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This is your lot, the portion measured to you from me, says Yahweh; because you have forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.
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A Just and Reversed Lot
Commentators explain that God is turning Israel's concept of their "lot" or "inheritance" on its head. They boasted that God and the Promised Land were their portion, but because of their unfaithfulness, God has measured out a new, just portion for them: judgment and exile. This calamity was a direct and deliberate consequence from the Lord Himself.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The portion of your measures – that is, “your measured portion” (Job 11:9). Others render it: “the portion of your lap,” the upp…
19th Century
Anglican
The portion of your measures. —The meaning of the latter word is doubtful, but it is probably used, as in [Reference 1 Samuel 4:12…
16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet no doubt wished to strip the Jews of their vain confidence, through which they acted arrogantly and presumptuously towards God, even wh…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
This is your lot Meaning not the king's, or the queen's only, but the lot of the whole Jewish state.
t…
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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