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Therefore he who is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.
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When Silence is a Symptom
Commentators explain that an "evil time" is one where speaking the truth is futile or dangerous. When wise and righteous people are forced into silence because corrupt leaders will not tolerate rebuke, it is a sign that the society is deeply sick and possibly beyond recovery. As John Calvin notes, this imposed silence shows that wickedness has become so audacious that it suppresses all liberty.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time - The “time” may be either the time of the obduracy of the wicked, or that of…
19th Century
Anglican
Prudent ... silence.— The mute silence of the prudent is the dreadful curse which comes upon a people when they are given up to se…
Baptist
National sins bring down national judgments; and when God grows angry against the people, he makes the places of their feasting, the vineyards wher…
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16th Century
Protestant
Some interpreters think that a punishment is here announced against the people of Israel: that the Lord would deprive them of Prophets and teachers…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Therefore the prudent shall keep silence at that time Not the prophets of the Lord, whose business it was at all times to…
The same almighty power can, for repenting sinners, easily turn affliction and sorrow into prosperity and joy, and as easily turn the prosperity of…
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