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Jeremiah 5:19

Jeremiah 5:19
And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say,.... That is, the people of the Jews, to whom the prophet belonged, after they had been spoiled by the enemy, and carried captive:

wherefore doth the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The reason why God so chastises His people. As they in a land especially consecrated to Yahweh had served “strange” (i. e., foreign gods, so shall they in a land belonging to others be the slaves of…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Jeremiah 5:10-19

We may observe in these verses, as before,

I. The sin of this people, upon which the commission signed against them is grounded. God disowns them and dooms them to destruction, Jer 5:10. But is there…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

The punishment was to be severe, because the wickedness which had called it forth was gross.

in a land that is not yours Referring to the approach of exile, and therefore belonging to the time of the…