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Therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that it shall no more be said, As Yahweh lives, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
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A Deeper Despair
Commentators explain that this promise of a greater deliverance implies a far more terrible trial. The coming Babylonian exile would be so severe, scattering the people widely, that it would make the legendary suffering in Egypt seem mild by comparison. This new, deeper despair would require an even greater miracle from God.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
These two verses, by promising a deliverance greater than that from Egypt, implied also a chastisement more terrible than the bondage in the iron f…
19th Century
Anglican
Behold, the days come ... — Judgment and mercy are tempered in the promise. Here the former is predominant. Afterwards, i…
16th Century
Protestant
Jeremiah seems here to promise a return to the Jews; and so the passage is commonly interpreted, as though a consolation is inserted, in which the …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Therefore, behold, the days come, says the Lord Or nevertheless, "notwithstanding" F4 their sins and iniq…
The restoration from the Babylonian captivity would be remembered in place of the deliverance from Egypt; it also typified spiritual redemption, an…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, he gives the cause of the previously mentioned punishment.
First, he poses the question: why has the LORD spoken all this great…
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