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A Fitting Punishment
Commentators like Ellicott and Calvin highlight a chilling form of divine justice. The people had sacrificed their sons and daughters to idols in the Valley of Hinnom. As a direct and fitting punishment, God declares they will be driven by famine to eat the flesh of their own children. This demonstrates a "dread law of retribution," where the punishment horrifically mirrors the sin.
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Jeremiah
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19th Century
Bishop
I will cause them to eat ... —Once again an echo, almost a quotation, from Deuteronomy (Deuteronomy 28:53). T…
16th Century
Theologian
Here the Prophet goes further: the calamity would be so atrocious that even fathers and mothers would not abstain from their children but would dev…
17th Century
Pastor
And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons, and the
flesh of their daughters
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17th Century
Minister
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…