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God's Word: Invitation or Judgment
Commentators explain that God's word has two functions. First, God speaks to people with teaching and invitations. When that is rejected, His word does not become void. Instead, His word against them—the pronouncements of judgment—is activated and fulfilled. Our response determines which aspect of God's word we experience.
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Jeremiah
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Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 35:17
19th Century
Bishop
Because I have spoken unto them, but they have not heard. —The prophet in part reproduces his own earlier complaint from …
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 35:17
16th Century
Theologian
The Prophet, after having shown that the Jews were so condemned by the example of the Rechabites that they had no defense, now adds that since the …
John Gill
On Jeremiah 35:17
17th Century
Pastor
Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel Provoked by such ill usage: behold, I will bring…
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Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 35:12–19
17th Century
Minister
The trial of the Rechabites' constancy was for a sign; it made the disobedience of the Jews to God the more marked. The Rechabites were obedient to…