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For thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may feel [it].
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
Sling out - A similar metaphor for violent ejection occurs in Isaiah 22:18 (see the note).
At this once - Or, “at this time.” …
19th Century
Anglican
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…
Baptist
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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16th Century
Protestant
The first verse we have recited, the Rabbis think, is addressed to the Chaldeans, but in my view, very incorrectly.
Jeremiah had indeed said…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For thus says the Lord This is a reason enforcing the exhortation in the preceding verse, and shows that the same pe…
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 …
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13th Century
Catholic
First, he threatens them with punishment because they have not preserved this dignity. This point has three parts:
The t…
