John Gill Commentary Jeremiah 32:5

John Gill Commentary

Jeremiah 32:5

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
John Gill
John Gill

John Gill Commentary

Jeremiah 32:5

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
SCRIPTURE

"and he shall bring Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith Jehovah: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper?" — Jeremiah 32:5 (ASV)

And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon As he did in chains, from Riblah, where he was brought to him after he was taken, endeavouring to make his escape, (Jeremiah 52:8Jeremiah 52:9Jeremiah 52:11) ;

and there shall he until I visit him, says the Lord ; in taking him away by death; for he continued in Babylon to the time of his death, which was not violent, but natural; and, considering his circumstances, his captivity, imprisonment, and loss of sight, might be reckoned a visitation in mercy: though some understand this of God's visiting the people at the return of them from their seventy years' captivity; if Zedekiah lived till then, he must be a very old man; but of this we have no account, nor is it probable:

though you fight with the Chaldeans, you shall not prosper ; though they should sally out upon them, in order to beat them out of their trenches, and drive them from the walls of the city, yet without success.