Now, behold, I loose you this day from the chains which are on your hand. If it seem good to you to come with me into Babylon, come, and I will look well to you; but if it seem ill to you to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before you; where it seems good and right to you to go, there go.
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Here Jeremiah elaborates on what he had briefly touched upon before. The Hebrews were accustomed, in a few words, to state the substance of the who…
John Gill
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And now, behold, I loose you this day from the chains which
[were] upon your hands
Or…
Matthew Henry
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The captain of the guard seems to exult that he had been God's instrument to fulfill what Jeremiah had been God's messenger to foretell. Many can s…
Thomas Aquinas
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Having spoken of the destruction of the city and the captivity of the people, he speaks of the well-being of the remnant.
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John Calvin
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