Jeremiah 7

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

Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day ,.... That is, in all generations; ever since their first coming out of Egypt, they had been disobedient to the commands of God, and had walked after their own hearts' lusts, and had gone backward, and not forward; for this is not to be connected with what follows: I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early, and sending them ; which should be rendered, "although I have... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:26

Yet they hearkened not unto me ,.... Speaking by the prophets: nor inclined their ear ; to what was said to them; would not listen to it, and much less obey what was commanded them: but hardened their neck ; and so became stiffnecked, and would not submit to bear the yoke of the law: they did worse than their fathers ; every generation grew more and more wicked, and went on to be so until the measure of their iniquity was filled up; hence it follows: read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:27

Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them ,.... Before mentioned in the chapter; exhortations to duty, dehortations from sin, promises and threatenings: but they will not hearken to thee : so as to reform from their evil ways, and do the will of God; they will neither be allured by promises, nor awed by menaces: thou shalt also call unto them ; with a loud voice, showing great vehemency and earnestness, being concerned for their good, and knowing the danger they were in: ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:28

But thou shalt say unto them ,.... Having found by experience, after long speaking and calling to them, that they are a disobedient and incorrigible people: this is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the Lord their God ; who, though the Lord is their God, and has chosen and avouched them to be his special people, whom he has distinguished by special favours; yet what he says by his prophets they pay no regard unto, and are no better than the Gentiles, which know not God: nor... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:29

Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away ,.... This supplement is made, because the word is feminine; and therefore cannot be directed to the prophet, but to Jerusalem, and its inhabitants; shaving the head is a sign of mourning, Job 1:20 and this is enjoined, to show that there would soon be a reason for it; wherefore it follows: and take up a lamentation on high places : that it might be heard afar off; or because of the idolatry frequently committed in high places. The... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:30

For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the Lord ,.... Meaning not a single action only, but a series, a course of evil actions; and those openly, in a daring manner, not only before men, but in the sight of God, and in contempt of him, like the men of Sodom, Genesis 13:13 , they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it ; that is, set their idols in the temple; here Manasseh set up a graven image of the grove, 2 Kings 21:7 ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:31

And they have built the high places of Tophet ,.... Where was the idol Moloch; and which place had its name, as Jarchi thinks, from the beating of drums, that the parents of the children that were burnt might not hear the cry of them: which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom; a valley near Jerusalem, and lay to the south of it, Joshua 15:8 , to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire : which was done, as Jarchi says, by putting them into the arms of the brasen image Moloch,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:32

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord ,.... And they were coming on apace; a little longer, and they would be come; for it was but a few years after this ere Jerusalem was besieged and taken by the army of the Chaldeans, and the slaughter made after mentioned: that it shall no more be called Tophet : no more be used for such barbarous and idolatrous worship; and no more have its name from such a shocking circumstance: nor the valley of the son of Hinnom ; as it had been... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:33

And the carcasses of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth ,.... That is, those which remain unburied, for which there will be found no place to bury them in; all places, particularly Tophet, being so full of dead bodies; not to have a burial, which is here threatened, was accounted a great judgment: and none shall fray them away ; or frighten them away; that is, drive away the fowls and the beasts from the carcasses. The sense is, either... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:34

Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem ,.... Signifying that the devastation should not only be in and about Jerusalem, but should reach all over the land of Judea; since in all cities, towns, and villages, would cease the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness ; upon any account whatever; and, instead of that, mourning, weeping, and lamentation: the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride ; no marrying, and giving in... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:32

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:33

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:34

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