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I set watchmen over you, [saying], Listen to the sound of the trumpet; but they said, We will not listen.
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God's Appointed Messengers
Commentators unanimously identify the 'watchmen' as God's prophets. Just as a sentinel on a wall warns of approaching danger, God lovingly appoints messengers to warn His people. Scholars like John Gill extend this role to New Testament teachers and preachers who watch for souls and warn of spiritual danger.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Watchmen - The prophets (Isaiah 52:8).
The second of the trumpet - This was the signal for flight ([Reference Jerem…
19th Century
Anglican
Watchmen. —that is, the sentinels of the army, as in 1 Samuel 14:16, giving the signal in this case, not for advance b…
16th Century
Protestant
This is an explanation of the last verse, yet it is not simply that; for the Prophet, by a comparison, emphasizes the stubbornness of the people. T…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Also I set watchmen over you That is, prophets, as Jarchi; true prophets, as Kimchi; such an one was Ezekiel, ([Reference…
When the Lord arises to take vengeance, no sinners of any age or rank, or of either sex escape. Their hearts were set on the world, and they were w…
13th Century
Catholic
1. Here, the author addresses their disobedience.
First, he establishes their guilt—namely, their disobedience to the comma…
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