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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 4:8

For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl ,.... That is, because of this destruction threatened, which was so near at hand, and so sure and certain: for the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned back from us . The Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions, render it "from you" and some render it "from it" F21 ממנו "ab illo", i.e. "ab illo proposito", Cocceius; "ab eo", Montanus. ; from his purpose and design to destroy the Jews. Jarchi interprets this of Josiah, and his... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 4:9

And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the Lord ,.... When Nebuchadnezzar should be come up from Babylon into the land of Judea, and lay waste the cities thereof, and besiege Jerusalem: that the heart of the king shall perish ; meaning Zedekiah king of Judah, who should be in the utmost fright and consternation, not knowing what to do, being devoid both of wisdom and courage; see Jeremiah 39:4 , and the heart of the princes ; who being seized with the same panic, and at their... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 4:10

Then said I, ah, Lord God! .... Expressing great sorrow and concern: this "ah" is by way of lamentation. The Targum interprets it as a petition, "and I said, receive my prayer, O Lord God:' surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem : what the false prophets did, that God is said to do, because he suffered them to deceive the people; see 1 Kings 22:20 . The Targum ascribes the deception to the false prophets, and not to God, "surely behold the false prophets... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 4:11

At that time shall it be said to this people, and to Jerusalem ,.... The inhabitants of Judea and Jerusalem, the people of the Jews; or "concerning" F24 לעם הזה "de hoc populo", Calvin, Vatablus. them, as Jarchi interprets it: a dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people . The Targum is, "as the south wind upon the heads of floods of water in the wilderness, so is the way of the congregation of my people;' but rather the north wind is... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 4:12

Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me ,.... That is, a strong one, very vehement; or, "a wind which is fuller than these", as the Syriac version renders it; which is stronger than those winds which are fit for fanning and winnowing the chaff from the wheat. Jarchi interprets it, a wind full of those punishments which God had threatened, and determined to bring upon this people, and would not turn from, nor repent of: and the phrase "shall come unto me" regards not the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 4:13

Behold, he shall come up as clouds ,.... Meaning the lion, Nebuchadnezzar, Jeremiah 4:7 , "the king with his army (as the Targum paraphrases it); he shall come up against them as a cloud that ascendeth and covers the earth.' "come up against them as a cloud that ascendeth and covers the earth.' The metaphor denotes the swiftness of his coming, and the multitudes he should come with, and that darkness and distress he should bring with him upon the people of the Jews: and his... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 4:14

O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness ,.... These are the words of the prophet, or of God by the prophet, showing the cause of all their ruin and destruction, the wickedness of their hearts; and they are expressed in such form and language, as to be accommodated to the case of any unregenerate sinner: every man's heart is wicked, desperately wicked, even wickedness itself; everything in it is wicked; the thoughts, and the imagination of the thoughts of the heart, the mind, the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 4:15

For a voice declareth from Dan ,.... The coming of the enemy, as Kimchi explains it, Nebuchadnezzar, the king of the Chaldeans; a messenger was come from Dan, which was on the border of the land of Israel to the north, on which side Babylon lay, and from whence the evil was to come predicted; who declared the enemy was approaching, just entering the land; not that this was now the case in fact, but this is represented in a prophetic manner, as what would be, in order to arouse and awaken the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 4:16

Make ye mention to the nations ,.... This, according to Kimchi, is the sum and substance of the voice from Dan. It seems to be a summons to the nations to gather together to join the king of Babylon in his enterprise against Jerusalem; see 2 Kings 24:2 , publish against Jerusalem ; what follows: that watchers come from afar country ; from Babylon, which is said to be a far country, Isaiah 39:3 , these are the soldiers of the king of Babylon; they are called Notzerim; which word... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 4:17

As keepers of a field, are they against her round about ,.... As those that are set to watch a field, in which are fruit and corn of any sort, that thieves and robbers, and wild beasts, may not enter to waste and destroy, and are placed on all sides for that purpose; so the Chaldeans were round about Jerusalem, that none could make their escape out of it; see 2 Kings 25:4 , because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the Lord ; it was not without reason that the Lord suffered... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 4:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 4:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 4:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 4:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 4:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 4:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 4:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 4:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 4:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 4:17

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