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Jeremiah 3:23

Jeremiah 3:23
Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains,.... From any natural defence, by hills and mountains encompassing; or from idols worshipped on hills and…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Rather, Surely “in vain from the hills” is the revelry of the mountains. The penitents contrast in it the uselessness of idol-worship with the salvation which Yahweh gives to His people.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Jeremiah 3:20-25

Here is, I. The charge God exhibits against Israel for their treacherous departures from him, Jer 3:20. As an adulterous wife elopes from her husband, so have they gone a whoring from God. They were…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Truly in vain isthe help that is looked for from the hills, the tumult on the mountains The Hebrew construction is difficult. MT. reads, Truly in vain from the hills the tumult the mountains. Probably…