John Gill's Exposition on Jeremiah 48:30

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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I know his wrath, saith the Lord, etc.] Against the Jews, and other nations; what he has threatened to do unto them, and would do if not restrained: but [it shall] not [be] so; as he has devised in his mind, and threatened in his wrath; all his swelling thoughts and big words shall come to nothing: his lies shall not so effect [it]; it shall not be according to his words; they will prove lies, and of no effect. Kimchi interprets it of the sons of Moab, who shall not be able to do what they thought to do; and Jarchi of his mighty ones; and the Targum of his nobles, paraphrasing it, “and their nobles are not right, they do not as is becoming;” perhaps it may be better understood of his diviners and soothsayers, as the word is used in (<234425>Isaiah 44:25); and be rendered, “his diviners have not done right”f895; they have deceived him with their lying oracles; swelled him with pride; and brought him to ruin, he trusting to them.

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