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who say, [The time] is not near to build houses: this [city] is the caldron, and we are the flesh.
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The Lie of 'Not Near'
The leaders in Jerusalem were directly contradicting God's prophets. Commentators explain that by saying "the time is not near," they encouraged people to build houses and live in a false sense of security, ignoring the imminent threat of judgment. This serves as a timeless warning against downplaying the urgency of God's call to repentance.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
It is not near – In contradiction to Ezekiel 7:2.
Let us build houses – “To build houses” implies a sense of…
19th Century
Anglican
It is not near; let us build houses. Neither the text nor the marginal reading of the Authorised Version quite accurately…
16th Century
Protestant
Here the Prophet explains what might be obscure through their perversity. He brings forward, therefore, what the ungodly thought could be covered b…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Which say [it is] not near, let us build houses Meaning that the destruction of the city was not near, as the prophe…
Where Satan cannot persuade people to look upon the judgment to come as uncertain, he gains his point by persuading them to look upon it as distant…
