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Jeremiah 22:20

Jeremiah 22:20
Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Go up to Lebanon, and cry,.... These words are directed to Jerusalem and its inhabitants, and to the people of the Jews; not to go up to the temple, as the Targum interprets it, so called, because…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The third example, Jehoiachin. With him all the best and noblest of the land were dragged from their homes to people the void places of Babylon. The passages - Really, Abarim, a range of mountains to…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Jeremiah 22:20-30

This prophecy seems to have been calculated for the ungracious inglorious reign of Jeconiah, or Jehoiachin, the son of Jehoiakim, who succeeded him in the government, reigned but three months, and was…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Jeremiah 22:20-30

See introd. summary to section. Jer 22:20-23 have no direct connexion with those that follow and seem to have been introduced here on account of the reference to the rulers ("shepherds") in Jer 22:22.…