I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.
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Gill's Exposition
I spake unto thee in thy prosperity,.... Or "prosperities", or "tranquillities" (y); when in their greatest affluence, in the height of it; this he did, when he sent to them his servants the prophets,…
Barnes' Notes
Prosperity - literally, as in the margin. God spake thus not once only, but whenever Judah was at peace.
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…
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.…
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