Jeremiah 16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 16:6

Both the great and the small shall die in this land ,.... The nobles as well as the common people, high and low, rich and poor; none shall be exempted from the grievous deaths by the sword, famine, and pestilence. They shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them ; as before, Jeremiah 16:4 , this shall be the common case of them all; the great and the rich shall have no more care and notice taken of them than the poor: nor cut themselves ; their flesh, with their nails,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 16:7

Neither shall men tear themselves ,.... Either their flesh, or their clothes: or, "stretch out" F25 ולא יפרסו "et non expandent, sub. manus suas", Vatablus, Montanus; "extendent", Pagninus, Calvin. So Kimchi and Ben Melech. ; that is, their hands, and clap them together, and wring them, as persons in great distress do: or "divide", or "break", or "deal unto them" F26 "Non divident", Tigurine version; "neque impertientur, sub. cibum", Junius & Tremellius; "partientur... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 16:8

Thou shall not also go into the house of feasting ,.... Which it was lawful to do, and which the prophet doubtless had done at other times; but now a time of calamity coming on, it was not proper he should; and the rather he was to abstain from such places, and from pleasant conversation with his friends, to assure them that such a time was coming, and this his conduct was a sign of it; for which reason he is forbid to attend any entertainment of his friends, on account of marriage, or any... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 16:9

For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ,.... Who is able to do what he here threatens he will, and which he will do, notwithstanding his being the God of Israel; their hearts not being right with him, nor they steadfast in his covenant. Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place, in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness : upon any account whatsoever, civil or religious; and that out of Jerusalem, where their religious feasts were... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 16:10

And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt show this people all these words ,.... Or, "all these things" F1 כל הדברים האלה "omnes res hasce", Gataker, Piscator. ; which he was forbid to do; as marrying and having children, going into the house of mourning or feasting, with the reasons of all, because of the calamities coming upon them: and they shall say unto thee, wherefore hath the Lord pronounced all this great evil against us ? as if they were quite innocent, and were not... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 16:11

Then shalt thou say unto them ,.... In answer to their questions; not in a general way, but by observing to them particular sins, and those gross ones, they had been guilty of: because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the Lord ; that is, his worship, as the Targum; they had quitted his service, and left attending on his word and ordinances; and therefore it was but just with him to forsake them, and give them up into the hands of their enemies: and have walked after other gods,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 16:12

And ye have done worse than your fathers ,.... Not only committed the same sins, but greater, or, however, attended with more aggravating circumstances; they were wilfully and impudently done, and obstinately persisted in; and therefore deserving of the great evil of punishment pronounced against them. For, behold, ye walk everyone after the imagination of his evil heart ; they walked not as the word of God directs, but as their own evil heart dictated; the imagination of which was evil,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 16:13

Therefore will I call you out of this land ,.... By force, and against their wills, whether they would or not, and with abhorrence and contempt: it is to be understood of their captivity, which was but a just punishment for the above sins; for since they had cast off the Lord and his worship, it was but just that they should be cast off by him, and cast out of their land, which they held by their obedience to him: into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers ; a foreign... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 16:14

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord ,.... Or nevertheless, "notwithstanding" F4 So Noldius, Concord. Ebr. p. 507. their sins and iniquities, and the punishment brought upon them for them: or "surely", verily; for Jarchi says it is an oath, with which the Lord swore he would redeem them, though they had behaved so ill unto him: that it shall no more be said, the Lord liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt ; this was the form of an oath... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 16:15

But the Lord liveth ,.... Or they shall swear by the living Lord; or declare his power, as the Targum: "that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north"; that is, from Babylon, which lay north of Judea. The Jews F4 T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 87. 1. gather from hence, that the land of Israel was higher than all other lands, because it is said, that "brought up", or "caused to ascend"; as out of the land of Egypt as before, so out of all other lands. The meaning is, that... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 16:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 16:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 16:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 16:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 16:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 16:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 16:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 16:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 16:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 16:15

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