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Thus says Yahweh: If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, then will I also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, says Yahweh.
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An Unbreakable Promise
God uses a powerful analogy to guarantee His faithfulness. He declares that He will only cast off Israel if humans can achieve the impossible: measuring the heavens and exploring the earth's core. Commentators explain that since these tasks are beyond human ability, God's promise to preserve His people is absolutely certain and unbreakable.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
All the seed - Unworthy members of Israel may be cast away, but the people shall never entirely cease to exist.
19th Century
Anglican
If heaven above can be measured ... — The thought of the preceding verse is reproduced with a slight modification of mean…
Baptist
Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divid…
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16th Century
Protestant
He confirms the same thing by another comparison: that it would be impossible for God wholly to forget His covenant, but that He would again gather…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Thus says the Lord, if heaven above can be measured Either the space between the highest heavens and the earth; or t…
As surely as the heavenly bodies will continue their settled course, according to the will of their Creator, to the end of time, and as the raging …
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13th Century
Catholic
Here the confirmation of the promise is given.
He confirms it by the immutability of created things when he displays th…
