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Yet they didn`t obey, nor turn their ear, but walked everyone in the stubbornness of their evil heart: therefore I brought on them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they didn`t do them.
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Judgment as History, Not Theory
Multiple commentators point out that the phrase 'I will bring' is better translated as 'I have brought.' This means God is not just making a future threat but reminding the people of past judgments, like the exile of the northern kingdom, which resulted from the same stubborn disobedience. The history of sin and consequence was a clear warning they were ignoring.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I will bring - Rather, I have brought. The breach of the covenant on their part had always brought temporal calamity. The last examples were…
19th Century
Anglican
Imagination. —Better, as before (Jeremiah 3:17), stubbornness.
Therefore I will bring upon them. —Bet…
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
Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear Though they had such strong solicitations and fair warnings, and these repeat…
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, the prophet shows how they have transgressed the covenant:
By sinning against God.
Concerning this first point, there…
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