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Lift up your eyes to the bare heights, and see; where have you not been lain with? By the ways have you sat for them, as an Arabian in the wilderness; and you have polluted the land with your prostitution and with your wickedness.
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More Than Just Tempted
Commentators emphasize that Israel was not a passive victim of temptation. The imagery of a harlot sitting by the road and an 'Arabian in the wilderness' (a robber lying in wait) illustrates Israel's aggressive, proactive pursuit of idolatry. They actively sought out false gods, making their sin even more egregious. This serves as a call to examine not just the sins we fall into, but the ones we actively chase.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
These words are not the language of consolation to the conscience-stricken, but of vehement expostulation with hardened sinners. They prove, theref…
19th Century
Anglican
Lift up your eyes. —The consciousness of guilt was, however, the only foundation of repentance, and the prophet’s work, therefore,…
Baptist
Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the …
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16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet had charged the Jews with behaving wantonly in a loose and promiscuous manner, as is the case with abandoned women who have cast away a…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Lift up your eyes unto the high places Where idols were set and worshipped; either places naturally high, as hills and mo…
In repentance, it is good to reflect on the sins of which we have been guilty, and the places and companies where they have been committed. How gen…
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13th Century
Catholic
Here, the prophet calls them to repentance.
First, he addresses the invitation to return.
Second, he addresses the stubbornness of th…
