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The Simple Path to Pardon
Commentators unanimously highlight that God's requirement for restoration is simple yet profound: 'Only acknowledge your iniquity.' This isn't a complex set of rituals, but a sincere, honest confession of sin. Scholars like Charles Ellicott call it the 'one sufficient, indispensable condition of pardon,' emphasizing that God asks for nothing less than a truthful admission of wrongdoing before He extends His mercy.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 3:13
18th Century
Theologian
Acknowledge – literally, “know your iniquity;” know that your doings are iniquitous.
Scattered your ways – Wandered in search o…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 3:13
19th Century
Bishop
Only acknowledge ... —This was the one sufficient, indispensable condition of pardon—the confession that kept nothing bac…
Charles Spurgeon
On Jeremiah 3:12–14
19th Century
Preacher
Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall…
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John Calvin
On Jeremiah 3:13
16th Century
Theologian
God lays down here a condition to prevent hypocrites, relying on His goodness, from becoming more and more hardened, while still thinking that He i…
John Gill
On Jeremiah 3:13
17th Century
Pastor
Only acknowledge your iniquity
Or, "know" F5 it; unless a man knows his sin, and is convicted of it, he w…
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 3:12–20
17th Century
Minister
See God's readiness to pardon sin, and the blessings reserved for gospel times. These words were proclaimed toward the north: to Israel, the ten tr…