John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 42:20
For ye dissembled in your hearts ,.... Did not honestly and faithfully declare their intentions; they said one thing with their mouths, and meant another in their minds; they pretended they would act according to the will of God, as it should be made known to them by him, when they were determined to take their own way. Some render it, "ye have deceived me in your hearts" F26 התעי־תאם בנפשותיכם "seduxistis me animis vestris", so some in Vatablus; "fefellistis me", Munster. So Ben... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 42:7-22
We have here the answer which Jeremiah was sent to deliver to those who employed him to ask counsel of God. I. It did not come immediately, not till ten days after, Jer. 42:7. They were thus long held in suspense, perhaps, to punish them for their hypocrisy or to show that Jeremiah did not speak of himself, nor what he would, for he could not speak when he would, but must wait for instructions. However, it teaches us to continue waiting upon God for direction in our way. The vision is for an... read more