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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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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 17:2
18th Century
Theologian
While their children remember their altars - Perhaps an allusion to their sacrifices of children to Moloch. Present, perhaps, at such a bloo…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 17:2
19th Century
Bishop
While their children remember ... —If we take “children” as referring to age, there may be a reference to the way in which the hor…
Charles Spurgeon
On Jeremiah 17:2
19th Century
Preacher
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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John Calvin
On Jeremiah 17:2
16th Century
Theologian
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…
John Gill
On Jeremiah 17:2
17th Century
Pastor
Whilst their children remember their altars
Which is a further proof of their long continuance in idolatrous practic…
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 17:1–4
17th Century
Minister
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…