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It happened after many days, that Yahweh said to me, Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take the belt from there, which I commanded you to hide there.
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Many Days, Seventy Years
Commentators unanimously agree that the phrase "after many days" is a direct symbol for the long duration of the Babylonian exile. This period, specified elsewhere as seventy years, was necessary for the symbolic girdle (representing Judah) to rot, illustrating the severity and length of the coming judgment.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Many days — The seventy years’ captivity.
19th Century
Anglican
After many days. — Here again the interval is undefined, but it must have been long enough (we may conjecture, perhaps, s…
16th Century
Protestant
I have said that there is here a new prophecy, for the Prophet is said to buy for himself a girdle or a belt, or, according to some, a truss or bre…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And it came to pass after many days
When the girdle had lain long in the hole, by the side of Euphrates; this deno…
It was common for the prophets to teach by signs. And we have the explanation in Jeremiah 13:9-11.
The people of Israel had been to God as t…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, the prophet shows the dignity of the people based on their connection to God.
The passage is divided into two parts. The first is an a…
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