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They shall know that I am Yahweh: I have not said in vain that I would do this evil to them.
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God's Warnings Are Not Empty
Commentators explain that Israel's suffering would prove that God's prophetic warnings were not idle threats. Through the painful experience of judgment, the people would finally understand that God means what He says. As John Calvin notes, they would "perceive that God had not spoken in vain," confirming the truth and power behind His word.
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Ezekiel
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16th Century
Protestant
He now mentions the fruit of their repentance, because the Israelites were finally beginning to attribute just honor to his prophecies. For we know…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they shall know that I [am] the Lord As in (Ezekiel 6:7) ; [and that] I have not said in…
Presbyterian
A remnant of Israel will be left; eventually they will remember the Lord, their obligations to Him, and their rebellion against Him. True penitents…