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Therefore the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,
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God's Word in Response
The phrase "Therefore the word of the Lord came" is not a simple transition. Commentators explain it directly links God's message to the people's treacherous act of re-enslaving their freed kinsmen. This shows that God is not a distant observer; His word actively engages with and responds to human obedience and, in this case, flagrant disobedience and hypocrisy.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Commentators usually say that the laws dealing with the emancipation of the Hebrew slaves, as well as the law of the land resting during the sabbat…
16th Century
Protestant
Though we do not read that what the Prophet relates here was done by God’s command, yet we may easily gather that Zedekiah the king had been warned…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Therefore the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah from the Lord The word of Jehovah the…
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A Jew should not be held in servitude for more than seven years. This law they and their fathers had broken. And when there was some hope that the …
13th Century
Catholic
Here, he threatens those who transgressed.
First, he speaks of the guilt of their fathers when he speaks of the covenant…
