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The Blindness of Self-Justification
Commentators agree that the people's question is not a sincere search for truth but a form of self-justification. They feign surprise at God's judgment, either denying their sin or minimizing it as not serious enough to warrant such a severe punishment. Scholars see this as a classic example of spiritual blindness and the human tendency to resist conviction by arguing that God is being unfair.
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Jeremiah
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Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 16:10
19th Century
Bishop
What is our iniquity? ... —Now, as before (Jeremiah 5:19), the threats of judgment are met with words of real or affec…
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 16:10–13
16th Century
Theologian
He shows here what we have seen elsewhere—that the people flattered themselves in their vices, so that they could not be turned by any admonitions,…
John Gill
On Jeremiah 16:10
17th Century
Pastor
And it shall come to pass, when you shall show this people
all these words
Or, "all t…
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Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 16:10–13
17th Century
Minister
This seems to be the language of those who dispute the word of God and, instead of humbling and condemning themselves, justify themselves, as if Go…