Matthew Henry highlights the foolishness of Jeroboam's plan. By sending his wife in disguise, he sought a favorable answer about his son's fate without addressing his own sin. This reveals a tendency to want comforting words rather than confronting hard truths. The irony is that while the prophet Ahijah was physically blind, God would grant him supernatural sight to see through the deception, reminding us that God judges who we are, not who we pretend to be.