Jeremiah 6:10-30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 6:18

Therefore hear, ye nations ,.... Since the Jews refused to hearken to the word of the Lord, the Gentiles are called upon to hear it, as in Acts 13:45 , this is a rebuke to the Jews, that the Gentiles would hear, when they would not: and know, O congregation ; either of Israel, as the Targum and Kimchi explain it; or of the nations of the world, the multitude of them; or the church of God in the midst of them: what is among them ; among the Jews: either what evil is among them; what... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 6:19

Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people ,.... The people of the Jews; the evil of punishment, for the evil of sin committed by them; wherefore the earth, and the inhabitants of it, are called upon to bear witness to, the righteousness of such a procedure: even the fruit of their thoughts ; which they thought of, contrived, and devised; which shows that they did not do what they did inadvertently, but with thought and design. Kimchi interprets it of sinful deeds and... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 6:20

To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba ,.... In Persia or Arabia, from whence incense was brought, and perhaps the best; see Isaiah 60:6 , and yet the offering of this was of no esteem with God, when the words of the prophet, and the law of his mouth, were despised; see Isaiah 1:13 , and the sweet cane from a far country ? either from the same place, Sheba, which was a country afar off, Joel 3:8 , or from India, as Jerom interprets it; this was one of the spices in... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 6:21

Therefore thus saith the Lord ,.... Because of their immorality and hypocrisy, their contempt of his word, and confidence in legal rites and ceremonies: behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people ; by which may be meant the judgments of God upon them, raising up enemies against them, and suffering them to invade their land; particularly the Assyrians, as the following words show. Moreover, the prophecies of the false prophets, and the doctrines which they were permitted to... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 6:22

Thus saith the Lord, behold, a people cometh from the north country ,.... The Assyrians from Babylon, which lay north of Judea, as in Jeremiah 1:14 , and a great nation shall be raised ; that is, by the Lord, who would stir them up to this undertaking. The Targum is, "many people shall come openly:' from the sides of the earth ; afar off, as Babylon was, Jeremiah 5:15 . read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 6:23

They shall lay hold on bow and spear ,.... That is, everyone of them should be furnished with both these pieces of armour, that they might be able to fight near and afar off; they had bows to shoot arrows at a distance, and spears to strike with when near. The Targum renders it bows and shields. "They are cruel, and have no mercy"; this is said, to strike terror into the hearts of the hardened Jews: their voice roareth like the sea ; the waves of it, which is terrible, Luke 21:25 , ... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 6:24

We have heard the fame thereof ,.... Meaning not the prophet's report then, but the rumour of the enemy's coming from another quarter, at the time he was actually coming. These are the words of the people, upon such a rumour spread; or the words of the prophet, joining himself with them, describing their case, when it would be strongly reported, and they had reason to believe it, that the enemy was just coming, and very near: our hands wax feeble ; have no strength in them, shake and... read more

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

Go not forth into the field ,.... Either for pleasure, or for business; to take a walk in it for the air, or to till it, plough, sow, or reap; but keep within the city and its walls, there being danger: nor walk by the way ; in the high road from Jerusalem, to any town or village near it: for the sword of the enemy : or, "because there is a sword for the enemy" F2 כי חרב לאיוב "quoniam gladius est inimico", Munster, Vatablus, Junius & Tremellius; "quia (ibi) gladius... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 6:26

O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth ,.... Either as a token of repentance for sin; so the king of Nineveh and his subjects did, to show their repentance, Jonah 3:6 or as a sign of mourning, for the calamities coming on them, Genesis 37:34 . and wallow thyself in ashes ; or roll thyself in them, as a token of the same. The Targum is, "cover your heads with ashes.' Make thee mourning as for an only son ; which of all is the most bitter: and therefore it is added, ... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 6:27

I have set thee for a tower ,.... Or "in" one F4 בחון "in exploratoria specula", Junius & Tremellius. ; in a watch tower, to look about and observe the actions of the people, their sins and transgressions, and reprove them for them; as well as to descry the enemy, and give notice of danger; see Habakkuk 2:1 or, "for a trier"; since the word used comes from one which signifies to "try" metals, as gold and silver; and the rather this may be thought to be the meaning here, since... read more

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