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For this city has been to me a provocation of my anger and of my wrath from the day that they built it even to this day; that I should remove it from before my face,
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A Long History of Sin
Commentators highlight that God's anger wasn't due to recent events. The verse states Jerusalem was a "provocation... from the day that they built it." Scholars suggest this points back to the time of David and Solomon, indicating that sin and idolatry took root even during the city's supposed golden age. This shows how sin can be a persistent, long-term problem, not just a momentary failure.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The answer is divided into two parts:
19th Century
Anglican
From the day that they built it ... —The words confirm the inference already drawn in the preceding note, that the thoughts of the…
Baptist
Therefore thus says the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon…
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16th Century
Protestant
He confirms what we have just said, namely that God, however severely He might punish the Jews, would still not exceed due limits in His judgment, …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For this city has been tame [as] a provocation of mine anger and of my fury
Or, "up…
God's answer reveals the purposes of His wrath against that generation of the Jews, and the purposes of His grace concerning future generations. It…
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13th Century
Catholic
32:41a And I will rejoice over them when I do them good.
1. Here is the Lord’s response.
