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Jeremiah 23:10

Jeremiah 23:10
For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

For the land is full of adulterers,.... Of such as were guilty of corporeal adultery, and of spiritual adultery, which is idolatry. Now, though in this, and in the following verses, the prophet…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Because of swearing - Rather, because of the curse denounced against sin Jer 11:3. The mourning probably refers to the drought Jer 12:4. The pleasant places - “Pastures.” Their course - Their mode of…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Jeremiah 23:9-32

Here is a long lesson for the false prophets. As none were more bitter and spiteful against God's true prophets than they, so there were none on whom the true prophets were more severe, and justly.…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Of the two clauses containing the words "the land," the first is probably a corruption of the second, as accidentally repeated by a copyist, or as a gloss on a blurred text, suggested perhaps by Jer…