Jeremiah 19:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.

I will make void the counsel of Judah - defeat their plane for repelling the enemy (2 Chronicles 32:1-4; Isaiah 19:3; Isaiah 22:9; Isaiah 22:11). Or, their schemes of getting help by having recourse to idols (Calvin).

In this place - the valley of Hinnom was to be the place of the Chaldean encampment: the very place where they looked for help form idols was to be the scene of their own slaughter.

Jeremiah 19:7

7 And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.