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Then said Yahweh to me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.
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The Point of No Return
All commentators agree that this verse shows Judah's sin had reached a point of no return. God's judgment was now irreversible. By invoking Moses and Samuel, two of Israel's most powerful historical intercessors, God emphasizes the absolute finality of His decision. No amount of prayer, even from the greatest of saints, could now avert the coming exile.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Cast them out of my sight - Rather, “send them out of My presence, and let them go away.” The prophet is to dismiss them, because their medi…
19th Century
Anglican
Then the Lord said to me. — With a bold and terrible anthropomorphism, the prophet again speaks as if he heard the voice …
16th Century
Protestant
God again repeats what we have previously observed—that as the impieties and sins of the people had arrived at the highest pitch, there was no more…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then said the Lord to me, in answer to his expostulations and entreaties, (Jeremiah 14:19–22) , t…
The Lord declares that even Moses and Samuel must have pleaded in vain. The posing of this as a hypothetical situation, even if they were to stand …
13th Century
Catholic
1. This section presents the final and decisive rejection of the prophet’s prayer for the people.
First, the rejection of the prayer …
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