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"Yet even now," says Yahweh, "turn to me with all your heart, And with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning."
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An Urgent Invitation
Commentators emphasize the phrase "even now" as a powerful expression of God's grace. Despite the severity of the coming judgment, God provides a final, urgent opportunity for repentance. This is not a license to delay, but a call to seize the "acceptable time" for mercy, demonstrating God's incredible patience even with those who seem past hope.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Therefore – And now, since all this is so, there is one way of escape: true repentance. It is as if God said, “I have spoken all this, there…
19th Century
Anglican
Says the Lord.— The word says is here no common word in the Hebrew. It implies an authoritative and most weighty utteranc…
16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet, having proclaimed the dreadful judgment which we have noticed, now shows that he did not intend to terrify the people without reason b…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Therefore also now, says the Lord. Before this terrible and intolerable day, which is near at hand, comes; before these j…
The priests were to alarm the people with the near approach of Divine judgments. It is the work of ministers to warn of the fatal consequences of s…