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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Jeremiah
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 357,402 words · 646 reading sections
Jeremiah 29:3
Jeremiah 29:3 Ver. 3. By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan,.... Perhaps the brother of Ahikam, and of Jaazaniah, Jer 26:24; and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah; to distinguish him from Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, Jer 36:10; whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon;…
196 wordsSECTION 362Jeremiah 29:4
Jeremiah 29:4 Ver. 4. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel,.... For the letter was written by the order of the Lord, was endited by him, and was sent in his name, the prophet was only his amanuensis; and the titles which the Lord here takes are worthy of notice: "the Lord of hosts": of the armies above and …
306 wordsSECTION 363Jeremiah 29:5
Jeremiah 29:5 Ver. 5. Build ye houses, and dwell [in them],.... Intimating hereby that they must not expect a return into their own land in any short time, but that they should continue many years where they were; suggesting also, that as they had ability, so they should have liberty, of building themselves houses; no…
165 wordsSECTION 364Jeremiah 29:6
Jeremiah 29:6 Ver. 6. Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters,.... That is, such as had no wives, who were either bachelors or widowers; not that they were to take wives of the Chaldeans, but of those of their own nation; for intermarriages with Heathens were forbidden them; and this they were to do, in order to p…
166 wordsSECTION 365Jeremiah 29:7
Jeremiah 29:7 Ver. 7. And seek the peace of the city,.... The prosperity and happiness of Babylon, or any other city in Chaldea, were they were placed: this they were to do by prayer and supplication to God, and by all other means that might be any ways conducive to the good of the state where they were: whither I ha…
267 wordsSECTION 366Jeremiah 29:8
Jeremiah 29:8 Ver. 8. For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel,.... See Gill on "Jer 29:4"; let not your prophets and your diviners, that [be] in the midst of you, deceive you; their false prophets, as the Targum; and there were many such in the captivity; see Eze 13:2; and such who pretended to divine and…
206 wordsSECTION 367Jeremiah 29:9
Jeremiah 29:9 Ver. 9. For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name,.... They pretended to have the authority of God for what they said; that their prophecies and dreams were from him, and as such they delivered them in his name; though they were false ones; that they might be the better received by the people: I hav…
135 wordsSECTION 368Jeremiah 29:10
Jeremiah 29:10 Ver. 10. For thus saith the Lord, that after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon,.... These seventy years are not to be reckoned from the last captivity under Zedekiah; nor from the precise present time; nor from the first of Jeconiah's captivity; but the fourth year of Jehoiakim, and the first of …
180 wordsSECTION 369Jeremiah 29:11
Jeremiah 29:11 Ver. 11. For I know the thoughts that I think towards you, saith the Lord,.... The purposes and resolutions of his heart concerning their welfare, particularly the restoration of them to their own land; these were within him, and known to him, and him only; they were remembered by him, and continued wit…
736 wordsSECTION 370Jeremiah 29:12
Jeremiah 29:12 Ver. 12. Then shall ye call upon me,.... When the expected end is about to be given; when God intends and is about to bestow a mercy, he gives his people a spirit of prayer to ask for it; and even the promise of it is a considerable argument to encourage and engage more to pray for it: and ye shall go …
3,864 wordsSECTION 371Jeremiah 30:1
Jeremiah 30:1 INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 30 This chapter contains a prophecy of the call and conversion of the Jews in the latter day; which being a matter of moment and importance, and that it might continue, and be read hereafter, it is ordered to be written in a book, Jer 30:1; the thing itself is expressed by a ret…
264 wordsSECTION 372Jeremiah 30:2
