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No Escape from Judgment
Commentators explain that the question "Whither shall we go?" is not an offer of escape routes. Instead, God answers the people's potential complaints or scorn with a list of unavoidable fates. When judgment is decreed due to persistent sin, there is no place to flee; the only "destinations" are the specific punishments God has ordained.
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Jeremiah
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Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 15:2
19th Century
Bishop
Such as are for death ... —The difference between the first two forms of punishment is that the first possibly points to …
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 15:1–2
16th Century
Theologian
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…
John Gill
On Jeremiah 15:2
17th Century
Pastor
And it shall come to pass, if they say to you As doubtless they will, when this message is brought to them: w…
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Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 15:1–9
17th Century
Minister
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 …