That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O LORD.
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Gill's Exposition
Then the Lord said unto me,.... Again; for this is a repetition of the above order:
proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: with a loud voice, and openly,…
Barnes' Notes
As it is this day - God had kept the terms of the covenant. Whether the promised land would permanently remain the property of the Jews would depend upon their observance of their part of the…
The prophet here, as prosecutor in God's name, draws up an indictment against the Jews for wilful disobedience to the commands of their rightful Sovereign. For the more solemn management of this…
Cambridge Bible
your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as ancestors of those who entered upon the enjoyment of the land.
flowing with milk and honey For the expression cp. Jer 32:22; Exo 3:8; Exo 3:17, and…
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