John Gill's Exposition on Jeremiah 29:22

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which [are] in Babylon, etc.] A form of cursing; when they cursed anyone, or wished him ill, it should be in such like manner as follows; so odious and detestable would these men be afterwards to them, whom they, at least some of them, took to be the prophets of the Lord: saying, the Lord make thee like Zedekiah, and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire; or “burnt them”f559; not at once, but with a slow fire; so the Maccabees were roasted, “Then the king, being in a rage, commanded pans and caldrons to be made hot: “ (2 Maccabees. 7:3) Burning persons with fire, and casting them into a fiery furnace, were ways used by the Chaldeans in putting persons to death, (<270306>Daniel 3:6); and roasting men at a fire was used by the Chinesef560.

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