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How can you say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baals? see your way in the valley, know what you have done: [you are] a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
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The Denial of Obvious Sin
Commentators note that Judah boldly denied their sin, likely pointing to public religious reforms as proof of their faithfulness. However, God confronts this self-deception by pointing to their specific, hidden idolatry in "the valley." This serves as a powerful warning against mistaking outward religious activity for true heart-level devotion and ignoring our own obvious sins.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
In their defense of themselves (), the people probably appealed to the maintenance of the daily sacrifice and the Mosaic ritual; and, even more con…
19th Century
Anglican
How canst thou say ...? —The prophet hears, as it were, the voice of the accused criminal, with its plea of “not guilty.”…
Baptist
Your own wickedness shall correct you, and your backslidings shall reprove you: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, tha…
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16th Century
Protestant
Jeremiah continues here with his reproof and dissipates the clouds of hypocrites, under which they thought themselves to be sufficiently hidden. Fo…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
How can you say, I am not polluted No man can say this; for all are defiled with sin; but this was the cast and comp…
Despite all their advantages, Israel had become like the wild vine that bears poisonous fruit. People are often as much under the power of their un…
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13th Century
Catholic
Here, he removes their excuses.
They might bring up the neglect of the farmer. Against this, he says, I have planted…
