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Listen, daughter, consider, and turn your ear. Forget your own people, and also your father`s house.
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A Call for Total Allegiance
Commentators universally interpret this verse as a call for a radical shift in loyalty. Just as a royal bride was to leave her old family and culture behind, believers are called to 'forget' their former life. This means forsaking worldly attachments, sinful habits, and old ways of thinking to give Christ wholehearted and undivided devotion. This isn't about erasing memories but about establishing a new, primary identity in Him.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Hearken, O daughter, and consider — This is probably to be understood as the language of the psalmist, in vision, uttering counsel …
19th Century
Anglican
Listen. —The address now turns to the bride.
Baptist
All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad. Kings' daughters were among…
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16th Century
Protestant
Hearken, O daughter! and consider. I have no doubt that what is said here concerns the Egyptian woman, whom the prophet has described as s…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline your ear These words are either spoken by the prophet, the author of …
If we desire to share these blessings, we must listen to Christ's word. We must forget our carnal and sinful attachments and pursuits. He must be o…
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13th Century
Catholic
Listen, O daughter. Here, the bride is praised in four ways:
