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Jeremiah 7:20

Jeremiah 7:20
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Therefore thus saith the Lord God,.... Since these are their thoughts, and this the fruit of their doings:

behold, my anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place; like fire, to consume and…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Upon man, and upon beast - All creation in some mysterious way shares in man’s fall and restoration Rom 8:19-22.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Jeremiah 7:16-20

God had shown them, in the foregoing verses, that the temple and the service of it, of which they boasted and in which they trusted, should not avail to prevent the judgment threatened. But there was…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Jeremiah 7:16-20

See introd. note on the section and cp. Jer 15:1. It is hardly probable that this formed part of Jeremiah's address, seeing that it gives us in fact Jehovah's words to His prophet abruptly inserted,…