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I will make this city an astonishment, and a hissing; everyone who passes thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues of it.
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A Direct Divine Judgment
Commentators emphasize that the destruction of Jerusalem is not a random tragedy but a direct act from God. John Calvin highlights God's personal declaration, "I will make this city...", and other scholars explain the "plagues" as divine "smitings." This shows the calamity is a just and personal punishment for the people's wickedness, not an accident of history.
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Jeremiah
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19th Century
Anglican
Desolate, and an hissing. —See Jeremiah 18:16.
Because of all the plagues thereof. —The …
16th Century
Protestant
Jeremiah proceeds with his denunciation, and it was necessary for him to add this amplification, so that he might penetrate into their hard and per…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And I will make this city desolate, and a hissing: A hissing to its enemies; a hissing because desolate; when its walls s…
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Presbyterian
The prophet must give notice of ruin coming upon Judah and Jerusalem. Both rulers and ruled must attend to it. That place which holiness made the j…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, the full punishment is threatened.
First, he gives the place of the preaching: to the valley of the sons of Hinnom, whic…
