I will this: Exodus 9:14-Job :, Exodus 14:4, Psalms 9:16, Ezekiel 6:7, Ezekiel 24:24, Ezekiel 24:27, Ezekiel 25:14 and they: Jeremiah 33:2, Exodus 15:3, Psalms 83:18, Isaiah 43:3, Amos 5:8 The Lord: or, JEHOVAH read more
Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is The LORD. Therefore — Because all the mercy I have shewed them, will not learn them to know my might, I will once for all make them to understand it, by the dreadful strokes of my vengeance.And — They shall know that my name is Jehovah; that I am not such a one as their idols, but one who have my being from myself, and give life and being to all other... read more
21. This once There is here most significant and portentous emphasis. The intimation is, that they were on the eve of such a signal display of God’s power as to compel, even from the heathen, the confession that his name is Jehovah. read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 16:21
Jer 16:21 Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name [is] The LORD. Ver. 21. I will for this once. ] And "this once" shall stand for all. Affliction shall not rise up the second time. Nah 1:9 And I will make them to know. ] Effectu magis quam affectu. Effecting more than affecting. My hand and my might, ] i.e., My mighty hand, mine irresistible power in their just punishment. read more