John Gill's Exposition on Jeremiah 23:20

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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The anger of the Lord shall not return, etc.] Having a commission from him, and being sent forth on an errand to do business for him, it shall not return to him, without having done it; as a servant sent by his master does not return till he has finished what he was sent about: until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart; all his counsels, purposes, and designs, respecting those his anger kindled against, the false prophets and wicked Jews: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly; when too late to avert it by repentance and reformation when all this shall be fulfilled, and the seventy years captivity take place; or, “in the end of days”f487; in the latter part off time, when the Jews shall be converted, and seek the Lord their God, (<280305>Hosea 3:5); then “shall [they] understand it with an understanding”f488, as it may be rendered; when they shall have the veil removed from them, and turn to the Lord; then they shall have a true and thorough understanding of these things; of the cause and reason of them; and of the mind of God in them, and the ends to be answered by them. Kimchi says this will be in the times of the Messiah.

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