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you who inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree; who kill the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
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The Passion of False Worship
Commentators explain that the phrase "inflame yourselves" describes a burning, lustful, and fanatical zeal for idolatry. This false worship wasn't apathetic but was an all-consuming passion, which John Calvin compares to the blind eagerness of adultery. This counterfeit devotion stands in stark contrast to the holy worship the true God desires.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Inflaming yourselves — Burning, that is, with lust. The whole language here is derived from adulterous intercourse. The sense is that they w…
19th Century
Anglican
Enflaming yourselves. —The best illustration of the phrase is found in the real or supposed derivation of “fanatic” as me…
Baptist
The Lord had said that they should offer sacrifice only on one altar at Jerusalem, and this to him alone, but they had set up altars under all the …
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16th Century
Protestant
Inflaming yourselves. Others translate it as “Taking delight” or “consolation;” but the Prophet uses a metaphor that is often found in Scr…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Inflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree Or, "inflamed with or among oaks" F8 ; with images…
The Lord here calls apostates and hypocrites to appear before him. When reproved for their sins, and threatened with judgments, they ridiculed the …
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13th Century
Catholic
The just perishes. Here the prophet shows the difference between those who obey God’s counsels and those who do not, conc…
