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I will visit on her the days of the Baals, to which she burned incense, when she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and went after her lovers, and forgot me, says Yahweh.
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The Ultimate Sin: Forgetting God
Commentators stress that Israel's greatest sin wasn't just worshiping idols, but that in doing so, "she forgat Me, saith Jehovah." This wasn't a simple mistake; it was a profound act of spiritual adultery. As John Calvin notes, it was monstrous ingratitude for a people who knew the true God to cast Him aside. The soul can become so consumed with other passions and pursuits that God is no longer even a thought, which is the ultimate offense.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, or Baals - When people leave the one true God, they make many idols for themselves. They act as if…
19th Century
Anglican
The days of Baalim: The plural Baalim refers to the worship of the same deity in different places, with distinguishing local chara…
Baptist
And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and …
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16th Century
Protestant
He confirms what he taught previously. We have said before that this admonition is very necessary: whenever God deals severely with people, He thus…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And, I will visit upon her the days of Baalim
That is, punish them for all the idolatries committed by their foref…
God threatens what He would do to this treacherous, idolatrous people. They did not turn; therefore, all this came upon them, and it is written for…
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