Then the Lord will shake Israel like a reed whipped about in a stream. He will uproot the people of Israel from this good land that he gave their ancestors and will scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, for they have angered the Lord with the Asherah poles they have set up for worship.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

The general prophecy of Moses in Deuteronomy 29:28, that the disobedient Israelites would be rooted out of their land and cast into another, is rep…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

And he shall root up Israel.—The first prophecy of future captivity, and that “beyond the river” (Euphrates), is here pro…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And the Lord shall smite Israel as a reed is shaken in the
water
Either by the wind or …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Whether we keep an account of God's mercies to us or not, he does; and he will set them in order before us, if we are ungrateful, to our greater co…