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19 lines
565 B
Markdown
# Behold!
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"Pay attention!"
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# the daughter of my people
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"my dear people". Jeremiah shows his affection for them, as if for a daughter. See Jeremiah 4:11.
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# from a land far away
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"from exile in a distant land" or "throughout our land"
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# Is Yahweh not in Zion? Is her king no longer there?
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"Why does Yahweh not save us if he is the king in Zion?"
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# Why then do they provoke me to anger with their carved figures and their worthless foreign idols?
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"If they want me to save them, then they must not offend me with their carved figures". "me" refers to Yahweh. |