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As I live, says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Hosts, surely like Tabor among the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.
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God's Unbreakable Oath
The verse begins with "As I live," which commentators identify as a divine oath. God swears by His own existence to guarantee that His judgment on Egypt will happen. Scholars like John Calvin explain this was to counter the doubt of those who saw God's delay as a sign of inaction. It's a powerful reminder that God's promises and warnings are absolutely certain, even when their fulfillment seems slow.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
As Tabor is - Omit “is.” “He shall come like a Tabor among the mountains, and like a Carmel by the sea.” Tabor rises in the form of…
19th Century
Anglican
Surely as Tabor is among the mountains ... —Nebuchadnezzar in his high-towering greatness is compared to two of the most …
16th Century
Protestant
Why did the Prophet say this, if not because the Egyptians thought they had escaped, because the time had been delayed? Since, then, the length of …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
[As] I live, says the King, whose name [is] the Lord of hosts A greater King than eit…
Those who encroached on others, shall now themselves be encroached upon. Egypt is now like a very fair heifer, not accustomed to the yoke of subjec…