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Yahweh has done that which he purposed; he has fulfilled his word that he commanded in the days of old; He has thrown down, and has not pitied: He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you; he has exalted the horn of your adversaries.
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God's Word Fulfilled
Commentators unanimously agree that Jerusalem's destruction was not a random tragedy or a mere military defeat. It was the direct fulfillment of God's sovereign purpose, a plan He had explicitly revealed in His Word "in the days of old." Scholars like Gill and Calvin point specifically to the covenant curses in books like Leviticus and Deuteronomy, showing that God was faithfully carrying out the warnings He had given centuries earlier.
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Lamentations
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18th Century
Presbyterian
What he had devised - Or, what he purposed. Zion’s ruin was the fulfillment of God’s determination, of which they had been forewarned from …
19th Century
Anglican
The Lord has done ... —The writer points, in opposition to the boasts of the enemies, to the true author of the misery of…
16th Century
Protestant
If the Prophet had related only the boastings of enemies, the people would probably have become more hardened in their sorrow. But now, on the othe…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The Lord has done [that] which he had devised It was not so much the Chaldeans that did it, though they ascribed it to th…
Causes for lamentation are described. Multitudes perished by famine. Even little children were slain by their mother's hands and eaten, according t…
13th Century
Catholic
Here he presents the approval of the judge.
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