Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
<< Jeremiah 16:20 Jeremiah 17:1 >>
Jeremiah 16:21
Therefore—In order that all may be turned from idols to Jehovah, He will now give awful proof of His divine power in the judgments He will inflict.
this once—If the punishments I have heretofore inflicted have not been severe enough to teach them.
my name . . . Lord—Jehovah (Psalms 83:18): God's incommunicable name, to apply which to idols would be blasphemy. Keeping His threats and promises (Exodus 6:3).
The the Septuagint omits the first four verses, but other Greek versions have them.
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