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Jeremiah 7:15

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, [even] the whole seed of Ephraim.

Jeremiah 7:15 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 7:15

Theological / Devotional

Cast you out. That is, exile you to a foreign land. The land of Canaan was Jehovah’s land (see Lev. 25:23; Hosea 9:3), a land of His special care, ever under His watchful eye (see Deut. 11:12). From that sphere of watchful care Judah would now be removed (see Jer. 15:1; 23:39; 32:31; 52:3), even as the northern kingdom of Israel had been carried captive by Assyria (see 2 Kings 17:18–23; 23:27).

Ephraim. A term often used to designate the northern tribes (see Isa. 7:2; Hosea 4:17; 5:9; 12:1; cf. Ps. 78:67, 68). The tribe of Ephraim had been the most numerous and powerful in the north. Also from that tribe Jeroboam, the first king of the northern kingdom, had come. Hence the term “Ephraim” came to be applied to the whole kingdom.

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