John Gill's Exposition on Jeremiah 7:29

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, etc.] This supplement is made, because the word is feminine; and therefore cannot be directed to the prophet, but to Jerusalem, and its inhabitants; shaving the head is a sign of mourning, (<180120>Job 1:20) and this is enjoined, to show that there would soon be a reason for it; wherefore it follows: and take up a lamentation on high places: that it might be heard afar off; or because of the idolatry frequently committed in high places. The Targum is, “pluck off the hair for thy great ones that are carried captive, and take up a lamentation for the princes:” for the Lord hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath; a generation of men, deserving of the wrath of God, and appointed to it, on whom he determined to pour it out; of which his rejection and forsaking of them was a token: this was remarkably true of that generation in which Christ and his apostles lived, who disbelieved the Messiah, and had no faith in him, and spoke lying and blasphemous words concerning him; and therefore were rejected and forsaken by the Lord; and wrath came upon them to the uttermost.

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