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I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life; and their dead bodies shall be for food to the birds of the sky, and to the animals of the earth.
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The Ultimate Penalty
Commentators agree that the punishment described—being killed by merciless enemies and left unburied—is presented as the most extreme penalty for transgression. This fate, mentioned elsewhere in Jeremiah, signifies a total and horrifying judgment for breaking their solemn covenant with God.
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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…
19th Century
Anglican
Their dead bodies shall be for meat ... —As in Jeremiah 7:33; Jeremiah 16:4; Jeremiah 19:7, this ta…
16th Century
Protestant
He confirms and explains what he had previously said, and expresses how the punishment would be executed: that he would deliver them i…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I will even give them into the hand of their enemies The Chaldeans, who were the enemies of the Jews, that were come…
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…
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