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More Than Just a Day Off
Commentators explain that the command to honor the Sabbath was more than a rule about physical rest. It was a test of the people's spiritual state and a symbol of their entire relationship with God. John Calvin notes that in Sabbath observance, "the whole of religion is briefly included," as it required self-denial and surrender to God. It was an outward sign of an inward reality.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 17:19–27
18th Century
Theologian
This prophecy on the observance of the Sabbath is the first of a series of short predictions, probably arranged in chronological order among themse…
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 17:24–25
16th Century
Theologian
Jeremiah introduced, as I have said, a condemnation concerning the fathers, so that he might make the Jews of his age ashamed of themselves, lest t…
John Gill
On Jeremiah 17:24
17th Century
Pastor
And it shall come to pass; Or, "yet it shall come to pass" F6; so it shall be, notwithstanding all former diso…
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Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 17:19–27
17th Century
Minister
The prophet was to present to the rulers and the people of Judah the command to keep the Sabbath day holy. Let them strictly observe the fourth com…