John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 5:10
Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy ,.... These are the words of the prophet, or of the Lord by the prophet, to the Chaldeans, ordering them to ascend the walls of Jerusalem, and break them down, as they did, even all the walls of it round about, Jeremiah 52:7 , there can be nothing done without the Lord's will; and there is no evil in a city but what is done, or ordered, or suffered to be done by him, Amos 3:6 , but make not a full end ; meaning not of the walls, for a full end was... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 5:9
Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord ,.... For such adulteries and lasciviousness, and that in a way of punishment. The Targum adds, "to bring evil upon them;' the evil of punishment for the evil of sin: and shall not my soul be avenged upon such a nation as this ? which cannot delight in sin, but hates it; and therefore must punish for it; vindictive and punitive justice is essential to God; as sin is contrary to his nature, it is agreeable to it to punish for it; he... read more