Timeline for Why is Jeremiah so opposed to a Jewish settlement in Egypt?
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| Sep 2, 2022 at 10:29 | history | edited | Steve can help♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
expanded the answer to fully answer the question
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| S Jan 6, 2022 at 15:22 | comment | added | Steve can help♦ | Comments are not for extended discussion; this conversation has been moved to chat. | |
| Jan 2, 2022 at 3:35 | comment | added | Steve can help♦ | @Bach - I've added a further section with more details. I feel like maybe you're just not 'getting' the impetus of the Exile itself. You probably need to have a good read/listen through at least the whole of Jeremiah and Ezekiel to get the whole context, though I can start digging into Ezekiel too if that's what you need for the answer here. And to be entirely fair, the most horrific elements of Lamentations were the outcome of refusing to bow to the yoke of Babylon. It shouldn't have had to play out that way if they had listened. | |
| Jan 2, 2022 at 3:33 | history | edited | Steve can help♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Added section with further clarifications
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| Jan 2, 2022 at 1:56 | comment | added | bach | Thanks for your answer steve. If you look at my question, I suggest something similar, but the problem is I dont see how the Israelites going to Egypt for safety would be understood as an act of reliance or trust in the Egyptian empire. Simply put, the Israelites were just exiled from their land and persecuted in the most horrific ways (cf. Lam.), they did not feel safe there, and neither would anyone in such circumstances. Running to Egypt seemed the natural choice. On religious grounds I don't see why Jeremiah would be so opposed to it, and the punishment seems out of proportion. | |
| Dec 31, 2021 at 18:21 | history | edited | Steve can help♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
tidied up the flow of the answer
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| Dec 31, 2021 at 18:14 | history | answered | Steve can help♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |