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Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up your voice in Bashan, and cry from Abarim; for all your lovers are destroyed.
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A Hopeless Cry
Commentators like Calvin and Gill explain that God's command to "go up and cry" is deeply ironic. Judah is being mocked for its misplaced trust. They are told to shout for help from the highest mountains, but it's a futile act because their allies are defeated and God's judgment is certain. Their desperate cries will go unanswered.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The third example, Jehoiachin. With him, all the best and noblest of the land were dragged from their homes to populate the empty places of Babylon…
19th Century
Anglican
Go up to Lebanon. —The great mountain ranges—Lebanon and Bashan (Psalms 68:15)—running from north to south, that overl…
16th Century
Protestant
Jeremiah triumphs over the Jews and derides their presumption in thinking that they would be safe, even though God was against them. He then shows …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Go up to Lebanon, and cry These words are directed to Jerusalem and its inhabitants, and to the people of the Jews; …
The Jewish state is described under a threefold character. Very haughty in a day of peace and safety. Very fearful at the alarm of trouble. Very mu…
