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When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and meal-offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
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Ritual Without Reality
Commentators overwhelmingly agree that God rejected Judah's fasting and sacrifices because they were hypocritical. Scholars like Calvin explain that external religious acts, no matter how fervent, are offensive to God without a sincere, repentant heart. True worship requires integrity, not just the outward performance of rituals.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Their cry (that is) – prayer offered aloud.
Oblation – A meat-offering (Leviticus 2:1).
The sword, famin…
19th Century
Anglican
An oblation. —The minchah or meat-offering of Leviticus 2:1. We need not assume that the fast and the sacrifice were nece…
Baptist
After being long provoked, God at last determines that he will punish the rebellious nation, and he seems, as it were, to set Jeremiah aside; now t…
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16th Century
Protestant
God first forbids the Prophet to pray for the people, as we have previously seen (Jeremiah 7:16; Jeremiah 11:14). But we mu…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
When they fast, I will not hear their cryF11 ; very probably on account of the want of rain, and the dearth or…
The Lord calls the Jews "this people," not "his people." They had forsaken his service; therefore, he would punish them according to their sins. He…
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13th Century
Catholic
Here, the prophet begins to pray to God for the people.
He makes his case with three arguments:
