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If you say in your heart, Why are these things come on me? for the greatness of your iniquity are your skirts uncovered, and your heels suffer violence.
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God Answers the Heart's "Why?"
Commentators note that God anticipates the people's secret, self-justifying question: "Why is this happening to me?" The verse provides a clear, direct answer, leaving no room for excuses. The judgment is not arbitrary but a just consequence for their overwhelming sin, warning against the danger of self-deception and murmuring against God.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Made bare - Rather, “ill-used, treated with violence.” The long flowing robes worn by ladies of rank are to be laid aside, so that they may …
19th Century
Anglican
Are thy skirts discovered. —The “skirts,” or flowing train, worn by women of rank, the removal of which was the sign of e…
16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet again declares that God’s judgment would be just, which he had previously foretold; for hypocrites, we know, do not stop quarreling wit…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And if you say in your heart: Not daring to express it with the mouth; and which, notwithstanding, God, that knows the he…
Here is a message sent to King Jehoiakim and his queen. Their sorrows would be great indeed. If they ask, "Why do these things come upon us?" let t…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, he gives the application of the allegory, and on this topic, he makes two points.
First, he applies the allegory to the puni…
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