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Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, you backsliding Israel, says Yahweh; I will not look in anger on you; for I am merciful, says Yahweh, I will not keep [anger] forever.
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A Message for Two Audiences
Commentators explain that while Jeremiah's proclamation is directed "toward the north" to the exiled ten tribes of Israel, it also had a secondary audience. By publicly offering mercy to Israel, who was judged more harshly than Judah, God was simultaneously shaming the unrepentant kingdom of Judah and demonstrating the path of return available to them as well.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The north – The ten tribes, settled by Salmanezer in the north of Assyria.
I will not cause my anger to fall upon you…
19th Century
Anglican
Toward the north. —The prophet utters his message toward the far land of Assyria and the cities of the Medes, to which th…
Baptist
And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah has not turned to me with her whole heart, but insincerely, says the LORD.
An…
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16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet, after having shown that the tribe of Judah deserved a heavier punishment than the ten tribes, and having mentioned the cause: that the…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Go and proclaim these words towards the north With his face thitherwards, towards Babylon, which lay north of Judea,…
See God's readiness to pardon sin, and the blessings reserved for gospel times. These words were proclaimed toward the north: to Israel, the ten tr…
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13th Century
Catholic
Here, he calls them back from the punishment of captivity.
