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All your lovers have forgotten you; they don`t seek you: for I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the greatness of your iniquity, because your sins were increased.
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Forsaken by False Saviors
Commentators unanimously identify Judah's 'lovers' as the political allies, like Egypt and Assyria, they had trusted instead of God. John Calvin calls this a form of spiritual adultery. The verse shows that when God's judgment comes, these worldly sources of security will inevitably fail and abandon His people. It's a stark reminder to place ultimate trust in God alone, not in human powers or institutions.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For the multitude ... - Or,
Because of the multitude of thine iniquity,
Because thy sins are strong.
19th Century
Anglican
All your lovers have forgotten you ... —The lovers of a nation are, of course, as in Jeremiah 22:20, its allies and tribu…
Baptist
There is none to plead your cause, that you may be bound up: you have no healing medicines. All your lovers have forgotten you:
Out …
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16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet again repeats that nothing remained for Israel as coming from men, for no one offered to bring help. Some, indeed, explain the words as…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
All your lovers have forgotten thee The Egyptians and Assyrians, whom they sought unto for help, and entered into an…
When God is against a people, who will be for them? Who can be for them, so as to do them any kindness? Incurable griefs are owing to incurable lus…
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13th Century
Catholic
Here, the prophet promises liberation from destruction—from the great affliction they had endured. Concerning this, there are two points.