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God's Delayed Justice
Commentators address the difficult question of why God allowed the murderer Ishmael to escape. They explain that God's justice is not always immediate. Sometimes, allowing a wicked person to live in disgrace serves as a prolonged, public spectacle of judgment, reminding us that a final, ultimate judgment is yet to come.
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Jeremiah
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Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 41:15
19th Century
Bishop
With eight men. —He had come with ten (Jeremiah 41:1), and it is a natural inference that two had perished in one or t…
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 41:15
16th Century
Theologian
He indeed met with poor success; he fled from his enemy when the whole people abandoned him, when he lost his soldiers; and he could not appear bef…
John Gill
On Jeremiah 41:15
17th Century
Pastor
But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with
eight men
Of the ten he br…
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Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 41:11–18
17th Century
Minister
The success of wickedness must be short, and none can prosper who harden their hearts against God. And those justly lose comfort in real fears, who…