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A Judgment for All
Commentators emphasize that the coming destruction will affect everyone, "both great and small." Unlike some disasters that might spare the wealthy or powerful, God's judgment on Judah would be all-encompassing. The nobles and the common people alike would face death without distinction, with no one to even bury or lament them.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 16:6
18th Century
Theologian
Cut themselves ... make themselves bald - Both these practices were strictly forbidden in the Law (marginal references) probably as being pa…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 16:6
19th Century
Bishop
Nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald. — Both practices were forbidden by the Law ([Reference Lev…
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 16:6–7
16th Century
Theologian
He pursues the same subject: he says that all would die indiscriminately, the common people as well as the chief men, and that none would be exempt…
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John Gill
On Jeremiah 16:6
17th Century
Pastor
Both the great and the small shall die in this land. The nobles as well as the common people, high and low, rich and poor…
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 16:1–9
17th Century
Minister
The prophet must conduct himself as one who expected to see his country ruined very shortly. Anticipating sad times, he is to abstain from marriage…