Jeremiah 4:9
And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the Lord,.... When Nebuchadnezzar should be come up from Babylon into the land of Judea, and lay waste the cities thereof, and besiege Jerusalem:
that…
God's usual method is to warn before he wounds. In these verses, accordingly, God gives notice to the Jews of the general desolation that would shortly be brought upon them by a foreign invasion. This…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
the priests shall be astonished because of the punishment which has followed upon their idolatries.
the prophets shall wonder because of the non-fulfilment of their prophecies.
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