And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you.
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Gill's Exposition
O Lord, thou knowest,.... All persons and things; he knew the prophet and his heart, and all that was in it; his innocence and integrity; all his afflictions, and what he met with from his enemies;…
Barnes' Notes
Render, “And I will make thee serve thine enemies in a land thou knewest not.” For a fire ... - See the marginal reference. The added words show that the punishment then predicted is about to be…
Jeremiah has now returned from his public work and retired into his closet; what passed between him and his God there we have an account of in these and the following verses, which he published…
For these vv. which, as addressed to the people, break harshly into the dialogue between Jehovah and the prophet, and are most likely an insertion from Jer 17:3 f., see notes there.
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