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Yahweh said to me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear you the words of this covenant, and do them.
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A Public Preaching Tour
Scholars suggest this command was not abstract but a literal, public preaching tour. Jeremiah was likely to have traveled from city to city, possibly with King Josiah during his reforms, proclaiming the words of the recently rediscovered Book of the Law to call the people back to their covenant obligations.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Proclaim ... - Probably Jeremiah accompanied Josiah in his progress (2 Kings 23:15–20), and everywhere read to the people the wo…
19th Century
Anglican
In the cities of Judah ... —It is, at least, probable that the words are to be taken literally, and that the prophet went from cit…
16th Century
Protestant
Here the Prophet explains more clearly why he had been commanded to proclaim the words of the covenant: for the greater part of the people were no …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then the Lord said to me Again; for this is a repetition of the above order: proclaim all these words in the …
God never promised to bestow blessings on his rational creatures while they persist in willful disobedience. Pardon and acceptance are promised fre…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, he shows the dignity of the people from the fact that, having entered into a covenant with God, they were bound together.
First, he sp…
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