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Jeremiah 23:20

Jeremiah 23:20
The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

The anger of the Lord shall not return,.... Having a commission from him, and being sent forth on an errand to do business for him, it shall not return to him, without having done it; as a servant…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The latter days - The proper and final development of any event or series of events. Thus, the expression is used of the Christian dispensation as the full development of the Jewish Church. Here it…

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

the latter days a prophetic phrase denoting the final period of the history so far as the speaker's perspective reaches; e.g. Israel's return to God after adversity (so the parallel passage Jer 30:24;…