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Therefore will I also uncover your skirts on your face, and your shame shall appear.
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A Just Retaliation
Commentators like Calvin and Barnes emphasize the phrase "I also," explaining that God's judgment is a direct and just retaliation. Just as Judah brought shame upon God by rejecting Him for idols, God, in turn, will expose their shame publicly. This is not arbitrary cruelty but a deserved consequence for their unfaithfulness.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Therefore will I - literally, “And I also”; I also must have my turn, I too must retaliate. ().
19th Century
Anglican
Therefore will I discover ... —The threat is substantially the same as that in Jeremiah 13:22. The form is verbally ident…
16th Century
Protestant
He continues the same subject — that God did not treat His people with such severity without the most just cause. For it could not be expected that…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Therefore will I discover your skirts upon your face Turn them up, or throw them over the head or face; that is, expose 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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