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Nevertheless hear you now this word that I speak in your ears, and in the ears of all the people:
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The Prophet's Burden
Commentators explain that Jeremiah's "Nevertheless" marks a crucial pivot. After expressing his personal desire for the people's well-being, he shows that a true servant of God must prioritize proclaiming God's difficult truth over personal wishes or popular sentiment. His love for the people made the message of judgment harder, not easier, to deliver.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Jeremiah’s own wishes concurred with Hananiah’s prediction, but he asserts that this prediction was at variance with the language of the older prop…
16th Century
Protestant
Jeremiah, having testified that he did not wish for anything harmful to his own people, but wished them well, now adds that what he had predicted w…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Nevertheless, hear you now this word that I speak in your ears and in the ears of all the people; Though this would be ve…
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Hananiah spoke a false prophecy. His prophecy contained no word of good counsel urging the Jews to repent and return to God. He promises temporal m…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, Jeremiah’s response is given. First, he shows his emotion by desiring that what he had said would be fulfilled: amen
