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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:17

Thus saith the Lord of hosts, behold, I will send upon them the sword ,.... The sword of the Chaldeans, by which many of them should fall, as they did. The Targum is, "I will send upon them those that kill with the sword:' who, though they were prompted to come against the Jews, through a natural and ambitious desire of conquering and plundering, yet were sent of God; nor would they have come, had he not willed and suffered it: the famine and the pestilence ; to destroy others that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:18

And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine , and with the pestilence ,.... Or, "follow after F1 ורדפתי אחריהם "et persequar post eos", Calvin, Piscator. them"; such as should make their escape out of the city, and go into Egypt, or other countries, for shelter and safety, should be pursued by the vengeance of God, and should fall by sword, famine, or pestilence, in other places: and will deliver them ; such as should not perish by the above mentioned... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:19

Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the Lord ,.... Which were spoken to them by the prophets; not hearkening to them, but despising them, were the same as not hearkening to him, and despising him; contempt of God, and his word, was the cause of their ruin; see 2 Chronicles 36:15 ; which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets ; such as Hosea, Isaiah, Micah, Jeremiah, and others: rising up early, and sending them ; which denotes the frequency of their mission;... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:20

Hear ye therefore the word of the Lord ,.... What he was now about to say concerning their false prophets: all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon ; all that were carried captive along with Jeconiah. Some parts of this letter are directed to one sort of the captives, and others to another sort of them; some being good men, some bad; but what follows all are called upon to observe, good and bad; it being a prediction of a certain event, which they would see... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:21

Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ,.... See Gill on Jeremiah 29:4 ; of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you : two false prophets, of whom we have no account any where else but here; and are, no doubt, the prophets, or however two of them, that they of the captivity boasted of that God had raised unto them in Babylon, Jeremiah 29:15 . The Jews F3 R. Gedaliah Shalshelet Hakabala, fol. 80. 1. say, and so Jerom... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:22

And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon ,.... A form of cursing; when they cursed anyone, or wished him ill, it should be in such like manner as follows; so odious and detestable would these men be afterwards to them, whom they, at least some of them, took to be the prophets of the Lord: saying, the Lord make thee like Zedekiah, and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire ; or "burnt them" F4 קלם "combussit",... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:23

Because they have committed villany in Israel ,.... Or "folly" F6 נבלה "stultitiam", V. L. Schmidt. ; as the sins of adultery, and prophesying falsely, are afterwards mentioned. This was not the reason why the king of Babylon put them to death; though the Jews F7 T. Bab. Sanhedrin. fol. 93. 1. have a tradition that they attempted the chastity of Nebuchadnezzar's daughter, for which reason he case them into a furnace; but rather it was on account of their prophesying immediate... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:24

Thus shalt thou speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite ,.... Or, "the dreamer" F8 הנחלמי "quasi" חולם "somniator somniorum", Kimchi and Ben Melech. ; because he pretended to have dreams from the Lord; or because what he delivered as prophecies were mere dreams; as that the captives should quickly return to their own land; so Kimchi: but Jarchi takes it to be the name of a place, from whence he was so called; perhaps the place of his birth, or habitation formerly; so the Targum,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:25

Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying ,.... See Gill on Jeremiah 29:4 ; because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem ; not in the name of the captives, whom he consulted not; nor with Ezekiel the prophet of the Lord, who was of the captivity; but in his own name, taking upon him to direct and order what should be done in Jerusalem. These letters were sent, very probably, by the hands of the king's messengers, when they... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:26

The Lord hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest ,.... The same with Seraiah, who might have more names than one, and Jehoiada be one of them, who either was removed, or carried captive; and this Zephaniah, his sagan of deputy, succeeded him. Some think he refers to the famous Jehoiada in the times of Joash, a great reformer; and that this man was another such an one for his zeal, or at least ought to be, which he would have him exert against Jeremiah; but the former seems... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:26

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