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I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazirites. Is it not even thus, you children of Israel? says Yahweh.
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God's Intimate Guidance
Commentators highlight that God raising up prophets "from your sons" was a profound act of love. Instead of only speaking through dramatic, distant events, God chose to guide Israel intimately through their own kinsmen. This provision of faithful teachers was a continuous "miracle of grace," demonstrating God's desire to have a personal, guiding relationship with His people.
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Amos
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And I raised up of your sons for prophets—Amos turns from outward mercies to inward, from past to present, from miracles of power to mirac…
19th Century
Anglican
God added to the mercies of His providence, the transcendent blessings of special revelation. The prophets of Israel were numerous, and renowned, a…
16th Century
Protestant
God reasons earnestly here with the Israelites for their ingratitude. He recounts the benefits He had previously conferred on that people, and then…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And I raised up of your sons for prophets Such as Moses, Joshua, and the seventy elders, and others; not only to foretell…
We often need to be reminded of the mercies we have received, as these greatly add to the evil of the sins we have committed. They had spiritual pr…
