Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.
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Gill's Exposition
Therefore hear, ye nations,.... Since the Jews refused to hearken to the word of the Lord, the Gentiles are called upon to hear it, as in Act 13:45, this is a rebuke to the Jews, that the Gentiles…
Barnes' Notes
God summons three witnesses to hear His sentence. (1) the Gentiles. (2) all mankind, Jews and Gentiles. (3) nature (see Jer 6:19). What is among them - Rather, “what happens” in them; i. e., “Know…
Here, I. God appeals to all the neighbours, nay, to the whole world, concerning the equity of his proceedings against Judah and Jerusalem (Jer 6:18, Jer 6:19): "Hear, you nations, and know…
Cambridge Bible
The Gentiles are summoned to witness the punishment. Cp. Jer 4:16.
O congregation The Hebrew word is elsewhere confined to Jews, an application which the parallelism with "nations" here forbids.…
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