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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Jeremiah
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 357,402 words · 646 reading sections
Jeremiah 25:5
Jeremiah 25:5 Ver. 5. They said,.... The prophets: this was the substance of their discourses and prophecies, what follows: turn ye again now everyone from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings; repent of sins, and reform from them; particularly their idolatries, to which they were prone, and are after menti…
153 wordsSECTION 302Jeremiah 25:6
Jeremiah 25:6 Ver. 6. And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them,.... So long as they served the Lord God, they continued in their own land, in the comfortable enjoyment of all the blessings of it; for their government was a theocracy; God was their King; and as long as they served and worshipped h…
214 wordsSECTION 303Jeremiah 25:7
Jeremiah 25:7 Ver. 7. Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the Lord,.... Though it was he that spake unto them by his prophets; and though it was so much to their own good and advantage; and the neglect of him and his word were so much to their disadvantage, and even ruin: that ye might provoke me to anger with t…
117 wordsSECTION 304Jeremiah 25:8
Jeremiah 25:8 Ver. 8. Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts,.... Of armies above and below; and so can do what he pleases in heaven and in earth: because ye have not heard my words; by the prophets, so as to obey them; they had heard them externally, but did not observe to do them.…
56 wordsSECTION 305Jeremiah 25:9
Jeremiah 25:9 Ver. 9. Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the Lord,.... The Targum is, the kingdoms of the north, the same with those in Jer 1:15; even all those kingdoms which were subject to the king of Babylon, and lay north of Judea: and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon my servant:…
283 wordsSECTION 306Jeremiah 25:10
Jeremiah 25:10 Ver. 10. Moreover, I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness,.... At their festivals, and nuptial solemnities: the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride; expressing their mutual love unto, and delight in, each other; so agreeable to one another and their friends:…
242 wordsSECTION 307Jeremiah 25:11
Jeremiah 25:11 Ver. 11. And this whole land shall be a desolation,.... Not only the city of Jerusalem, but all Judea, without inhabitants, or very few, and shall be uncultivated, and become barren and unfruitful: [and] an astonishment; to all other nations, and to all persons that pass through, beholding the desolati…
103 wordsSECTION 308Jeremiah 25:12
Jeremiah 25:12 Ver. 12. And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished,.... Which were accomplished in the first year of Cyrus: they began with the first year of Nebuchadnezzar, who reigned two years and two months with his father Nabopolassar; after that forty three years by himself; Evilmerodach two …
435 wordsSECTION 309Jeremiah 25:13
Jeremiah 25:13 Ver. 13. And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it,.... By his prophets, and particularly by Jeremiah, as follows; for not one word that is spoken by the Lord, either in a way of promise or threatening, shall fail; his truth, power, and faithfulness, are engaged to …
139 wordsSECTION 310Jeremiah 25:14
Jeremiah 25:14 Ver. 14. For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also,.... Take their cities, seize upon the kingdoms, spoil them of their wealth and riches, and bring them into servitude to them: these "many nations", which should and did do all this, were the Medes and Persians, and those that…
174 wordsSECTION 311Jeremiah 25:15
Jeremiah 25:15 Ver. 15. For thus saith the Lord God of Israel unto me,.... The prophet: take the wine cup of this fury at my hand; in a vision the Lord appeared to Jeremiah with a cup of wine in his hand, which he bid him take of him. It is usual in Scripture for the judgments of God on men to be signified by a cup o…
185 wordsSECTION 312Jeremiah 25:16
Jeremiah 25:16 Ver. 16. And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad,.... The judgments foretold shall come upon them, whether they will or not; which will have such effects upon them, as intoxicating liquor has on drunken persons; make them shake and tremble, and reel to and fro, and toss and tumble about, and beha…
4,577 wordsSECTION 313Jeremiah 26:1
Jeremiah 26:1 INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 26 This chapter gives an account of Jeremiah's preaching; of his being apprehended by the people; of his defence of himself, and acquittance upon it. The time when, place where, and persons to whom the prophet delivered his discourse, are pointed at in Jer 26:1; the substance of…
493 wordsSECTION 314Jeremiah 26:2
Jeremiah 26:2 Ver. 2. Thus saith the Lord, stand in the court of the Lord's house,.... It, the great court of Israel, where the people used to meet together for worship: and speak unto all the cities of Judah; the inhabitants of them; not only to those that dwelt at Jerusalem but in the rest of the cities of Judah; f…
266 wordsSECTION 315Jeremiah 26:3
Jeremiah 26:3 Ver. 3. If so be they will hearken,.... And obey; which is expressive not of ignorance and conjecture in God, but of his patience and long suffering, granting space and time for repentance, and the means of it; which disregarded, leave without excuse: and turn every man from his evil way; his series and…
