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For pass over to the isles of Kittim, and see; and send to Kedar, and consider diligently; and see if there has been such a thing.
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Commentators explain that God issues a rhetorical challenge, telling Israel to survey the entire known world. He points to the West ("isles of Kittim," likely Cyprus or Greece) and the East ("Kedar," or Arabia) to demonstrate that no other nation behaves as they do.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Kedar signifies the whole East, and the isles of Chittim (Isaiah 23:12, see note) the West. If then you traverse all lands from west to…
19th Century
Anglican
Pass over the isles ... —Chittim is named as, from the prophet’s point of view, the furthest country in the west ([Refere…
Baptist
Therefore I will yet plead with you, says the LORD, and with your children’s children I will plead. For pass over the Isles of Chittim, and see…
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16th Century
Protestant
Here, by a comparison, he amplifies the wickedness and ingratitude of his own nation—that they had surpassed in fickleness all pagan nations; for h…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see Or, "to the isles of Chittim" F26 ; so called from Kittim the…
Before God punishes sinners, he pleads with them, to bring them to repentance. He pleads with us, what we should plead with ourselves. Be afraid to…
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13th Century
Catholic
Here, he magnifies their guilt by noting the enormity of their wrongdoing. First, he states his intention, which is judgment: I will still cont…