Jeremiah 30:2 Ver. 2. Thus speaketh the Lord God of Israel,.... Who is their covenant God; has not forgotten them; still has a regard for them; and speaks after the following comfortable manner concerning them: saying, write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book; being things of consequence, that …
210 wordsSECTION 373Jeremiah 30:3
Jeremiah 30:3 Ver. 3. For, lo, the days come, saith the Lord,.... And they are yet to come; the prophecy is not yet fulfilled. Kimchi says this belongs to the days of the Messiah; but not to his first coming, or to his coming in the flesh, which the Jews vainly expect; but to his spiritual coming in the latter day: t…
242 wordsSECTION 374Jeremiah 30:4
Jeremiah 30:4 Ver. 4. And these are the words that the Lord spake concerning Israel, and concerning Judah. Which follow in this chapter and the next; first concerning Israel, the ten tribes; and then concerning the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin, even concerning all Israel; whereas, if this prophecy only respects th…
105 wordsSECTION 375Jeremiah 30:5
Jeremiah 30:5 Ver. 5. For thus saith the Lord,.... Yet what follows are the words of others; wherefore some supply it, "for thus saith the Lord, the nations shall say" {p}; so Kimchi and Ben Melech interpret it as what the Gentiles will say in the times of the Messiah; but it might be better supplied, "ye shall say"; …
244 wordsSECTION 376Jeremiah 30:6
Jeremiah 30:6 Ver. 6. Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child?.... Look into the histories of former times, inquire of those most versed in them, whether ever there was such a thing in the world as that a man should travail with child; ask one and, another you see in distress, whether that is their c…
267 wordsSECTION 377Jeremiah 30:7
Jeremiah 30:7 Ver. 7. Alas! for that day [is] great,.... For sorrow and distress: so that none [is] like it; such were the times of Jerusalem's siege and destruction by the Romans; and which was an emblem of those times of trouble from antichrist in the latter day; see Mt 24:21; it [is] even the time of Jacob's trou…
254 wordsSECTION 378Jeremiah 30:8
Jeremiah 30:8 Ver. 8. For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts,.... When the time is come for Jacob to be saved out of his trouble: [that] I will break his yoke from off thy neck; not the yoke of the king of Babylon, but of antichrist, and of all the antichristian states, by whom the people of G…
270 wordsSECTION 379Jeremiah 30:9
Jeremiah 30:9 Ver. 9. But they shall serve the Lord their God,.... And him only, in a spiritual manner, in righteousness and true holiness, with reverence and godly fear; having respect to all his precepts and ordinances, and every branch of religious worship; joining themselves to Gospel churches, and worshipping alo…
610 wordsSECTION 380Jeremiah 30:10
Jeremiah 30:10 Ver. 10. Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the Lord,.... Since the Messiah, who is the Lord God, should be raised up to thorn, whom they should serve, and he should save them; and so had nothing to fear from their enemies; and had no reason to doubt of salvation and deliverance, seeing …
295 wordsSECTION 381Jeremiah 30:11
Jeremiah 30:11 Ver. 11. For I [am] with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee,.... Not only from temporal enemies, but from spiritual ones, sin, Satan, and the world; and to save them with a spiritual and everlasting salvation, which the presence and power of God, through his rich grace, will bring all his people to: th…
296 wordsSECTION 382Jeremiah 30:12
Jeremiah 30:12 Ver. 12. For thus saith the Lord, thy bruise [is] incurable,.... By themselves or others, in all human appearance; there was no help for them from men; their case seemed desperate; there was no likelihood of their recovery to their former state and glory, as at this day the case of the Jews appears to b…
145 wordsSECTION 383Jeremiah 30:13
Jeremiah 30:13 Ver. 13. [There is] none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up,.... None that will give themselves the trouble to look into their wound to judge of it; to consult, and reason, and debate about the nature of it; and what methods are most advisable to take for the healing and binding of it up: …
175 wordsSECTION 384Jeremiah 30:14
Jeremiah 30:14 Ver. 14. All thy lovers have forgotten thee,.... The Egyptians and Assyrians, whom they sought unto for help, and entered into an alliance with, and who promised them great things; but forgot their promises and forsook them: they seek thee not; to ask of thy welfare, as the Targum adds; they do not, vi…
