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Behold, I will bring a nation on you from far, house of Israel, says Yahweh: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you don`t know, neither understand what they say.
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A Mighty and Ancient Foe
God's judgment would come via a specific type of nation. Commentators explain that this nation (Babylon) was "mighty," meaning enduring and powerful, and "ancient," giving them a sense of pride and ferocity. Their distant origin was meant to shatter Judah's false sense of security, showing that no one is beyond the reach of God's judgment.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Israel is not used here for the ten tribes, but for the whole house of Jacob, of which Judah was now the representative.
Mighty – “pe…
19th Century
Anglican
O house of Israel. —Apparently, as there is no contrast with Judah, in its wider sense, as including the whole body of th…
Baptist
See how, in the midst of his wrath, God remembers mercy. He utters a terrible sentence concerning transgressors, and then he pauses, and says, "Nev…
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16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet shows here how the people would become like straw or dry wood, for God would bring a sure calamity which they did not fear.
But …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far From Babylon, as in (Jeremiah 4:16). O house of Israe…
Multitudes are ruined by believing that God will not be so strict as his word says he will; by this artifice Satan undid mankind. Sinners are not w…
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13th Century
Catholic
1. Here, he discusses their sins specifically:
