John Gill's Exposition on Jeremiah 6:18

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Therefore hear, ye nations, etc.] Since the Jews refused to hearken to the word of the Lord, the Gentiles are called upon to hear it, as in (<441345>Acts 13:45,46), this is a rebuke to the Jews, that the Gentiles would hear, when they would not: and know, O congregation; either of Israel, as the Targum and Kimchi explain it; or of the nations of the world, the multitude of them; or the church of God in the midst of them: what is among them; among the Jews: either what evil is among them; what sins and transgressions are committed by them; which were the cause of the Lord’s threatening them with sore judgments, and bringing them upon them; so Jarchi and Kimchi interpret the words; to which agrees the Targum, “and let the congregation of Israel know their sins;” or the punishments the Lord inflicted on them: so the Vulgate Latin version, “and know, O congregation, what I will do unto them”; which sense is confirmed by what follows:

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