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For those who lead this people cause them to err; and those who are led of them are destroyed.
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The Danger of Flattery
Commentators explain that the leaders being condemned were not just giving bad advice, but were actively 'calling the people blessed' despite their sin. They told people what they wanted to hear, hardening them in their wickedness and leading them away from truth.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For the leaders of this people ... - Note Isaiah 3:12. The Hebrew is, ‘Those who call this people blessed’—referring more particularly to th…
16th Century
Protestant
For the rulers of this people are seducers. Some render it, they who make you blessed, or, they who call you blessed; as…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For the leaders of this people cause [them] to err Or, "who bless this people", as the Septuagint and Arabic version…
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Those are ripening quickly for ruin whose hearts remain unhumbled under humbling providences. For what God intends when He afflicts us is to turn u…
13th Century
Catholic
1. The Lord sent a word into Jacob. Here, he describes the sequence of punishment according to its various types.
Firs…