Jeremiah 23:20

20 The anger of the LORD will not turn back until he has done everything he intends to do. In the last days you will understand this clearly.

Jeremiah 23:20 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 23:20

The anger of the Lord shall not return
Having a commission from him, and being sent forth on an errand to do business for him, it shall not return to him, without having done it; as a servant sent by his master does not return till he has finished what he was sent about: until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his
heart;
all his counsels, purposes, and designs, respecting those his anger kindled against, the false prophets and wicked Jews: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly;
when too late to avert it by repentance and reformation when all this shall be fulfilled, and the seventy years captivity take place; or, "in the end of days" F4; in the latter part off time, when the Jews shall be converted, and seek the Lord their God, ( Hosea 3:5 ) ; then "shall [they] understand it with an understanding" F5, as it may be rendered; when they shall have the veil removed from them, and turn to the Lord; then they shall have a true and thorough understanding of these things; of the cause and reason of them; and of the mind of God in them, and the ends to be answered by them. Kimchi says this will be in the times of the Messiah.


FOOTNOTES:

F4 (Mymyh tyrxab) "in extremo dierum", Cocceius; "in extremitate dierum", Calvin, Piscator, Schmidt.
F5 (hnyb hb wngwbtt) "intelligetis hoc inteliigentia", Calvin, Gataker.

Jeremiah 23:20 In-Context

18 Who is in the LORD's inner circle and sees and hears his word? Who pays attention and listens to his word?
19 The storm of the LORD will come with his anger. Like a windstorm, it will swirl down on the heads of the wicked.
20 The anger of the LORD will not turn back until he has done everything he intends to do. In the last days you will understand this clearly.
21 I didn't send these prophets, yet they ran [with their message]. I didn't speak to them, yet they prophesied.
22 If they had been in my inner circle, they would have announced my words to my people. They would have turned back from their evil ways and the evil they have done.
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