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But I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt; I will yet again make you to dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.
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Remember Your Redeemer
God begins by reminding Israel, "I am Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt." Commentators explain this is the foundation of their relationship. God is reproaching them for forgetting the foundational act of redemption that should have bound them to Him forever. This memory of His past faithfulness makes their current rebellion and pride even more grievous.
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Hosea
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And I, the Lord your God from the land of Egypt - God, in few words, comprises whole centuries of blessings, all from their going out of Egy…
19th Century
Anglican
Tabernacles.— The prophet here speaks of Israel’s moral restoration under the form of a return to “the old ideal of simple agricul…
16th Century
Protestant
In the first clause, God reproaches the Israelites for having forgotten the benefit of his redemption, the memory of which ought always to have pre…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And I [that am] the Lord your God from the land of Egypt Ephraim being so very corrupt in things, both religious and civi…
Ephraim became a merchant: the word also signifies a Canaanite. They carried on trade on Canaanite principles, covetously and with fraud and deceit…
