John Gill's Exposition on Jeremiah 11:8

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, etc.] Though they had such strong solicitations and fair warnings, and these repeated again and again; all which was an aggravation of their disobedience and stubbornness: but walked everyone in the imagination of their evil heart; which is desperately wicked, and is evil, and that continually, even every imagination of it; wherefore walking herein must be very wide and different from walking in the law of the Lord, and obeying that; (see <240317>Jeremiah 3:17 7:24): therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant; that is, all the curses and threatenings denounced in it against the disobedient; and so the Targum, “and I brought upon them vengeance (or punishment) because they received not the words of this covenant:” which I commanded them to do, but they did them not; because they did not do the commands of the law, therefore the curses of it lighted on them; for the words of the preceding clause may be rendered, “and I brought upon them”f225, etc.; and it is suggested that the like punishment would be inflicted on the present generation, they imitating and pursuing the iniquities of their fathers; as follows:

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