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Yahweh has sent to you all his servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, (but you have not listened, nor inclined your ear to hear,)

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God's Passionate Pursuit

The phrase "rising up early and sending them" is a powerful metaphor. Commentators explain it signifies God's own intense, personal, and earnest desire for His people to repent. It reveals a God who passionately pursues His people with great care and concern, not one who is distant or indifferent.

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Jeremiah

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John Calvin

John Calvin

On Jeremiah 25:3–5

16th Century

Theologian

Jeremiah now remonstrates with the Jews, because they had not only treacherously departed from the true worship of God and despised the whole teach…

John Gill

John Gill

On Jeremiah 25:4

17th Century

Pastor

And the Lord has sent to you all his servants the prophets, &c.] Not only him, but many others, Micah, Nahum, Zephaniah, …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Jeremiah 25:1–7

17th Century

Minister

The call to turn from evil ways to the worship and service of God, and for sinners to trust in Christ and partake of his salvation, concerns all pe…