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thus says Yahweh, What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
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Commentators emphasize that God's question, "What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me?" is a powerful rhetorical challenge. He is not genuinely asking for a list of faults but is highlighting His own perfect faithfulness and justice. As John Calvin notes, God is essentially bringing a legal charge against Israel, confident that they have no legitimate excuse for abandoning Him, thus making their sin all the more grievous.
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Jeremiah
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19th Century
Anglican
Vanity: In the special sense, as a synonym for idol-worship (Deuteronomy 32:21; 1 Kings 16:13). As in the …
Baptist
Hear the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel: Thus says the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers f…
16th Century
Protestant
Here God explains why He had referred to what we have noticed — that He had consecrated Israel to Himself as a peculiar people and as the firstfrui…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Thus says the Lord, what iniquity have your fathers found in me What injustice or injury has be…
Presbyterian
Those who begin well, but do not persevere, will justly be rebuked for their hopeful and promising beginnings. Those who desert religion commonly o…
13th Century
Catholic
1. Here he follows the order of judgment.
He speaks first of the accusation. Second, he refutes their excuse, as in Jeremiah 2:21:
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