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God's Just Judgment
Commentators agree that this verse explains the reason for God's impending judgment: it is perfectly just. As Albert Barnes states, the punishment is not based on a whim but is "decreed upon full knowledge and examination of their actions." God's omniscience ensures that His response to Israel's sin is righteous and deserved, not arbitrary.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 16:17
18th Century
Theologian
This chastisement does not arise from caprice, but is decreed upon full knowledge and examination of their actions.
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 16:17
19th Century
Bishop
Mine eyes are upon all their ways. —The context shows that here also the thought is presented on its severer side. The si…
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 16:17
16th Century
Theologian
The Prophet now shows that the grievous calamity of which he had spoken would be a just reward for the wickedness of the people; for we know that t…
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John Gill
On Jeremiah 16:17
17th Century
Pastor
For my eyes are upon all their ways
Not only which they may take to hide themselves from their enemies, and where th…
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 16:14–21
17th Century
Minister
The restoration from the Babylonian captivity would be remembered in place of the deliverance from Egypt; it also typified spiritual redemption, an…