3,281 wordsSECTION 385Jeremiah 31:1
Jeremiah 31:1 INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 31 This chapter is connected with the former, respects the same times, and is full of prophecies and promises of spiritual blessings; of the coming of Christ; of the multiplication of his people, and the increase of their joy; of the conversion of the Gentiles; of the covenant o…
633 wordsSECTION 386Jeremiah 31:2
Jeremiah 31:2 Ver. 2. Thus saith the Lord, the people [which were] left of the sword,.... Which were not consumed by the sword of Pharaoh, who perished not through his cruel edicts, and by his sword, when drawn at the Red sea; nor by the sword of the Amalekites and Amorites; or of their own brethren, who sometimes, fo…
459 wordsSECTION 387Jeremiah 31:3
Jeremiah 31:3 Ver. 3. The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, [saying],.... Either to the prophet, bidding him say to the church what follows, so Jarchi: or to Christ, who was from eternity with the Father; lay in his bosom; between whom the council of peace was; with whom the covenant was made; and whom God loved befo…
814 wordsSECTION 388Jeremiah 31:4
Jeremiah 31:4 Ver. 4. Again, I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel,.... The same with "all the families of Israel", Jer 31:1; who, when converted, will be espoused to Christ as a chaste virgin; have a sincere affection for him; unfeigned faith in him, and purely worship him; receiving the pure…
296 wordsSECTION 389Jeremiah 31:5
Jeremiah 31:5 Ver. 5. Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria,.... Mountains are proper places for vines, and which generally produce the best wine; but vines are not to be understood merely literally, or as only expressive of the outward peace, plenty, and prosperity of Samaria, with other places giv…
288 wordsSECTION 390Jeremiah 31:6
Jeremiah 31:6 Ver. 6. For there shall be a day,.... The whole Gospel dispensation is "a day", made so by the bright rising of the sun of righteousness; here it seems to design some certain fixed period of time in that dispensation, when the light of the Gospel will break out most gloriously, and it will be a clear day…
471 wordsSECTION 391Jeremiah 31:7
Jeremiah 31:7 Ver. 7. For thus saith the Lord, sing with gladness for Jacob,.... For the restoration of Jacob, or the conversion of the Jews; which will be matter of joy to the Christians among the Gentiles; who seem to be here called upon to express their joy on that occasion, as they will; for it will be to them as …
420 wordsSECTION 392Jeremiah 31:8
Jeremiah 31:8 Ver. 8. Behold, I will bring them from the north country,.... As from Babylon, at the end of the seventy years' captivity, which lay north of Judea; so, in the latter day, from those northern countries, as ours, where they now are in great numbers: and gather them from the coasts of the earth; or "sides…
371 wordsSECTION 393Jeremiah 31:9
Jeremiah 31:9 Ver. 9. They shall come with weeping,.... For joy, as Kimchi and Ben Melech observe; of which there are instances, Ge 29:11; so the Jews will come to Christ, and to the Gospel church, as well as into their own land, with joy that they have found the Messiah, and are brought under his government, and into…
12,868 wordsSECTION 394Jeremiah 32:1
Jeremiah 32:1 INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 32 This chapter contains an account of Jeremiah's imprisonment, and the cause of it; of his buying a field of his uncle's son, and the design of it; of his prayer to God, and of the answer returned to him. The time of his imprisonment, the place where, and the reasons of it, are…
530 wordsSECTION 395Jeremiah 32:2
Jeremiah 32:2 Ver. 2. For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem,.... And had done so for some time; for the siege began in the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Jer 52:4; and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which [was] in the king of Judah's…
255 wordsSECTION 396Jeremiah 32:3
Jeremiah 32:3 Ver. 3. For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up,.... In prison, at least in the court of the prison; he had given orders for his imprisonment, which were executed, and it was the same as if he had done it himself; the reason of which was, as follows: saying, wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, thu…
