Jeremiah 18:16
To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing ; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
Then said they, come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah,.... Being enraged at the judgments threatened them, they propose to enter into a confederacy and consultation together, to think of…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
Hissing - Not derision, but the drawing in of the breath quickly as men do when they shudder. Way his head - Or, “shake his head,” a sign among the Jews not of scorn but of pity. The desolation of the…
These verses seem to be the application of the general truths laid down in the foregoing part of the chapter to the nation of the Jews and their present state.
I. God was now speaking concerning them…
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