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Yet, Yahweh, you know all their counsel against me to kill me; don`t forgive their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from your sight; but let them be overthrown before you; deal you with them in the time of your anger.
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A Prophetic Judgment
Commentators agree that Jeremiah's harsh prayer is not a model for personal revenge. Instead, they see it as a prophetic and judicial act. Scholars like Calvin and Gill argue that Jeremiah, guided by the Holy Spirit, had special insight that his enemies were 'reprobate' and had committed a 'sin unto death.' Therefore, his words are a divine sentence, not a personal outburst of malice to be imitated by believers today.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Yet, Lord — Better, But, Lord. They conceal their plots, but God knows, and therefore must punish.
Neither blot out ... — Or, …
19th Century
Anglican
Yet, Lord, you know all their counsel ... —Secret as their plots had been, they were not hidden from Jehovah, nor, indeed…
16th Century
Protestant
I shall not be able to explain this verse today.
Prayer:
Grant, Almighty God, that since you exhort us daily, and even constantly to …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Yet, Lord, you know all their counsel against me to slay [me] However deep they had l…
When the prophet called to repentance, instead of obeying the call, the people devised devices against him. Thus sinners deal with the great Interc…
13th Century
Catholic
Here their obstinacy is shown by the fact that they would persecute their preachers, which was a figure of the persecution of Christ.
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