116 wordsSECTION 397Jeremiah 32:4
Jeremiah 32:4 Ver. 4. And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans,.... This is a continuation of the prophecy of Jeremiah, repeated by the king to him, and which concerns himself more especially; who, upon the taking of the city, would endeavour to make his escape, as he did; but shoul…
189 wordsSECTION 398Jeremiah 32:5
Jeremiah 32:5 Ver. 5. And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon,.... As he did in chains, from Riblah, where he was brought unto him after he was taken, endeavouring to make his escape, Jer 52:8; and there shall he be until I visit him, saith the Lord; in taking him away by death; for he continued in Babylon to the time …
170 wordsSECTION 399Jeremiah 32:6
Jeremiah 32:6 Ver. 6. And Jeremiah said, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying. Not that he said this to Zedekiah; but the prophet, after the above preface, returns to declare what the word of the Lord was, which came to him at the time before mentioned.…
50 wordsSECTION 400Jeremiah 32:7
Jeremiah 32:7 Ver. 7. Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee,.... Hilkiah, the father of Jeremiah, and this Shallum, were own brothers; so that Jeremiah and Hanameel were brothers' sons, or own cousins: this coming of Hanameel to Jeremiah being a contingent event, with respect to second c…
453 wordsSECTION 401Jeremiah 32:8
Jeremiah 32:8 Ver. 8. So Hanameel mine uncle's son came unto me,.... Freely and voluntarily, of his own accord; though it was determined he should, as it was predicted he would; for God's decrees do not infringe the liberty of the will: this man came from Anathoth, very probably, to Jerusalem, to the place where the p…
223 wordsSECTION 402Jeremiah 32:9
Jeremiah 32:9 Ver. 9. And I bought the field of Hanameel mine uncle's son; that [was] in Anathoth,.... The prophet agreed with his cousin to take his field of him, at a certain price hereafter mentioned; which may seem strange in one that was a poor prophet, now a prisoner, and the land just going to be subject to the…
303 wordsSECTION 403Jeremiah 32:10
Jeremiah 32:10 Ver. 10. And I subscribed the evidence,.... Or, "wrote in a book" {u}; the instrument or bill of sale, the deed of purchase; which described the field sold, and expressed the condition on which the purchase was made; and by subscribing it he agreed to it, and laid himself under obligation to perform it:…
133 wordsSECTION 404Jeremiah 32:11
Jeremiah 32:11 Ver. 11. So I took the evidence of the purchase,.... The deed of purchase, the book or bill of sale, the instrument of the bargain, as before mentioned: [both] that which is sealed, [according] to the law and custom; which was both sealed by the buyer and seller, and was sealed up, and not to be looked…
213 wordsSECTION 405Jeremiah 32:12
Jeremiah 32:12 Ver. 12. And I gave the evidence of the purchase,.... Both that which was sealed and that which was open; both the original and the copy; or the whole, as signed, sealed, and witnessed: unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah; this Baruch, as appears from other places in this book, was one t…
8,305 wordsSECTION 406Jeremiah 33:1
Jeremiah 33:1 INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 33 This chapter is a continuation of prophecies of spiritual blessings on the church of Christ in Gospel times, of which the return of the Jews from captivity, and the benefits following on that, were types. The place where Jeremiah had this prophecy communicated to him, the pri…
490 wordsSECTION 407Jeremiah 33:2
Jeremiah 33:2 Ver. 2. Thus saith the Lord, the Maker thereof,.... The Syriac version is, "that made thee"; the prophet. The Septuagint and Arabic versions are, "the Maker of the earth"; see Jer 32:17. Kimchi interprets it of Jerusalem; rather it is to be understood of the New Jerusalem, or church of God in Gospel time…
203 wordsSECTION 408Jeremiah 33:3
Jeremiah 33:3 Ver. 3. Call unto me, and I will answer thee,.... This is spoken not to Jerusalem, and the inhabitants of it; but to the prophet, encouraging him to seek the Lord by prayer, promising an answer to him. So the Targum, "pray before me, and I will receive thy prayer:'' and show thee great and mighty thing…
242 wordsSECTION 409Jeremiah 33:4
