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Yahweh said to him, Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when you come, you shall anoint Hazael to be king over Syria;
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Purpose Over Pity
In response to Elijah's despair, God doesn't offer a lengthy explanation but gives him a new mission. Commentators like Spurgeon and Barnes note that God's practical command to "Go, return" serves as an antidote to despair. For believers feeling discouraged, this shows that re-engaging in purposeful work for God is often His prescribed remedy for sorrow and a sign that our mission is not yet over.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The answer is not a justification of God's ways, nor a direct rebuke of the prophet's weakness and despair, nor an explanation or application of wh…
19th Century
Anglican
Go, return. —The charge indirectly conveys a double rebuke.
His cry of disappointment, Lord ... I am not better than my…
Baptist
For the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and slain your prophets with th…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the Lord said unto him, go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus He i…
God repeated the question, What doest thou here? Then he complained of his discouragement; and where should God's prophets go with their c…