John Gill Commentary Jeremiah 17:20

John Gill Commentary

Jeremiah 17:20

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
John Gill
John Gill

John Gill Commentary

Jeremiah 17:20

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
SCRIPTURE

"and say unto them, Hear ye the word of Jehovah, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates:" — Jeremiah 17:20 (ASV)

And say unto them, hear you the word of the Lord
Concerning the sanctification of the sabbath; for this was not of human, but of divine institution:

you kings of Judah ;
which must be understood either, as Kimchi thinks, of the then present king and his sons, so called because they would reign after him; for, there was but one king at a time; and who, perhaps, at this time, was Josiah: or else the king and his nobles, the princes of the land, are meant:

and all Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by
these gates ;
the people in the several parts of the land of Judea, that came to Jerusalem either for trade and merchandise, or for worship, and all that dwelt in the metropolis; for the business the prophet had to charge them with concerned them all.