210 wordsSECTION 316Jeremiah 26:4
Jeremiah 26:4 Ver. 4. And thou shalt say unto them,.... What follows is the substance of the prophecy, and the sum of the sermon or discourse he was sent to deliver, without diminishing a word of it: thus saith the Lord, if ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law which I have set before you; first by Moses, by w…
152 wordsSECTION 317Jeremiah 26:5
Jeremiah 26:5 Ver. 5. To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets,.... The interpretations they give of the law; the doctrines they deliver; the exhortations, cautions, and reproofs given by them in the name of the Lord, whose servants they were; and therefore should be hearkened to; since hearkening to them i…
159 wordsSECTION 318Jeremiah 26:6
Jeremiah 26:6 Ver. 6. Then will I make this house like Shiloh,.... Where the ark was until it was taken by the Philistines; and then the Lord forsook his tabernacle there, Ps 78:60; and so he threatens to do the like to the temple at Jerusalem, should they continue in their disobedience to him; See Gill on "Jer 7:12" …
124 wordsSECTION 319Jeremiah 26:7
Jeremiah 26:7 Ver. 7. So the priests, and the prophets, and all the people,.... As it was in the temple, in one of the courts of it, that Jeremiah was, and said the above things, it is no wonder to hear of the "priests", since they were there about their work and service; the "prophets" were the false prophets, as the…
181 wordsSECTION 320Jeremiah 26:8
Jeremiah 26:8 Ver. 8. Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking,.... For they let him alone till he had done, either out of reverence of him as a priest and prophet; or they were awed by a secret influence on their minds that they might not disturb him: all that the Lord had commanded [him] to sp…
210 wordsSECTION 321Jeremiah 26:9
Jeremiah 26:9 Ver. 9. Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the Lord,.... Made use of his name in declaring a falsehood, as they would have it; this was the crime: had he said what he thought fit to say in his own name, they suggest it would not have been so bad; but to vent his own imaginations in the name of the L…
225 wordsSECTION 322Jeremiah 26:10
Jeremiah 26:10 Ver. 10. When the princes of Judah heard these things,.... The tumult there was in the temple; these were the princes of the blood, or the nobles of the realm, particularly the courtiers, and who were of the king's privy council; or else the great sanhedrim, consisting of seventy persons, and were the c…
305 wordsSECTION 323Jeremiah 26:11
Jeremiah 26:11 Ver. 11. Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes, and to all the people,.... The priests and the prophets they were the accusers; the princes were the court before whom the cause was brought; and the people were the hearers of it; though it does not seem as if they were a sort of jury, …
210 wordsSECTION 324Jeremiah 26:12
Jeremiah 26:12 Ver. 12. Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes, and to all the people, saying,.... In his own defence; which, as Jerom observes, was with prudence, humility, and constancy: the Lord sent me to prophesy against this house, and against this city, all the words that ye have heard; he does not deny but …
168 wordsSECTION 325Jeremiah 26:13
Jeremiah 26:13 Ver. 13. Therefore now amend your ways and your doings,.... Make them good; leave your evil ways, and walk in good ways; forsake your evil works, and do good works: and obey the voice of the Lord your God; and that because he is your God, as well as what his word directs to is good, and for your good: …
124 wordsSECTION 326Jeremiah 26:14
Jeremiah 26:14 Ver. 14. As for me, behold, I [am] in your hand,.... In their power, as they were the chief court of judicature; and to whom it belonged to judge of prophets, and to acquit or condemn them, as they saw fit; wherefore he submits to their authority: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you; he was no…
131 wordsSECTION 327Jeremiah 26:15
Jeremiah 26:15 Ver. 15. But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death,.... Take this along with you, and then do as you will; that if ye take away my life on this account, you may depend upon it; nothing is more certain than this: ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upo…
221 wordsSECTION 328Jeremiah 26:16
Jeremiah 26:16 Ver. 16. Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets,.... Hearing Jeremiah's apology for himself, by which it appeared that he was to be justified in what he had done, took his part, and acquitted him; and the people, who before were on the side of the priests and false…
1,825 wordsSECTION 329Jeremiah 27:1
Jeremiah 27:1 INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 27 This chapter contains a prophecy of the subjection of the king of Judah, with five neighbouring kings, to the king of Babylon; signified by bonds and yokes on the prophet's neck, which they are exhorted patiently to bear, as being most for their good; and not to give heed to …
581 wordsSECTION 330Jeremiah 27:2
Jeremiah 27:2 Ver. 2. Thus saith the Lord to me, make thee bonds and yokes,.... The yokes were made of wood, as appears from Jer 28:13; and the bonds were strings or thongs, which bound the yoke together, that it might not slip off the neck, on which it was put: and put them upon thy neck; not all of them together, b…
