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For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourns; the pastures of the wilderness are dried up. Their course is evil, and their might is not right;
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Creation's Response to Sin
Commentators explain that the "mourning land" and "dried up pastures" likely refer to a literal drought. This was not a random event, but God's curse or judgment in direct response to the people's pervasive sin. As John Calvin notes, the physical land itself seemed to cry out against the wickedness, shaming the people who remained indifferent.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Because of swearing - Rather, because of the curse denounced against sin (Jeremiah 11:3). The mourning probably refers to the dr…
19th Century
Anglican
The land is full of adulterers. — The context shows that the words must be taken literally, and not as referring to the spiritual adultery…
Baptist
It is an awful thing when wickedness abounds even in the house of God; and it is feared that, in many places, the church of the present day is not …
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16th Century
Protestant
Jeremiah now assigns the reason why he was so much horrified by the insensibility which he observed in the prophets. If things were in good order, …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For the land is full of adulterers Of such as were guilty of corporeal adultery, and of spiritual adultery, which is…
The false prophets of Samaria had deceived the Israelites into idolatries; yet the Lord considered the false prophets of Jerusalem guilty of more h…
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13th Century
Catholic
Here, he speaks of the threat against the prophets, as the title itself declares. The commentary is structured in two main parts:
