Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
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Gill's Exposition
Neither say in their heart,.... It came not into their mind, they never once thought of it, namely, of what follows,
let us now fear the Lord our God; they were not influenced and engaged to the…
Against the God (1) of Creation Jer 5:22, and (2) of Providence Jer 5:24, They sin, not merely by apostasy, but by a general immorality extending to all classes Jer 5:25-28. It is in this immorality…
The prophet, having reproved them for sin and threatened the judgments of God against them, is here sent to them again upon another errand, which he must publish in Judah; the purport of it is to…
Cambridge Bible
God's graceas shewn in nature illustrated. As the people refused to fear Him in consideration of His power (Jer 5:5), so neither does His bounty prevail with them.
rain, both the former and the latter…
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