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and send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the children of Ammon, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers who come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah;
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A Futile Alliance
Commentators explain that the messengers from Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon were in Jerusalem to forge a military alliance with King Zedekiah against the Babylonian empire. This coalition represented the region's best human effort to resist conquest, giving Judah a false sense of security that Jeremiah's prophecy was meant to shatter.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Come – Or, have come. The ambassadors of these five kings had probably come to Jerusalem to consult about forming a league to throw off the …
19th Century
Anglican
And send them to the king of Edom. — The princes who are named had, as the context shows, sent their ambassadors to Zedek…
16th Century
Protestant
Jeremiah prefaces this prediction by saying that it was delivered to him at the beginning of Jehoiakim’s reign. But this beginning, as we have said…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king…
Jeremiah is to prepare a sign that all the neighbouring countries would be made subject to the king of Babylon. God asserts his right to dispose of…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, after presenting a clear title, the prophet refutes the false comfort offered by the prophets. He does this first in a general way,…
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