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As keepers of a field are they against her round about, because she has been rebellious against me, says Yahweh.
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A Picture of Total Siege
Commentators explain that the image of "keepers of a field" paints a picture of a total and inescapable blockade. Just as watchmen surround a valuable field from all sides to prevent anything from getting in or out, the invading army would encircle Jerusalem, cutting off all escape routes. This vivid picture illustrates the totality of the coming judgment.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Jeremiah compares the tents of the besiegers on guard around Jerusalem to the booths erected by shepherds or farmers for the protection of their fl…
19th Century
Anglican
Field. —With the meaning, as in all early English, of “open,” not “enclosed,” country (Leviticus 14:7; [Reference Levi…
Baptist
How long shall your vain thoughts lodge within you? For a voice declares from Dan, and publishes affliction from Mount Ephraim. Make mention to…
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16th Century
Protestant
He suggests here that there would be no escape for the Jews when God brought the Chaldeans, because every way out, all the paths, would be closed u…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
As keepers of a field, are they against her round about As those that are set to watch a field, in which are fruit a…
The fierce conqueror of the neighboring nations was to make Judah desolate. The prophet was afflicted to see the people lulled into security by fal…
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13th Century
Catholic
Here, he predicts the siege:
The messenger of the siege. From Dan, whose land the Chaldeans would encounter first …
