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Why will you die, you and your people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as Yahweh has spoken concerning the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?
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A Clear Choice of Life or Death
Jeremiah presents King Zedekiah and his people with a clear choice: submit to God's decreed judgment through Babylon and live, or resist and face certain destruction. Commentators highlight that this isn't just a political decision but a spiritual one. God, in His mercy, lays out the consequences to urge them toward the path of life.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Zedekiah was restless under the Babylonian yoke, and the false prophets found him all too ready to listen. He is addressed in the plural because hi…
16th Century
Protestant
Here is a threatening added; for all means were used not only to invite the Jews, but also to stimulate them to repent. The Prophet offered them pa…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Why will you die, you and your people, the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence
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Jeremiah persuades the king of Judah to surrender to the king of Babylon. Is it their wisdom to submit to the heavy iron yoke of a cruel tyrant, to…
13th Century
Catholic
Because those messengers might ask why he did not say such things to his own people who were intent on rebellion, he responds that he has…
