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They shall comfort you, when you see their way and their doings; and you shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, says the Lord Yahweh.
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Comfort in God's Justice
All commentators agree that the 'comfort' mentioned is not emotional solace but a profound peace that comes from understanding God's justice. By seeing the undeniable wickedness of the survivors from Jerusalem, the exiles would realize that God's severe judgment was not cruel or excessive, but righteous and necessary.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
(Jeremiah 14; Jeremiah 15) is a remarkable parallel to this prophecy. Here, as elsewhere, Ezekiel is commissioned to deliver…
16th Century
Protestant
He now puts the verb for comforting in the third person, but in the same sense, because after the Jews have been led captive, they will bear certai…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they shall comfort you, when you see their ways and their doings Not that their s…
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