146 wordsSECTION 331Jeremiah 27:3
Jeremiah 27:3 Ver. 3. And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon,.... All neighbouring kings and states, to whom the wine cup of God's wrath was to be sent, and they made to drink of it, Jer 25:21; and against whom Je…
177 wordsSECTION 332Jeremiah 27:4
Jeremiah 27:4 Ver. 4. And command them to say unto their masters,.... The prophet is sent with authority, and ordered to speak in a very high strain, having his orders from the King of kings and Lord of lords; a greater master than those messengers had; and to enjoin them to tell their several masters in his master's …
133 wordsSECTION 333Jeremiah 27:5
Jeremiah 27:5 Ver. 5. I have made the earth, the man and the beast that [are] upon the ground,.... The earth was made by him on the first day, and man and beast on the sixth day, of the creation; the earth is still supported in its being, and man and beast are continued on it in succession: this is mentioned to show h…
206 wordsSECTION 334Jeremiah 27:6
Jeremiah 27:6 Ver. 6. And now I have given all these lands,.... Before mentioned; of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, Zidon, and Judea: into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; whom God used as an instrument in correcting and chastising the nations; and who obeyed his will, though he knew it not; nor …
185 wordsSECTION 335Jeremiah 27:7
Jeremiah 27:7 Ver. 7. And all nations shall serve him,.... That is, all those, all above mentioned; though there were others also that were tributary to him, but not every nation under heaven: and his son, and his son's son; their Scripture names were Evilmerodach and Belshazzar, Jer 52:31; and by Ptolemy, in his can…
535 wordsSECTION 336Jeremiah 27:8
Jeremiah 27:8 Ver. 8. And it shall come to pass, [that] the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon,.... Will not, upon his approaching to them, invading and besieging them, submit and become tributary to him, as is more fully expressed in the next clause: and that will not…
226 wordsSECTION 337Jeremiah 27:9
Jeremiah 27:9 Ver. 9. Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets,.... False prophets, as the Targum. These words are not directed to the Jews, but are a continuation of what the messengers of the nations should say to their masters from the God of Israel, by the mouth of his prophet; for they had their prophets as well…
195 wordsSECTION 338Jeremiah 27:10
Jeremiah 27:10 Ver. 10. For they prophesy a lie unto you,.... That which was vain and false, and proved so; though they might not know it was when delivered: to remove you far from your land; not that they designed it by their prophecies, but so it was eventually; for, standing it out against Nebuchadnezzar, encourag…
158 wordsSECTION 339Jeremiah 27:11
Jeremiah 27:11 Ver. 11. But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him,.... That at once, and readily, submit unto him, and pay him tribute: those will I let remain still in their own land, saith the Lord; undisturbed by any other enemy; peaceably dwelling in their own habi…
110 wordsSECTION 340Jeremiah 27:12
Jeremiah 27:12 Ver. 12. I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah,.... At the same time that he delivered the above message from the Lord to the ambassadors of several nations, who were then residents in Zedekiah's court, or however in Jerusalem: according to all these words; the same things, and much in the same langua…
221 wordsSECTION 341Jeremiah 27:13
Jeremiah 27:13 Ver. 13. Why will ye die, thou and thy people, the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence,.... Through a blockade of the Chaldean army, which would invade their land, and besiege their city, upon a refusal to be subject to their yoke: as the Lord hath spoken against the nation that will not serve …
103 wordsSECTION 342Jeremiah 27:14
Jeremiah 27:14 Ver. 14. Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets,.... The false prophets, as the Targum; such bad kings always had about them, to whom they listened, and which often proved of bad consequence to them: that speak unto you, saying; as follows: ye shall not serve the king of Babylon; ye ough…
108 wordsSECTION 343Jeremiah 27:15
Jeremiah 27:15 Ver. 15. For I have not sent them, saith the Lord,.... See Jer 23:21; yet they prophesy a lie in my name; to deliver out a lie was a very wicked thing, sinful in them, and fatal to others; but to make use of the name of the Lord, and cover it with that, and back it with his authority, was much more wick…
1,092 wordsSECTION 344Jeremiah 28:1
Jeremiah 28:1 INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 28 Thus chapter relates a false prophecy of Hananiah, who broke off the yoke from Jeremiah; but in return the people are threatened with an iron yoke, and he with death; which came to pass. The time, place, and substance of his prophecy, are in Jer 28:1; Jeremiah's answer to it,…
643 wordsSECTION 345Jeremiah 28:2
Jeremiah 28:2 Ver. 2. Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel,.... Using the language of the true prophets, and describing the Lord just in the same manner they do, when coming from him, and speaking in his name: a bold and daring action, when he knew the Lord had not sent him, nor had said any such thing t…
