John Gill's Exposition on Jeremiah 5:20

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Declare this in the house of Jacob, etc.] That a mighty nation should come and destroy them, and they should be servants in a strange land; or rather the words seem to be an order to declare war against the Jews, and even in their own land; and do not seem to be addressed to the prophet, but to others, seeing the words are in the plural number; (see <240405> Jeremiah 4:5): and publish it in Judah: the house of Jacob and Judah are the same, namely, the two tribes of Benjamin and Judah; for, as for the ten tribes, as observed on (<240515>Jeremiah 5:15), they had been carried captive before this time: saying: as follows:

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