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The Danger of Willful Ignorance
The verse condemns those who intentionally dismiss the idea of a future "evil day" of God's judgment. Commentators explain this isn't just forgetfulness; it's a deliberate choice to view God's warnings as distant or fictional. This false sense of security allows them to live without accountability.
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18th Century
Theologian
You that put far away - Probably “with aversion.” They bid that day, as it were, be gone. The Hebrew idiom expresses how they would put it o…
19th Century
Bishop
Far away. —They choose to think that the day of reckoning is far off, and cling still closer to their habits of defrauding the poo…
19th Century
Preacher
You that put far away the evil day,—
You who say, "There is time enough yet. Let us see a little more of life; why need we be in a …
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16th Century
Theologian
The Prophet here reproves the Jews and Israelites for another crime: that they had often provoked God’s wrath, continually brought about new punish…
17th Century
Pastor
You that put far away the evil day
The day of Israel's captivity, threatened by the Lord, and prophesied of by the p…
17th Century
Minister
Those who do well for their bodies are often regarded as doing well for themselves; but we are told here what their ease is, and what their woe is.…