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As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, surely with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out, will I be king over you:
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An Inverted Exodus
Commentators highlight that God uses the phrase "a mighty hand and an outstretched arm," which was the very language of Israel's deliverance from Egypt. However, the purpose is now inverted. The same divine power once used to save them from slavery will now be used to rule over them in judgment and discipline, preventing them from abandoning Him.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
God’s future dealings with His people:
19th Century
Anglican
With a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm. — As the portrayals of this whole passage are based on the exodus from Egypt (),…
16th Century
Protestant
Now God reveals what was in the minds of those elders who, along with the rest of the captives, came to the Prophet to inquire. It was a feeling of…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
As I live, says the Lord God. The form of an oath; the Lord swears by his own life, used more than once before; it suppos…
The wicked Israelites, even though they follow the sinful ways of other nations, will not mingle with them in their prosperity, but will be separat…
