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Set up road signs, make guideposts; set your heart toward the highway, even the way by which you went: turn again, virgin of Israel, turn again to these your cities.
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Prepare for the Promise
Commentators explain that God's command to 'set up waymarks' was a practical instruction for the exiled Israelites. After years in captivity, many had lost hope of returning. God calls them to shake off their despair and actively prepare for their journey home by marking the route. This teaches that faith in God's promises often involves active, hopeful preparation on our part, even when fulfillment seems distant.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The religious character of the restoration of the ten tribes. Chastisement brought repentance, and with it forgiveness; therefore God decrees their…
19th Century
Anglican
Set thee up way marks ... —It will be noted that the figure is changed, and that instead of “Ephraim, the dear son,” we have Israe…
Baptist
Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel…
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16th Century
Protestant
He describes what mercy would do: namely, that God would eventually restore the captives and bring them back from exile to their own country. Howev…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Set you up way marks, make you high heaps Of stones, raised up as pillars, or like pyramids; or upright, as palm trees, which …
The way from the bondage of sin to the liberty of God's children is a highway. It is plain and safe, yet none are likely to walk in it unless they …
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13th Century
Catholic
v.21a
Here, instruction is given to the penitent: establish for yourself a watchtower (speculam), so that yo…