120 wordsSECTION 346Jeremiah 28:3
Jeremiah 28:3 Ver. 3. Within two full years,.... Or, "within two years of days" {o}; when they are up to a day. The Targum is, "at the end of two years;'' what the false prophets before had said would be done in a very little time; this fixes the precise time of doing it; a very short time, in comparison of the seve…
184 wordsSECTION 347Jeremiah 28:4
Jeremiah 28:4 Ver. 4. And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah,.... This he knew would please the people, who looked upon Zedekiah only as a deputy of the king of Babylon, and not properly their king; but Jeconiah, as he is here called; and he knew that Zedekiah dared not resent…
136 wordsSECTION 348Jeremiah 28:5
Jeremiah 28:5 Ver. 5. Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah,.... The false prophet, as he is called by the Targum, Syriac, and Arabic versions: in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of the Lord; waiting and worshipping in the temple; and said …
70 wordsSECTION 349Jeremiah 28:6
Jeremiah 28:6 Ver. 6. Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen,.... Or, "so be it"; he wished it might be so as Hananiah had said, if it was the will of God; as a prophet he knew it could not be; as an Israelite, out of respect to his country, he wished it might be; or, however, he wished that they would repent of their s…
291 wordsSECTION 350Jeremiah 28:7
Jeremiah 28:7 Ver. 7. Nevertheless, hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears,.... Though this would be very acceptable to me, and I should be glad to have it fulfilled; yet carefully attend to what I am about to say, it being what greatly concerns thee to observe, as well as all present to listen to: and the…
86 wordsSECTION 351Jeremiah 28:8
Jeremiah 28:8 Ver. 8. The prophets that have been before me, and before thee of old,.... Such as Isaiah, Hoses, Joel, Amos, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, and others: these prophesied both against many countries and against great kingdoms; as Egypt, Babylon, Syria, Ethiopia, Moab, &c. as Isaiah particularly did: …
181 wordsSECTION 352Jeremiah 28:9
Jeremiah 28:9 Ver. 9. The prophet which prophesieth of peace,.... Of prosperity, of good things, as Hananiah did, and which are always acceptable to men; and such a prophet is agreeable to them: when the word of the Lord shall come to pass; when the prophecy of good things, which he delivers in the name of the Lord, …
265 wordsSECTION 353Jeremiah 28:10
Jeremiah 28:10 Ver. 10. Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck,.... Which he wore as a symbol of the subjection of Judea, and other nations, to the king of Babylon: an impudent and insolent action this was, to take the prophet's yoke from his neck; and the more so, as it was by th…
88 wordsSECTION 354Jeremiah 28:11
Jeremiah 28:11 Ver. 11. And Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people,.... Explaining to them his meaning, in taking the yoke, and breaking it: saying, thus saith the Lord; wickedly making use of the Lord's name, to give countenance to his words and actions: even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar kin…
143 wordsSECTION 355Jeremiah 28:12
Jeremiah 28:12 Ver. 12. Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah [the prophet],.... When in his own house or apartment, to which he retired; and this came to him either in a vision or dream, or by some articulate voice, or by an impulse upon his spirit, directing him what to say to the false prophet: after that Han…
117 wordsSECTION 356Jeremiah 28:13
Jeremiah 28:13 Ver. 13. Go and tell Hananiah, saying, thus saith the Lord,.... Whose name he had abused; whose prophet he had ill treated; and whose prophecies he had contradicted, and the symbols of them had contumeliously used: thou hast broken the yokes of wood: or, "bonds", or "the thongs" {q}; with which the yok…
135 wordsSECTION 357Jeremiah 28:14
Jeremiah 28:14 Ver. 14. For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel,.... Under which titles he is often spoken of; and which he uses, when he delivered anything to his prophets to declare in his name to others: I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations: mentioned in Jer 27:3; that they may…
193 wordsSECTION 358Jeremiah 28:15
Jeremiah 28:15 Ver. 15. Then said Jeremiah the prophet unto Hananiah the prophet,.... The false prophet, as he is again called by the Targum, and in the Syriac version; where he went to him, and met with him, whether in the temple or elsewhere, is not mentioned; very probably in some public place, that there might be …
706 wordsSECTION 359Jeremiah 29:1
Jeremiah 29:1 INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 29 Thus chapter contains a letter of Jeremiah to the captives in Babylon; and gives an account of another sent from thence by Shemaiah to the people at Jerusalem; and is closed with threatening him with punishment for so doing. Jeremiah's letter concerns both the captives at Bab…
577 wordsSECTION 360Jeremiah 29:2
Jeremiah 29:2 Ver. 2. After that Jeconiah the king,.... Of Judah; the same with Jehoiachin, who was carried captive into Babylon when he had reigned but three months: and the queen; not Jeconiah's wife, for he had none; but his mother, whose name was Nehushta, and who was carried captive with him, 2Ki 24:8; and the …
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