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John Gill's Exposition on Jeremiah 22:5

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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But if ye will not hear these words, etc.] Will give no attention, and yield no obedience to them: I swear by myself, saith the Lord; and by a greater he cannot swear; and that is the reason why he swears by himself, (<580613>Hebrews 6:13); and as, when he swears to a promise, it shows the immutability of it, the certainty of its performance, and that it is irreversible, and never repented of, nor revoked; so it is when he swears to a threatening. The Targum is, “by my word I swear:” that this house shall become a desolation; meaning not the temple, nor the city, but the king’s palace.
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