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John Gill's Exposition on Jeremiah 8:5
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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? etc.] These people fill into sin, and rise not again by repentance; they turn out of the good ways of God and religion, and return not again; they backslide and revolt from the Lord, and they continue in their revolt and rebellion; their backsliding is an everlasting one; there is no hope of their repentance and recovery: it is a vehement and passionate expostulation about the people of the Jews, founded upon the former general observation, showing them to be the worst of all people: it is a common saying, “it is a long lane that has no turning”; but these people, having departed from the Lord, return no more. A very learned man renders the words, “why does Jerusalem turn away this people with an obstinate aversion?”f170 that is, the rulers and governors of Jerusalem, as in (<402337>Matthew 23:37) or rather thus, “why does a stubborn aversion turn away this people, O Jerusalem?” and so they are an address to the magistrates and inhabitants of Jerusalem. They hold fast deceit; practise it, and continue in the practice of it, both with God and man: they refuse to return: to the Lord, to his worship, and to the right ways of holiness and truth, from whence they had erred; (see <240503>Jeremiah 5:3).
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