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A Solemn, Urgent Summons
Commentators universally agree that the threefold repetition of "earth" is a device for intense emphasis. It functions like a judge's gavel, signifying the solemnity, urgency, and absolute certainty of the divine decree that follows. John Calvin compares it to a hammer used to break through the people's stubborn refusal to listen to God's warnings.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 22:29
18th Century
Theologian
Earth - On the repetition compare (Jeremiah 7:4) note.
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 22:29
19th Century
Bishop
O earth, earth, earth. —The solemnity of the mystic threefold repetition expresses the certainty of the Divine decree ().…
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 22:29–30
16th Century
Theologian
The Prophet more fully confirms what I have recently referred to; and the repetition was not superfluous in exclaiming “earth” three times, for as …
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John Gill
On Jeremiah 22:29
17th Century
Pastor
O earth, earth, earth
Not Coniah himself, an earthly man; but either the inhabitants of the whole earth, or of the l…
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 22:20–30
17th Century
Minister
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…