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Defiance, Not a Mistake
Commentators stress that God's anger was not over a simple slip of the tongue. God had explicitly commanded the people not to use the phrase "the burden of the Lord." Their persistence, as John Calvin notes, stemmed from "determined wickedness" and a desire to mock God's word. This was a deliberate act of rebellion, not an accident.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 23:38
18th Century
Theologian
Since—or, but if you say.
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 23:38
19th Century
Bishop
But since you say. —Better, if you say.
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 23:38–39
16th Century
Theologian
Here the Prophet confirms what he had said, for God might have seemed to be too indignant, having been so grievously offended at one short expressi…
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John Gill
On Jeremiah 23:38
17th Century
Pastor
But since you say, the burden of the Lord Seeing, notwithstanding all prohibitions of it, and directions to the contrary,…
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 23:33–40
17th Century
Minister
Those are indeed miserable who are forsaken and forgotten by God; and people's jesting at God's judgments will not thwart them. God had taken Israe…