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and don`t go after other gods to serve them or worship them, and don`t provoke me to anger with the work of your hands; and I will do you no harm.
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Idolatry's True Nature
Commentators stress that idolatry was not just one sin among many; it was the ultimate act of betrayal. John Calvin describes it as a "manifest treachery" where Judah openly shook off God's authority. By worshipping other gods, they were completely departing from their covenant relationship with the Lord, making it the most heinous of their offenses.
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Jeremiah
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19th Century
Anglican
The works of your hands. —These were, of course, the idols which they had made and worshipped.
16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet mentions here one kind of sin; for though the Jews in many, and even in countless ways, kindled God’s wrath, they especially brought a …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them So long as they served the Lord God, they continued in the…
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Presbyterian
The call to turn from evil ways to the worship and service of God, and for sinners to trust in Christ and partake of his salvation, concerns all pe…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, he gives the universal threat against the princes of all the nations, and it is divided into two parts.
In the first part, he speaks o…
