O earth, earth, earth. — The solemnity of the mystic threefold repetition expresses the certainty of the Divine decree (comp. Jeremiah 7:4). So in our Lord’s most solemn utterances we have the twice-repeated “Simon, Simon” (Luke 22:31), and the recurring “Verily, verily” of St. John’s Gospel (John 8:51 et al.).
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Jeremiah 22:29
29 O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.