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Therefore I will yet contend with you, says Yahweh, and with your children`s children will I contend.
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God as the Plaintiff
Commentators explain that the word "contend" (or "plead") is a legal term. God is not just expressing anger; He is formally bringing a lawsuit against His people, like a plaintiff laying out an indictment. This imagery highlights the broken covenant and the righteousness of God's complaint against their unfaithfulness.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Plead - The word used by the plaintiff setting forth his accusation in a law-court (see Job 33:13 note).
With you - The presen…
19th Century
Anglican
I will yet plead with you. —We hear, as it were, the echo of the words of Hosea 2:2. The injured lord and husband will ap…
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
The particle עוד (oud, meaning 'yet' or 'still'), is not without significance; for the Prophet implies that even if God had already punish…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the Lord Either verbally, by reasoning with them, and reproving them for their…
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…
