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God's Forceful Judgment
The image of God "slinging out" the inhabitants is used to show the violent, sudden, and inescapable nature of the coming judgment. Commentators like Spurgeon and Calvin explain this isn't a slow decline but a forceful, rapid expulsion, like a stone from a sling, directly enacted by God Himself because of the people's persistent rebellion.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 10:18
18th Century
Theologian
Sling out - A similar metaphor for violent ejection occurs in Isaiah 22:18 (see the note).
At this once - Or, “at this time.” …
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 10:18
19th Century
Bishop
I will sling out. —The same bold metaphor, though not the same word, for violent expulsion, is found in the prophecy of the fate o…
Charles Spurgeon
On Jeremiah 10:17–18
19th Century
Preacher
They had fled to their fortresses for shelter, for the Babylonians were coming up against them; but no hope of deliverance was held out to them, an…
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John Calvin
On Jeremiah 10:17–18
16th Century
Theologian
The first verse we have recited, the Rabbis think, is addressed to the Chaldeans, but in my view, very incorrectly.
Jeremiah had indeed said…
John Gill
On Jeremiah 10:18
17th Century
Pastor
For thus says the Lord
This is a reason enforcing the exhortation in the preceding verse, and shows that the same pe…
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 10:17–25
17th Century
Minister
The Jews who continued in their own land felt secure. But, sooner or later, sinners will find all things as the word of God has declared, and that …