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How long will you go here and there, you backsliding daughter? for Yahweh has created a new thing in the earth: a woman shall encompass a man.
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A Call to Stop Wandering
Commentators agree that the first part of the verse is a tender and compassionate call from God to His people. He sees them as a "backsliding daughter" restlessly wandering and seeking comfort in places where it can't be found. The plea, "How long will you go about?" is an invitation to stop the futile search and find true rest and satisfaction by returning to Him.
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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
How long will you go about...?—The word describes the restless pacing to and fro of impatient, unsatisfied desire. The ba…
Baptist
Set yourself up waymarks, make yourself high heaps: set your heart toward the highway, even the way which you went: turn again, O virgin of Isr…
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16th Century
Protestant
As the Prophet had promised a return to the people, he now rebukes especially the Israelites, who looked here and there and could never rest in the…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
How long will you go about, O you backsliding daughter? From place to place, from country to country, from one kingdom to…
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…
