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Thus says Yahweh, Where is the bill of your mother`s divorce, with which I have put her away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities were you sold, and for your transgressions was your mother put away.
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God is Just, Not Capricious
Commentators unanimously agree that this verse is God's defense against any charge of being unfair or capricious. By asking for a "bill of divorcement" or the name of a "creditor," God uses legal metaphors to show He did not abandon His people out of a bad temper or weakness. His actions were a just and necessary response to their persistent sin.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Thus says the Lord – This was addressed to the Jews in Babylon, who were suffering under his hand. They might have been inclined to complain…
19th Century
Anglican
Where is the bill ...? — The thought seems suggested by Isaiah 49:14, but expands in a different direction. Both question…
Baptist
Thus says the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away?
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16th Century
Protestant
Where is that bill of divorcement? There are various interpretations of this passage, but very few commentators have understood the Prophe…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Thus says the Lord Here begins a new discourse or prophecy, and therefore thus prefaced, and is continued in the fol…
Those who have professed to be God's people, and seem to be dealt with severely, are inclined to complain, as if God had been hard on them. Here is…
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13th Century
Catholic
1. Thus says the Lord: What is this... Here the prophet begins to address the obstacles to Israel's liberation. He proceeds in two …
