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The Nature of Rebellion
Commentators explain that Judah's failure to listen was not from ignorance but from willful obstinacy. The phrase "that you might provoke me" is interpreted as a charge of deliberate wickedness. When people repeatedly hear God's call and refuse to obey, it is viewed not as a simple mistake but as a conscious act of rebellion.
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Jeremiah
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John Calvin
On Jeremiah 25:7
16th Century
Theologian
He proves what he had said before: that the Jews had been completely disobedient, even though God had kindly offered and shown that He would be rec…
John Gill
On Jeremiah 25:7
17th Century
Pastor
Yet you have not listened to me, says the Lord Though it was he that spoke to them by his prophets; and though it was so …
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 25:1–7
17th Century
Minister
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…