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I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brothers, even the whole seed of Ephraim.
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A Warning from History
Commentators explain that God points to the recent exile of the northern kingdom, called 'the whole seed of Ephraim,' as a clear and undeniable precedent. Just as their 'brethren' were cast out for their sins, so too would Judah be exiled. This serves as a powerful reminder that God's warnings are often backed by historical examples of His judgment.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The whole seed of Ephraim - i.e., the whole of the nine northern tribes. Their casting out was a plain proof that the possession of the symb…
19th Century
Anglican
The whole seed of Ephraim. —The fate of the tribes of the Northern kingdom, among which Ephraim had always held the leading positi…
Baptist
You know how, through the sin of Eli's sons, God forsook Shiloh; and the tent of his house and the ark of his covenant were removed, and Shiloh bec…
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16th Century
Protestant
He concludes the former verse. The Prophet had indeed sufficiently explained himself, but this confirmation was necessary for a people so stubborn.…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And I will cast you out of my sight Or, "from before my face", or "faces" F14 ; out of the land of Judea, and …
No observances, professions, or supposed revelations will profit, if people do not amend their ways and their actions. None can claim an interest i…
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13th Century
Catholic
1. Here, the prophet excludes the third means of assistance on which the people might have relied: the practice of their religion. He addres…
