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Will you not from this time cry to me, My Father, you are the guide of my youth?
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A Rebuke or an Invitation?
Scholars are divided on the tone of God's question. Some, like Charles Ellicott, see it as stern irony, a rhetorical question highlighting Israel's hypocrisy during Josiah's reforms ('Haven't you been calling me Father while continuing to sin?'). However, most commentators, including John Calvin and Charles Spurgeon, view it as a genuine, heartfelt invitation from a grieving God who desires reconciliation and is actively calling His people back.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Or, have you not from this time called me, My Father, thou art the husband of my youth? That is, from the time of Josiah’s reform…
19th Century
Anglican
Will you not from this time cry to me ...? —Better, Have you not from this time cried to me ...? The prophet pai…
Baptist
Will you not come back again? You are invited to return to the Lord, despite your wandering, your perverseness, your abominable iniquity. Will you …
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16th Century
Protestant
God, after having shown the wickedness of his people and severely rebuked them as they deserved, now kindly invites them to repentance. Wilt th…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me These words are either a confirmation and proof of that impudence with whic…
In repentance, it is good to reflect on the sins of which we have been guilty, and the places and companies where they have been committed. How gen…
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13th Century
Catholic
Here, the prophet calls them to repentance.
First, he addresses the invitation to return.
Second, he addresses the stubbornness of th…