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God's Active Judgment
Commentators emphasize that God is the direct author of this judgment. While the pestilence had natural causes stemming from the siege, it is presented as a divine weapon. Scholars like Calvin and Gill explain that God was not a passive observer but was actively "smiting" the city, using the plague as one of His "arrows" to execute judgment against rebellion.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 21:6
18th Century
Theologian
A great pestilence - As the result of the excessive crowding of men and animals in a confined space with all sanitary regulations utterly ne…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 21:6
19th Century
Bishop
They shall die of a great pestilence. —This was undoubtedly, as in other instances (Thucydides 2.52), the natural consequ…
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 21:6–7
16th Century
Theologian
Jeremiah continues with the same message: that God had resolved to destroy Jerusalem and the people, at least for a time. But he points out here wh…
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John Gill
On Jeremiah 21:6
17th Century
Pastor
And I will smite the inhabitants of this city
With one or other of his arrows after mentioned: or, "them that abide …
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 21:1–10
17th Century
Minister
When the siege had begun, Zedekiah sent to ask Jeremiah concerning the event. In times of distress and danger, people often seek those to counsel a…