The New John Gill Exposition of the Entire Bible Jeremiah 4:10
Then said I, ah, Lord God!
&c.] Expressing great sorrow and
concern: this "ah" is by way of lamentation. The Targum interprets it
as a petition,
``and I said, receive my prayer, O Lord God:''
surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem:
what the
false prophets did, that God is said to do, because he suffered them to
deceive the people; see (1 Kings 22:20-23) . The Targum ascribes the
deception to the false prophets, and not to God,
``surely behold the false prophets deceive this people, and the
inhabitants of Jerusalem;''
or this may be ironically said, because the false prophets pretended to
speak in the name of the Lord; wherefore Jeremiah says, "surely thou hast
greatly deceived"… "saying, ye shall have peace"; as the false
prophets did, (Jeremiah 6:14) :
whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul;
takes away the life, many
are slain by it; so the Targum,
``and now behold the sword killeth among the people;''
great slaughter is made by it. L'Empereur F23 observes that the word
here used signifies, in the Arabic language, to educate or bring up;
and then the sense is,
``ah, Lord, thou hast brought up this people with great
tenderness, and promised them all manner of happiness; but
now thou thunderest out threatenings of calamities of all
sorts, and death itself; and assigned a place for the sword
to enter into their very souls;''
so the Arabic word used in the version of (Acts 22:2) (1 Timothy 4:6) .
FOOTNOTES:
F23 Not. ad Mosis Kimchi, (odoiporia) , p. 186.
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Bibliography Information
Gill, John. "Commentary on Jeremiah 4:10". "The New John Gill Exposition of the Entire Bible". <http://www.studylight.org/com/geb/view.cgi?book=jer&chapter=004&verse=010>. 1999.
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