Matthew Poole Commentary - Jeremiah 17:4 - 17:4

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Jeremiah 17:4 - 17:4


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discontinue there is a secret promise that they should again come and possess and inherit their land; they should not lose their inheritance, but only discontinue their possession and occupation of it. Some learned authors considering that the same word is here used which is used Exo_23:11, in the law concerning the sabbatical rest, when they were to let the land rest, and lie still, Lev_26:34, think this text hath a reference to that, and the meaning is, Thou shalt discontinue thy ploughing and tilling the land; and go into thine enemies’ country, and serve them in a land of which thou hast no knowledge; because by thine idolatry and other sins thou hast increased my wrath into such a fire, as shall burn for a long time, for so the word for ever is oft taken, Exo_21:6 Deu_15:17 Psa_89:1 Isa_34:10.