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therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Behold, I bring such evil on Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it, both his ears shall tingle.
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The Shock of Judgment
Commentators explain that the phrase "both his ears shall tingle" is a powerful metaphor for news so shocking and dreadful it feels like a piercing sound. The horror of the coming judgment would be physically jarring even to those who only heard about it. As one scholar notes, if the mere report is this terrifying, imagine what it would be like to endure it.
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19th Century
Anglican
Whoever hears of it. —Literally, his hearers. Many manuscripts. And the Hebrew margin read her (i.e., its) h…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel Who, though kind and gracious to Israel as their covenant God, is yet jus…
Presbyterian
Here is the doom of Judah and Jerusalem. The words used represent the city emptied and utterly desolate. Yet it was not destroyed by this; instead,…
