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thus says Yahweh, "Don`t learn the way of the nations, and don`t be dismayed at the signs of the sky; for the nations are dismayed at them.
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Reject Astrology and Superstition
The verse directly commands believers not to fear “the signs of heaven,” which commentators identify as the astrological practices of nations like Babylon. This includes looking for omens in eclipses, comets, or planetary alignments. Scholars like Spurgeon extend this warning to all superstitions, ancient or modern, reminding Christians that their lives are in God's hands, not subject to the stars or luck.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Signs of heaven - Extraordinary appearances, such as eclipses, comets, and the like, which seemed to the pagan to portend national calamitie…
19th Century
Anglican
Be not dismayed at the signs of heaven. —The special reference is to the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly pro…
Baptist
Among pagans, if certain stars were in conjunction, it was considered unlucky; and certain days of the week were also regarded as unlucky, just as …
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16th Century
Protestant
Jeremiah enters here on a new subject. Though he had, no doubt, taught this truth often, I consider it distinct from what has gone before, for he b…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Thus says the Lord, learn not the way of the Heathen Of the nations round about them, particularly the Chaldeans; me…
The prophet shows the glory of Israel's God, and exposes the foolishness of idolaters. Charms and other attempts to obtain supernatural help, or to…
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13th Century
Catholic
Here, he shows the dignity of the people, so that from this their guilt might appear more serious and their punishment more just.
It is divi…
