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Now it happened in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, that all the people in Jerusalem, and all the people who came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem, proclaimed a fast before Yahweh.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
It came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim. —The Septuagint gives “the eighth year,” but the Hebrew text gives the mu…
16th Century
Protestant
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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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month
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.
13th Century
Catholic
The declaration is given to the people. The details are as follows:
First, the command to announce is given, as Jeremiah…
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