Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 17:4

4 And thou, even thy self shalt discontinue from thine heritage which I gave thee , and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies, in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in my anger, which shall burn for ever .

In the word discontinue there is a secret promise, that they should again come and possess and inherit their Land, they should not lose their inheritance, but onely discontinue their possession and occupation of it. Some learned Authours considering that the same word is here used, which is used Exod. 23.11. in the Law concerning the Sabbatical Rest, when they were to let the Land rest, and lye 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 Countrey 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 ever is oft taken, Exod. 21.6. Deut. 15.17. Psal. 89.1. Isa. 34.10.

Marginal references: Heb. in thy self.; chap. 15.14.