John Gill's Exposition on Jeremiah 1:14

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Then the Lord said unto me, etc.] Explaining the above vision: out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land; that is, out of Babylon, which lay north, as Jarchi says, and so the Talmudf19; or north east, as Kimchi and Ben Melech, to the land of Israel; from hence came Nebuchadnezzar and his army, which are meant by “the evil” that should break forth, or “be opened”f20 and loosed, which before were bound and hindered by the providence of God; (see <660914>Revelation 9:14) and come upon all the inhabitants of the land of Israel; and who are signified by the boiling pot to the north; or, however, by the fire under it, which came from thence; for rather by the pot is meant Jerusalem; and, by the boiling of it, its destruction by the Chaldeans; (see <261103>Ezekiel 11:3,7 24:3).

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