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and behold, joy and gladness, killing oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine: let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall die.
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A Perverse Celebration
Commentators explain that when God called for mourning and repentance in the face of disaster, the people of Jerusalem did the exact opposite. They threw a party, feasting and drinking. This was not just poor judgment; it was a defiant and contemptuous rejection of God's warning, showing a hardened heart that preferred sensual pleasure over seeking divine help.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And behold ... - When they should have devoted themselves to fasting and prayer, they gave themselves up to revelry and riot.
Let …
19th Century
Anglican
And behold joy and gladness ... —As things were, however, the danger, imminent as it was, led, as in the plague at Athens…
16th Century
Protestant
And, behold, joy and gladness. The Prophet does not here find fault with joy viewed in itself; for we see that Paul exhorts the g…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And behold joy and gladness As if it was a time of rejoicing, rather than of weeping and mourning; and as if they were at…
The weakness of Judah now appeared more than ever. Now also they revealed their carnal confidence and their carnal security. They looked to the for…
13th Century
Catholic
The burden of the valley. Here the prophet issues a threat against those who were joined to the people of God by their position of…
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