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while their children remember their altars and their Asherim by the green trees on the high hills.
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Sin Passed Down
Commentators like Calvin emphasize that this verse highlights the intergenerational nature of sin. Judah's idolatry wasn't a fleeting mistake but a deeply ingrained cultural practice passed from parents to children. The children 'remember' the altars because they were trained in this false worship, ensuring the sin was perpetuated.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
While their children remember their altars - Perhaps an allusion to their sacrifices of children to Moloch. Present, perhaps, at such a bloo…
19th Century
Anglican
While their children remember ... —If we take “children” as referring to age, there may be a reference to the way in which the hor…
Baptist
God forbade the setting up of altars. There was one altar at Jerusalem, and there were to be no more; but they selected spots where great trees had…
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16th Century
Protestant
Interpreters, it seems to me, have not perceived the Prophet's design here, or at least they have not clearly explained the subject. He proceeds, I…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Whilst their children remember their altars Which is a further proof of their long continuance in idolatrous practic…
The sins which men commit make little impression on their minds, yet every sin is marked in the book of God; they are all so engraved upon the tabl…
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13th Century
Catholic
Here, the prophet explicitly shows the stubbornness of the people, which is the cause of their rejection. From this, he first shows their…
