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The guilt of this idolatry is ascribed to the four ruling cla es:
- The accusation brought against the priests is indifference.
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
The priests said not ... — As throughout the work of Jeremiah and most of the prophets of the Old Testament, what weighed most heavily on …
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof, and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and ma…
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
God here especially assails the teachers and those to whom the power of ruling the people was entrusted. It often happens that the common people fa…
John Gill
JohnGill
The priests said not, where is the Lord? &c.] Whose business it was to draw nigh to God, and offer the sacrifices of the …
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
Those who begin well, but do not persevere, will justly be rebuked for their hopeful and promising beginnings. Those who desert religion commonly o…
Thomas Aquinas
ThomasAquinas
1. Here he follows the order of judgment.
He speaks first of the accusation. Second, he refutes their excuse, as in Jeremiah 2:21:
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Albert Barnes
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