Jeremiah 25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 25:5

They said ,.... The prophets: this was the substance of their discourses and prophecies, what follows: turn ye again now everyone from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings ; repent of sins, and reform from them; particularly their idolatries, to which they were prone, and are after mentioned: and dwell in the land that the Lord hath given unto you to your fathers for ever and ever ; that is, the land of Canaan, which was given to them, and their fathers before them, by the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 25:6

And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them ,.... So long as they served the Lord God, they continued in their own land, in the comfortable enjoyment of all the blessings of it; for their government was a theocracy; God was their King; and as long as they served and worshipped him only, he protected and defended them; but when they forsook him, and went after other gods, and served and worshipped them, then they were threatened to be turned out of their land, and carried... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 25:7

Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the Lord ,.... Though it was he that spake unto them by his prophets; and though it was so much to their own good and advantage; and the neglect of him and his word were so much to their disadvantage, and even ruin: that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands, to your own hurt : which, though not signed to do either, yet eventually did both; both provoked the Lord, and brought destruction upon themselves; for whatever is against... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 25:8

Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts ,.... Of armies above and below; and so can do what he pleases in heaven and in earth: because ye have not heard my words ; by the prophets, so as to obey them; they had heard them externally, but did not observe to do them. read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 25:9

Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north , saith the Lord ,.... The Targum is, the kingdoms of the north, the same with those in Jeremiah 1:15 ; even all those kingdoms which were subject to the king of Babylon, and lay north of Judea: and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon my servant : though a great king, he was a servant of the Lord of hosts; his servant, both as a creature of his make, and as a king that ruled under him; and as he was an instrument in his hand... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 25:10

Moreover, I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness ,.... At their festivals, and nuptial solemnities: the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride ; expressing their mutual love unto, and delight in, each other; so agreeable to one another and their friends: or it may mean those epithalamies, or nuptial songs, sung unto them by their friends: the sound of the millstones ; either the voice of those that sing at the mill while grinding; or rather... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 25:11

And this whole land shall be a desolation ,.... Not only the city of Jerusalem, but all Judea, without inhabitants, or very few, and shall be uncultivated, and become barren and unfruitful: and an astonishment ; to all other nations, and to all persons that pass through, beholding the desolations of it: and other nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years ; both the Jews, and other nations of Egypt, reckoning from the date of this prophecy, the fourth year of Jehoiakim's... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 25:12

And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished ,.... Which were accomplished in the first year of Cyrus: they began with the first year of Nebuchadnezzar, who reigned two years and two months with his father Nabopolassar; after that forty three years by himself; Evilmerodach two years: Neriglissar four years; Belshazzar or Nabonadius seventeen years; and Darius the Median two years; which all make sixty nine years and two months; and if ten months more be added to complete... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 25:13

And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it ,.... By his prophets, and particularly by Jeremiah, as follows; for not one word that is spoken by the Lord, either in a way of promise or threatening, shall fail; his truth, power, and faithfulness, are engaged to accomplish all: even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations ; the Egyptians, Philistines, Moabites, Edomites, Arabians, Persians, and also the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 25:14

For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also ,.... Take their cities, seize upon the kingdoms, spoil them of their wealth and riches, and bring them into servitude to them: these "many nations", which should and did do all this, were the Medes and Persians, and those that were subject to them, or were their allies and auxiliaries in this expedition; and the "great kings" were Cyrus and Darius, and those that were confederate with them: and I will recompense them... read more

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