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Therefore all those who devour you shall be devoured; and all your adversaries, everyone of them, shall go into captivity; and those who despoil you shall be a spoil, and all who prey on you will I give for a prey.
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The Surprising 'Therefore' of Grace
Commentators are struck by the word "Therefore." After describing Israel's incurable sin, one might expect continued punishment. Instead, God declares He will turn on their enemies. The logic is divine, not human: "Because you are utterly helpless and your situation is incurable by human means, therefore I will intervene to save you." As Charles Spurgeon notes, this is a powerful display of God's sovereign grace, which shines brightest when all human hope is gone.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Therefore - that is, because you have undergone your punishment and cried out in consciousness of your guilt.
19th Century
Baptist
Because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee. Therefore
Now I read this morning, and I could not he…
16th Century
Protestant
Here, again, the Prophet promises that God would be gracious to His people, but after a long time, when that perverseness would be subdued, which c…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured Thus rendering the words, they are to be connected with ([Reference Jere…
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…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, the prophet promises liberation from destruction—from the great affliction they had endured. Concerning this, there are two points.
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