5Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.
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And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations.
Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle. …
What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.
You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-15)We have here fair warning given of the destruction of the land of Israel, which was now hastening on apace. God, by the prophet, not only sends notice of it, but will have it inculcated in the same expressions, to show that the thing is certain, that it is near, that the prophet is himself affected with it and desires they should be so too, but finds them deaf, and stupid, and unaffected. When the…
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