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Stubbornness, Not Ignorance
Commentators agree that the core issue wasn't just committing evil acts, but a deep-seated "stubbornness of his evil heart." The original Hebrew word, often translated as "imagination," points to a willful, obstinate refusal to listen to God. Their sin was a conscious choice to follow their own desires rather than God's commands.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 16:12
18th Century
Theologian
Imaginations - Understand as stubbornness.
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 16:12
19th Century
Bishop
Imagination. —Better, as before, stubbornness.
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,…
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John Gill
On Jeremiah 16:12
17th Century
Pastor
And you have done worse than your fathers Not only committed the same sins, but greater, or, however, attended with more …
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…