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Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.
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A Desperate, Futile Flight
Commentators note that the cry "Flee, save your lives!" captures the panic of the Moabites. Some scholars, like John Gill, suggest the prophet speaks ironically, highlighting that even their frantic attempts to escape would be in vain. This serves as a stark reminder that there is no true escape from God's judgment apart from repentance.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Like the heath - Or, Like a destitute man. See the marginal reference note.
19th Century
Anglican
Be like the heath in the wilderness. —Here, as in Jeremiah 17:6, the stunted solitary shrub in the desert is taken as the…
16th Century
Protestant
Here Jeremiah uses another figure, that weeping would be heard everywhere in the ascent to Luhith. It is probable, and it appears from the Prophet’…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Flee, save your lives These are either the words of the Moabites, their cry of destruction mentioned in the latter part o…
