Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land.
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Gill's Exposition
Seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not,.... Riches and wealth honour and esteem, peace and prosperity; these were not to be sought after and expected, when the whole nation would be…
Barnes' Notes
land - Or, earth. Baruch’s lot was cast in one of those troublous times when God enters into judgment with all flesh Jer 45:5. It was not Judaea only but the whole known world that was thrown into…
How Baruch was employed in writing Jeremiah's prophecies, and reading them, we had an account ch. 36, and how he was threatened for it by the king, warrants being out for him and he forced to abscond,…
Cambridge Bible
Thus … him omit as a gloss. Baruch himself, not the prophet, is still addressed.
Behold, that which I have built, etc.] Baruch is pained at the calamities in which his country is involved, but let him…
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