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John Gill's Exposition on Jeremiah 12:17

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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But if they will not obey, etc.] Or “hear”f251; the word of the Lord, and hearken to the ministers of the Gospel, and be subject to the ordinances of it; or as the Targum, “will not receive instruction:” I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the Lord: root it up from being a nation, strip it of all its privileges and enjoyments, and destroy it with an everlasting destruction; (see <381416>Zechariah 14:16-18).
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