Jeremiah 33:4 Ver. 4. For thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel,.... The destruction of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans, which was now fulfilling, is here mentioned as a pledge of the accomplishment of spiritual blessings after spoken of; and to assure the prophet, that as he would with his own eyes see the fulfilment of …
274 wordsSECTION 410Jeremiah 33:5
Jeremiah 33:5 Ver. 5. They come to fight with the Chaldeans,.... Either the Jews out of the country, or their auxiliaries, their neighbours, to oblige them to break up the siege; but all to no purpose: or rather the Jews within; who, from the mounts erected, fight with the Chaldeans; or by sallying out upon them: but…
174 wordsSECTION 411Jeremiah 33:6
Jeremiah 33:6 Ver. 6. Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them,.... That is, the church of God, the members of it, typified by Jerusalem; and it is to be understood of the healing of their spiritual maladies, the diseases of sin, through the blood of the Messiah, who should arise with healing in h…
389 wordsSECTION 412Jeremiah 33:7
Jeremiah 33:7 Ver. 7. And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return,.... Mention being made of the return of the captivity of Israel, or the ten tribes, as well as that of Judah, shows that this prophecy does not relate to the return of the Jews from their seventy years' captivity in Ba…
225 wordsSECTION 413Jeremiah 33:8
Jeremiah 33:8 Ver. 8. And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me,.... Even by the blood of Christ, which cleanses from all sin, of heart, lip, and life, in allusion to the purifications under the law, 1Jo 1:7; see Eze 36:25; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby the…
129 wordsSECTION 414Jeremiah 33:9
Jeremiah 33:9 Ver. 9. And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise, and an honour,.... That is, the church and people of God, being redeemed and rebuilt by Christ, and being cleansed from their sins in his blood, and all their iniquities forgiven for his sake, would be a cause of joy to themselves and others, and bri…
335 wordsSECTION 415Jeremiah 33:10
Jeremiah 33:10 Ver. 10. Thus saith the Lord, again there shall be heard in this place,.... This is to be connected with the beginning of Jer 33:11; and what follows to be put in a parenthesis: which ye say [shall be] desolate without man and without beast: as in Jer 32:43; the destruction of it being now certain and …
224 wordsSECTION 416Jeremiah 33:11
Jeremiah 33:11 Ver. 11. The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness,.... Such is the voice of the Gospel to all sensible sinners; whose eyes are opened to see their lost estate; whose ears are opened to hear the joyful sound: whose hearts are opened to attend to the things spoken in it; who are humble and contrite, wo…
5,137 wordsSECTION 417Jeremiah 34:1
Jeremiah 34:1 INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 34 In this chapter is a prophecy of the taking and burning of Jerusalem; of the captivity of Zedekiah king of Judah; and of the destruction of the whole land, because of their breach of covenant to let servants go free. The time of this prophecy is observed, Jer 34:1; the taking…
370 wordsSECTION 418Jeremiah 34:2
Jeremiah 34:2 Ver. 2. Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel,.... Who, though the covenant God of Israel, yet provoked by their sins, sends the following message to their king: go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him: alone; and tell it to no other but him, at least at present; the message being more pec…
109 wordsSECTION 419Jeremiah 34:3
Jeremiah 34:3 Ver. 3. And thou shalt not escape out of his hand,.... Though he would, and did attempt to do it, Jer 52:8; but shall surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; he was taken on the plains of Jericho, and delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon at Riblah; as may be seen in the place just refer…
109 wordsSECTION 420Jeremiah 34:4
Jeremiah 34:4 Ver. 4. Yet hear the word of the Lord, O Zedekiah king of Judah,.... Which, though a king, he ought to hearken to; and, besides, what follows was for comfort, being a mitigation of his sentence, and containing in it mercy, as well as judgment: thus saith the Lord of thee, thou shalt not die by the sword…
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