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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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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 23:10
18th Century
Theologian
Because of swearing - Rather, because of the curse denounced against sin (Jeremiah 11:3). The mourning probably refers to the dr…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 23:10
19th Century
Bishop
The land is full of adulterers. — The context shows that the words must be taken literally, and not as referring to the spiritual adultery…
Charles Spurgeon
On Jeremiah 23:10–11
19th Century
Preacher
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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John Calvin
On Jeremiah 23:10
16th Century
Theologian
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, …
John Gill
On Jeremiah 23:10
17th Century
Pastor
For the land is full of adulterers
Of such as were guilty of corporeal adultery, and of spiritual adultery, which is…
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 23:9–22
17th Century
Minister
The false prophets of Samaria had deceived the Israelites into idolatries; yet the Lord considered the false prophets of Jerusalem guilty of more h…