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and they came in, and possessed it, but they didn`t obey your voice, neither walked in your law; they have done nothing of all that you commanded them to do: therefore you have caused all this evil to come on them.
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Calamity as Just Judgment
Commentators stress that the "evil" besieging Jerusalem was not a random tragedy but a direct and righteous judgment from God. Jeremiah's prayer acknowledges that the people's suffering was the deserved consequence of their persistent disobedience. This affirms God's justice even in severe discipline, a point Matthew Henry notes is key to understanding perplexing providence.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Possessed - See Jeremiah 8:10 note.
19th Century
Anglican
And hast brought forth thy people Israel ... —The verses travel over ground so familiar as to require no comment, but the…
Baptist
Which hast set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day, and in Israel, and among other men; and hast made thee a name, as at…
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16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet in this verse confesses that God’s vengeance was just when the people were cast out of the land and driven into exile. This was because…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they came in and possessed it After forty years travel in the wilderness; they entered into it with Joshua at th…
Jeremiah adores the Lord and his infinite perfections. Whenever we are perplexed about the methods of Providence, it is good for us to look to firs…
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13th Century
Catholic
Here, the author describes the punishment inflicted upon the Jews by divine justice. To demonstrate that this justice is righteous, he makes three …
