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The Danger of Assimilation
Commentators agree that Israel's core sin was abandoning their unique identity as God's people. They adopted pagan spiritual practices like soothsaying and formed worldly alliances, blurring the lines God had drawn. As Charles Spurgeon notes, it always goes ill with God's people when they forget their separated character and join with the world, provoking God's judgment.
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Isaiah
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 2:6
18th Century
Theologian
Therefore – The prophet proceeds in this and the following verses to state the reasons for their calamities and for the judgments that had c…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 2:6
19th Century
Bishop
Therefore You have forsaken Your people... — Better, For You have... This was the sad, dark present, in contrast…
Charles Spurgeon
On Isaiah 2:6
19th Century
Preacher
Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines…
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John Calvin
On Isaiah 2:6
16th Century
Theologian
Surely you have forsaken your people. In these words, he now plainly charges the people with having a perverse disposition; and he does th…
John Gill
On Isaiah 2:6
17th Century
Pastor
Therefore you have forsaken your people, the house of
Jacob
These words contain a r…
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 2:1–9
17th Century
Minister
The calling of the Gentiles, the spread of the gospel, and that far more extensive preaching of it yet to come, are foretold. Let Christians streng…