Jeremiah 40:10
“As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah to serve the Chaldeans, which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye have taken.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to serve the Chaldeans that come unto us,.... Here he urges his own example,…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Jeremiah 40:9-10
To serve the Chaldeans - literally, as margin; to be their minister and lieutenant. Gedaliah supposed that officers of…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Jeremiah 40:7-16
We have in these verses,
I. A bright sky opening upon the remnant of the Jews that were left in their own land, and a…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
to stand before probably meaning that, as a servant of the Chaldaeans, he would be able in their presence to defend the…
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