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John Gill's Exposition on Jeremiah 9:15
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, etc.] He calls himself “the Lord God of hosts”, of armies above and below, in heaven and in earth, in opposition to Baalim, the idols of the Gentiles; which word signifies “lords”; which, though there be many who are called so, there is but one God, and one Lord, who is God over all, and “the God of Israel”; who had chosen them, and distinguished them by the blessings of his goodness; and yet they had forsaken him, and followed after other gods; by which the eyes of his glory were provoked, and he was determined to chastise them for it: behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood; that is, with straits or difficulties, as the Septuagint version; with bitter afflictions; such are not joyous, but grievous; which are irksome and disagreeable, as bitter things, and particularly wormwood, are to the taste. The Targum is, “I will bring tribulation upon them, bitter as wormwood:” and give them water of gall to drink; meaning either of the entrails of a beast so called, or of the juice of the herb hemlock, as the word is rendered in (<281004>Hosea 10:4), as Kimchi; or of the poison of a serpent, as Jarchi; and so the Targum, “and I will give them the cup of cursing to drink as the heads of serpents:” signifying that their punishment would be very severe, though just.
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