See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
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Gill's Exposition
See, I have this day set thee over the nations, and over the kingdoms,.... Not as a prince, but as a prophet over them, to prophesy things concerning them, whether good or evil, which should certainly…
Barnes' Notes
I have ... set thee over - literally, I have made thee Pakeed, i. e., deputy. This title is given only to these invested with high authority (e. g. Gen 41:34; 2Ch 24:11; Jer 20:1; Jer 29:26). From…
Here is, I. Jeremiah's early designation to the work and office of a prophet, which God gives him notice of as a reason for his early application to that business (Jer 1:4, Jer 1:5): The word of the…
Cambridge Bible
set thee given thee authority to speak as My representative. It is the same word as that rendered "made governor" in Jer 40:5; Jer 40:7, and "made overseer" in Gen 39:4-5.
over the nations So Amos…
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