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The Folly of False Worship
Commentators explain that the "folly" of Samaria's prophets was their senseless act of prophesying in the name of Baal. This was seen as spiritually "insipid" or "unsavoury"—a foolish choice to follow a powerless idol instead of the living God, which ultimately caused the people of Israel to go astray.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 23:13
18th Century
Theologian
And I have seen folly ... - Rather, “Also I have seen.” The prophet contrasts the prophets of Samaria with those of Jerusa…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 23:13
19th Century
Bishop
I have seen folly ... —Literally, as in Job 6:6, that which is unsavoury — i.e., insipid, and so, ethic…
Charles Spurgeon
On Jeremiah 23:12–14
19th Century
Preacher
They shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD. And I have seen …
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John Calvin
On Jeremiah 23:13–14
16th Century
Theologian
These two verses are to be read together, for there is no doubt that the Prophet here compares the false prophets, who had corrupted God’s worship …
John Gill
On Jeremiah 23:13
17th Century
Pastor
And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria
The ten tribes of Israel, among whom, in Ahab's time there were man…
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…