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A Fast of Desperation
Commentators explain this was not a routine religious holiday but an emergency fast proclaimed in response to a national crisis. Most scholars believe the threat of Nebuchadnezzar's approaching army prompted this solemn gathering, creating a high-stakes moment for the nation to humble itself before God.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 36:9
18th Century
Theologian
The ninth month answers to our December, and the fast was probably in commemoration of the capture of Jerusalem by the Chaldaeans in the previous y…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 36:9
19th Century
Bishop
It came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim. —The Septuagint gives “the eighth year,” but the Hebrew text gives the mu…
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 36:9–10
16th Century
Theologian
A fuller explanation is added here; for the Prophet relates nothing new, but, as is common in Hebrew, he expresses at length what he had previously…
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John Gill
On Jeremiah 36:9
17th Century
Pastor
And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of
Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 36:9–19
17th Century
Minister
Shows of piety and devotion may be found even among those who, though they keep up forms of godliness, are strangers and enemies to its power.
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