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Jeremiah 15:1

Jeremiah 15:1
Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Then said the Lord unto me,.... In answer to his expostulations and entreaties, Jer 14:19,

though Moses and Samuel stood before me; to pray before me, as the Targum; to make intercession for the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Cast them out of my sight - Rather, “send them out of My presence, and let them go away.” The prophet is to dismiss them, because their mediators, Moses and Samuel, whose intercession had been…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Jeremiah 15:1-9

We scarcely find any where more pathetic expressions of divine wrath against a provoking people than we have here in these verses. The prophet had prayed earnestly for them, and found some among them…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Jer 15:1. Though Moses and Samuel stood before me No advocate, however powerful his intercession, could now prevail with Me. For Moses see Exo 33:11-14; Num 14:13-20; Deu 9:18-20; Deu 9:25-29, and for…