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Their Redeemer is strong; Yahweh of Hosts is his name: he will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
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God as Kinsman-Redeemer
Commentators highlight that the Hebrew word for "Redeemer" (Go'el) refers to the "next of kin." This person had a legal and familial duty to rescue relatives from slavery, buy back their land, and avenge their cause. This means God's deliverance is not just a random act of power, but a deeply personal and covenantal obligation. He is bound by relationship to plead your case and set you free.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Redeemer—that is, גאל gā'al. Yahweh is Israel’s next relative, bound by law to avenge him, as well as to ransom him from c…
19th Century
Anglican
Their Redeemer is strong. —The word for “Redeemer” (Goël) includes, as elsewhere (Numbers 35:12; Ruth 4:1…
16th Century
Protestant
Our Prophet returns to his former subject—that God, in destroying the Babylonian monarchy, would show regard for His chosen people. But the compari…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Their Redeemer [is] strong, the Lord of hosts [is] his name, &c.] And seeing his name is the Lord of hosts or armies, and…
It is Israel's comfort in distress that, though they are weak, their Redeemer is strong. This may be applied to believers, who complain of the domi…
