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Why will you contend with me? you all have transgressed against me, says Yahweh.
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Arguing with God is Futile
Commentators explain that Israel's response to God's correction was not repentance, but a prideful attempt to argue their case and justify themselves. Scholars like Calvin and Ellicott stress that this "contending" is pointless. When confronted with clear transgression, the only wise response is confession, not self-defense, as God's judgment is righteous and their guilt is undeniable.
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Jeremiah
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19th Century
Anglican
Wherefore will ye plead with me? —The reply of the accuser to the false pleas of the accused. The transgression was too o…
Baptist
So far from accepting God's rebukes in the right spirit, and forsaking their idol gods, they even turned upon the Lord's messengers and put his pro…
16th Century
Protestant
Jeremiah concludes his previous subject here: he says that the Jews gained nothing by protesting their innocence before God or by thinking they cou…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Why will you plead with me ? &c.] Strive and contend, chide, murmur, and complain, when evil came upon them, as if t…
Presbyterian
The nation had not been affected by the judgments of God, but sought to justify themselves. To those who make the world their home and their portio…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, he shows their stubbornness, in that they are not corrected by discipline.
He is astonished at their excuse: Why do you …
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