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A Glimmer of Hope
Commentators agree that this verse marks a brief, hopeful moment. After the destruction of Jerusalem, the appointment of a good governor, Gedaliah, created a sense of security. This prompted Jews who had fled to surrounding nations like Moab, Ammon, and Edom to return, seeing a chance to live in peace in their own land once more.
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Jeremiah
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Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 40:11–12
19th Century
Bishop
When all the Jews that were in Moab ... —It lay in the nature of things that many of the dwellers in Judea fled before the march o…
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 40:11–12
16th Century
Theologian
The Prophet shows here that if internal wickedness had not arisen, the condition of the people would have been endurable until the time of exile ha…
John Gill
On Jeremiah 40:11
17th Century
Pastor
Likewise, when all the Jews that [were] in Moab
Who had fled thither, and to the places after mentioned, when the ki…
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Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 40:7–16
17th Century
Minister
Jeremiah had never in his prophecies spoken of any good days for the Jews, to come immediately after the captivity; yet Providence seemed to encour…