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John Gill's Exposition on Jeremiah 30:16
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured, etc.] Thus rendering the words, they are to be connected with (<243010>Jeremiah 30:10,11); and all between to be put into a parenthesis: but rather, in connection with the preceding words, they should be rendered “nevertheless”, or “notwithstanding”f578; though they had sinned at so great a rate, and were so much afflicted and chastened by the Lord, yet their enemies should not go unpunished, and mercy in the issue would be showed to them. Jarchi calls it an oath, that so it should be; the Romans that devoured them, and ate up their substance, were devoured by the Goths and Vandals; for this may be carried further than to the destruction of the Babylonish empire by the Persians; and all thine adversaries, everyone of them shall, fro into captivity; or be conquered and subdued, as were the Assyrians, Egyptians, Chaldeans, Grecians, Romans; and not only Rome Pagan has been destroyed, but Rome Papal also will go into captivity; (see <661310>Revelation 13:10); and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey: they shall be used according to the law of retaliation; the same measure they have measured shall be measured to them again.
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