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Look, Yahweh, and see to whom you have done thus! Shall the women eat their fruit, the children that are dandled in the hands? Shall the priest and the prophet be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?
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An Appeal to Relationship
Commentators explain that the plea, "See... to whom you have done this," is a powerful appeal to God's covenant relationship with His people. It's not a complaint of unfairness but a desperate cry from His chosen children, reminding God of His promises and asking for mercy based on their special identity as His own. This teaches believers to approach God in prayer based on their identity in Christ.
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Lamentations
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The sense is: See, Yahweh, and look! Whom have You treated thus? Shall women eat their fruit—children whom they must still carry?, the swa…
19th Century
Anglican
To whom you have done this — i.e., not to a heathen nation, but to the people whom Jehovah Himself had chosen.
16th Century
Protestant
Here, also, Jeremiah dictates words, or a form of prayer, to the Jews. This complaint served to excite pity, because God had afflicted not stranger…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Behold, O Lord, and consider to whom you have done this. On whom you have brought these calamities of famine and sword; n…
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 the prophet presents his prayer.
First, he appeals for mercy because of the cruelty of the punishment.
Second, because of its un…
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