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Jeremiah 1:16

Jeremiah 1:16
And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And I will utter my judgments against them,.... Not against the kingdoms of the north, but against the people of the Jews. The sense is, that God would enter into judgment with this people, and pass…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

In accordance with the custom of law courts, the crimes of the guilty city are mentioned in the sentence. The charges brought against her are three: first, the desertion of the true God; next, the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Jeremiah 1:11-19

Here, I. God gives Jeremiah, in vision, a view of the principal errand he was to go upon, which was to foretel the destruction of Judah and Jerusalem by the Chaldeans, for their sins, especially their…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

I will utter my judgements against them lit., I will speak my judgements with them. An almost identical phrase in the Hebrew occurs again in this book, when Nebuchadnezzar at Riblah "gave judgement…