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I will cast you out, and your mother who bore you, into another country, where you were not born; and there shall you die.
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Shared Sin, Shared Judgment
Commentators explain that King Jeconiah's mother, Nehushta, was not an innocent victim but a powerful queen-regent who likely directed her son's wicked policies. Scholars note she was his 'associate in impiety,' and her exile demonstrates that God's judgment extends to all who participate in and encourage sin, regardless of their position or influence.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Mother - See (Jeremiah 13:18). It was her relationship, not to the dead king, but to the king regnant, which made her powerful.…
19th Century
Anglican
Thy mother that bare thee. —The youth of Coniah probably led to his mother assuming the authority of a queen-regent. She …
16th Century
Protestant
Here, again, the Prophet confirms what he had said of the severe vengeance which God would take on Jeconiah. And though he was in his thirty-sevent…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And I will cast thee out Out of his palace, out of the city of Jerusalem, and out of the land of Judea: and y…
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…
13th Century
Catholic
1. Here the threat against Jekoniah is presented:
First, he threatens captivity.
Second, he threatens steril…
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