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I spoke to you in your prosperity; but you said, I will not hear. This has been your manner from your youth, that you didn`t obey my voice.
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The Danger of Prosperity
Commentators highlight that God spoke to His people during their "prosperity." This refers not just to wealth, but to a state of careless security that made them deaf to His voice. Their comfort, a blessing from God, ironically fostered their rebellion. This serves as a timeless warning that spiritual complacency can be most dangerous when life is going well.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Prosperity - literally, as in the margin. God spoke in this way not only once, but whenever Judah was at peace.
19th Century
Anglican
In your prosperity. —Literally, prosperities. The word is used, as in Proverbs 1:32, Ezekiel 16:49, and Psalms…
16th Century
Protestant
Here God shows that the people were worthy of the reward He had mentioned: to mourn and to seek aid on every side without finding any. It indeed of…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I spoke to you in your prosperity Or "prosperities", or "tranquillities" F25 ; when in their greatest aff…
The Jewish state is described under a threefold character. Very haughty in a day of peace and safety. Very fearful at the alarm of trouble. Very mu…
