36. And now therefore--rather, "But now, nevertheless." Notwithstanding
that their guilt deserves lasting vengeance, God, for the elect's sake
and for His covenant's sake, will, contrary to all that might have been
expected, restore them.
ye say, It shall be delivered into . . . king of Babylon--The reprobate
pass from the extreme of self-confidence to that of despair of God's
fulfilling His promise of restoring them.
JFB.
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