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Haven`t you procured this to yourself, in that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, when he led you by the way?
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Self-Inflicted Suffering
The commentators unanimously agree that Israel's calamities were self-inflicted. The verse asks, "Hast thou not procured this unto thyself?" meaning they brought their troubles upon themselves by their own choices. Charles Spurgeon vividly describes this as making "the rod for your own back." This serves as a powerful call to self-examination, urging believers to consider if their hardships stem from choices that have led them away from God.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The way - Either the journey through the wilderness, or the way of holiness.
19th Century
Anglican
Hast thou not procured this ...? —The secret cause of the calamities is brought to light. Jehovah was leading Israel, but…
Baptist
Have you not procured this unto yourself, in that you have forsaken the LORD your God, when he led you by the way?
You who are depr…
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16th Century
Protestant
These verses are to be read together, for the Prophet first shows that Israel was not originally miserable, but that this happened through a new ca…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Have you not procured this unto yourself All this desolation and destruction, both from the Egyptians and the Babylonians…
Is Israel a servant? No, they are the seed of Abraham.
We may apply this spiritually: Is the soul of man a slave? No, it is not; but it has …
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13th Century
Catholic
1. Here, the prophet magnifies their guilt by noting the stubbornness of their minds.
He does this for two reasons: first, because the…
