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The Danger of Trivializing Sin
Commentators explain that the phrase "lightness of her whoredom" suggests Judah treated its grave sin of idolatry with levity, as if it were a trivial matter. Scholars like Ellicott and Gill note that what God considers profound betrayal, the people saw as insignificant. This serves as a warning against becoming casual or desensitized to sin.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 3:9
18th Century
Theologian
Lightness - Others render this as in the margin.
Defiled - Rather, profaned. The land especially consecrated to Yahweh’s servi…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 3:9
19th Century
Bishop
The lightness of her whoredom. —Lightness in the ethical sense of “levity.” Apostasy was treated once more as if it had been a lig…
Charles Spurgeon
On Jeremiah 3:9
19th Century
Preacher
And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
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John Calvin
On Jeremiah 3:9
16th Century
Theologian
Here the Prophet completes his charge: the punishment God inflicted on the Israelites had so little effect on the tribe of Judah that she surpassed…
John Gill
On Jeremiah 3:9
17th Century
Pastor
And it came to pass, through the lightness of her whoredom ,
&c.] Or the "swiftness" F2 of it; when it was once set…
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 3:6–11
17th Century
Minister
If we mark the crimes of those who break off from a religious profession, and the consequences, we see abundant reason to shun evil ways. It is dre…