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Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably to her.
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God's Surprising Grace
Commentators are struck by the word "Therefore." After listing Israel's sins, the expected outcome is judgment. Instead, God initiates restoration. Scholars explain this shows God's mercy is not a logical response to our merit but a gracious response to our deep need. His compassion is invited by our misery, not our worthiness.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Therefore - The inference is not what we should have expected. Sin and forgetfulness of God are not the natural causes of, and inducements t…
19th Century
Anglican
Therefore. This word does not make God’s gentle treatment a consequence of the sin of Israel. Some prefer to render it as neve…
Baptist
Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.
You might have thought the…
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16th Century
Protestant
Here the Lord more clearly expresses that, after having long and in various ways afflicted the people, He would at length be favorable to them. Not…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Therefore, behold, I will allure her Since these rough ways will not do, I will take another, a more mild and gentle way; inst…
After these judgments the Lord would deal with Israel more gently. By the promise of rest in Christ we are invited to take His yoke upon us; and th…
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