John Gill
1697–1771
London Particular Baptist pastor and Hebraist; his verse-by-verse exposition of the entire Bible is the fullest ever written by one Baptist.
In his own words
The prophet having long observed the sins and iniquities of the people among whom he lived, and being greatly distressed in his mind on account of them, had frequently and importunately cried unto the Lord to put a stop to the abounding of them, that the people might be brought to a sense of their sins, and reform from them; but nothing of this kind appearing, he concludes his prayers were not heard, and therefore expostulates with the Lord upon this head: [even] cry unto thee [of] violence, and thou wilt not save! either of violence done to himself in the discharge of his office, or of one man to another, of the rich to the poor; and yet, though he cried again and again to the Lord, to check this growing evil, and deliver the oppressed out of the hands of their oppressors, it was not done; which was matter of grief and trouble to him.
Quoted verbatim from the library, as an answer would quote it.
What we hold of him
An Exposition of the Entire Bible
Commentary · 66 parts
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