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A Judgment of Utter Dishonor
Commentators explain that God's judgment wasn't just death by the sword. It included the subsequent horror of having their bodies desecrated by dogs, birds, and wild beasts. In the ancient world, being left unburied was the ultimate shame and a sign of complete defeat, showing the totality of God's wrath.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 15:3
18th Century
Theologian
Kinds – literally, as noted in the margin, that is, classes of things. The first is to destroy the living, the other three to mutilate and c…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 15:3
19th Century
Bishop
Four kinds. —The sword, as the direct instrument of death, is followed by those that follow up its work: the beasts and birds of p…
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 15:3
16th Century
Theologian
Jeremiah proceeds with the same subject. He said yesterday that the people were no longer cared for by God, and so nothing remained for them but to…
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John Gill
On Jeremiah 15:3
17th Century
Pastor
And I will appoint over them four kinds, says the Lord
Or four families F24 , and these very devouring on…
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 …