Jeremiah 2:29
Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
In vain have I smitten your children,.... Or, "for vanity" (g); for vain speaking, for making vain oaths and vows; so it is explained in the Talmud (h); but the sense is, that the rod of chastisement…
The prophet here goes on in the same strain, aiming to bring a sinful people to repentance, that their destruction might be prevented.
I. He avers the truth of the charge. It was evident beyond…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
plead with me remonstrate against My wrath. For "plead" see on Jer 2:2, and cp. Jer 12:1.
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