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But if they will not hear, then will I pluck up that nation, plucking up and destroying it, says Yahweh.
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The Severity of Judgment
Commentators note the emphatic language God uses: "plucking up and destroying." This phrase, linked to Jeremiah's original calling (Jeremiah 1:10), underscores the absolute seriousness of rejecting God's offer. The judgment for disobedience is not minor; it is the total removal and destruction of any nation that refuses to hear and obey Him.
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Jeremiah
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19th Century
Anglican
I will utterly pluck up. — In this verse, as in the preceding one, there is an obvious reference to the prophet’s calling…
16th Century
Protestant
As he had shown that there was a sure hope of salvation for his own people if the Gentiles would embrace his mercy, so he now threatens the Gentile…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But if they will not obey Or "hear" F11 ; the word of the Lord, and hearken to the ministers of the Gospel, an…
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Presbyterian
The Lord would plead the cause of his people against their evil neighbors. Yet he would afterwards show mercy to those nations, when they learn tru…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, he speaks of the comfort that will arise from the punishment of the enemy, addressing three points.
He speaks of their remov…
