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Yahweh gave me knowledge of it, and I knew it: then you showed me their doings.
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A Divine Revelation
Commentators explain this verse marks a divine revelation to Jeremiah. Scholars debate whether God was revealing the people's hidden sins to validate Jeremiah's authority, or a specific assassination plot against him by his own townsmen. In either case, the message is clear: Jeremiah's knowledge and authority came directly from God, not from his own intuition.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Rather, gave me knowledge of it, and I knew it. Jeremiah shows (Jeremiah 11:18–23), that the general conspiracy of the people …
19th Century
Anglican
And the Lord hath given me knowledge. —A new section opens abruptly, and the prophet speaks no longer of the sins of Israel and Judah at l…
16th Century
Protestant
We know that they were all very wicked. Though they were proved guilty, they were not willing to yield, to acknowledge and confess their fault; ins…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the Lord has given me knowledge of it Either of what he had been declaring as the sins of these people; and of what h…
The prophet Jeremiah tells us much about himself; the times he lived in were very troublesome. Those of his own city plotted how they might cause h…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, the author shows how they transgressed by sinning against the prophet himself. What is said literally suits Jeremiah, who came to be hated by…
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