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Flee for safety, you children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise up a signal on Beth-haccherem; for evil looks forth from the north, and a great destruction.
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An Ancient Alarm System
Commentators explain that Jeremiah's call to blow a trumpet in Tekoa and raise a signal on Beth-haccherem describes a real-world alarm system. These were strategically high locations south of Jerusalem used to send audible and visual warnings of invasion. The prophet uses this familiar imagery to make the coming judgment from the north feel immediate and terrifyingly real.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Jeremiah addresses the men of Benjamin, either as being his own tribesmen or as a name appropriate to the people of Jerusalem, which also was situa…
19th Century
Anglican
The new discourse, or section of a discourse, deals more locally with the coming desolation of Jerusalem.
O ye children of Benja…
16th Century
Protestant
We have already seen that often punishment is not only mentioned by this Prophet as being near, but is also set, as it were, before our eyes. We ha…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
O you children of Benjamin The tribe of Benjamin was with the tribe of Judah, and continued with that in the pure worship…
Whatever methods are used, it is vain to contend with God's judgments. The more we indulge in the pleasures of this life, the more we make ourselve…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, the prophet excludes the second source of help on which the people might have relied: namely, the strength of the royal city, whose…
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