, he first speaks to the people, and observes their sin is the cause of his conduct; and whom he does not vouchsafe to call his people; they having broken covenant with him, and so notoriously bac…
3,607 wordsSECTION 179Jeremiah 15:1
Jeremiah 15:1 INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 15 This chapter contains the Lord's answer to the prophet's prayers, in which he declares himself inexorable, and had resolved on the ruin of the Jewish nation for their sins; the prophet's complaint of the hardships he endured, notwithstanding his sincerity and integrity; and t…
834 wordsSECTION 180Jeremiah 15:2
Jeremiah 15:2 Ver. 2. And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee,.... As doubtless they will, when this message is brought to them: whither shall we go forth? in a jeering scornful manner, not believing that this would be their case: then thou shall tell them, thus saith the Lord, such as are for death, to dea…
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