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You have rejected me, says Yahweh, you are gone backward: therefore have I stretched out my hand against you, and destroyed you; I am weary with repenting.
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A Just and Direct Response
Commentators stress that God's judgment was not random but a direct consequence of Judah's actions. The verse states, "Thou hast rejected me," indicating that the people initiated the separation. Scholars explain that God's decision to "stretch out his hand" was a just and righteous response to their persistent rebellion and turning away from Him.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
This verse gives the reason why Yahweh refused to hear the prophet’s intercession. The due punishment has been delayed to the point of weariness, a…
19th Century
Anglican
You have forsaken me. —The Hebrew word has the stronger sense of rejecting or repudiating as well as simply leaving, and …
16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet shows here that the severe punishment he had spoken of could not be considered unjust, as those complaining men thought, who continuall…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You have forsaken me, says the Lord His worship, as the Targum; and had set up idols, and idol worship; and this was…
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
Here, the prophet gives the reason for their rejection.
First, a question of wonder is presented, which excludes three things:
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