Then the LORD said unto me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them.
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Gill's Exposition
For I earnestly protested unto your fathers,.... Or "witnessing, witnessed" (g); testified his great affection for them; importunately solicited their observation of his precepts for their good; and…
Barnes' Notes
Proclaim ... - Probably Jeremiah accompanied Josiah in his progress 2Ki 23:15-20, and everywhere read to the people the words of the newly-found book.
The prophet here, as prosecutor in God's name, draws up an indictment against the Jews for wilful disobedience to the commands of their rightful Sovereign. For the more solemn management of this…
See summary at commencement of section. Gi. omits these three vv. But Jer 11:11 is needed, in order to account for the hostility roused at Anathoth by Jeremiah's mission. Jer 11:7-8 on the other hand…
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