All these terrible things happened to you because you have burned incense to idols and sinned against the Lord. You have refused to obey him and have not followed his instructions, his decrees, and his laws.”

Commentaries

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Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Then Jeremiah said ... —The prophet makes an effective rejoinder to the assertion that the prosperity of past years had coincided …

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

The Prophet refutes the impious objections with which the Jews had attempted to subvert his doctrine and make it contemptible. He then turns agains…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And because ye have burnt incense Not to Jehovah, but to the queen of heaven; which they owned they did, and determined t…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Whatever evil comes upon us, it is because we have sinned against the Lord; we should therefore stand in awe, and sin not.

Since they were d…