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Therefore has Yahweh watched over the evil, and brought it on us; for Yahweh our God is righteous in all his works which he does, and we have not obeyed his voice.
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God Actively Governs
The verse says God "watched over the evil" to bring it upon His people. Commentators explain this doesn't mean God was a passive bystander. Instead, it signifies His active, attentive, and deliberate providence. He was ensuring that the consequences He had warned about through prophets like Jeremiah would come to pass. This challenges the idea that suffering is random chance and affirms God's sovereign control over events.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Therefore has the Lord watched upon the evil — The word here used and rendered watched — שׁקד shâqad — means, pro…
19th Century
Anglican
Watched. — By the use of this word, it seems that Daniel is again referring to the prophecies of Jeremiah. (See Jeremiah 1:12 and …
Baptist
That is the time when prayer is always heard, when the lamb is offered, and his blood is sprinkled, and blessed be God, the sacrifice in which we t…
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16th Century
Protestant
Daniel confirms what he had previously said concerning the slaughter that afflicted the Israelites: it was not the offspring of chance, but of the …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Therefore has the Lord watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us The evil of puni…
In every prayer we must make confession, not only of the sins we have been guilty of, but also of our faith in God, our dependence on Him, our sorr…
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