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The Root of All Folly
Commentators agree that the core problem described in this verse is a willful ignorance of God. God declares His people "foolish" precisely because "they know me not." John Calvin notes this ignorance is inexcusable, as God had clearly revealed Himself. True wisdom, therefore, begins with knowing God personally and experimentally, not just having a religious affiliation.
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Jeremiah
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Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 4:22
19th Century
Bishop
For my people is foolish. —Jehovah answers the prophet’s question. The misery comes to punish the folly …
Charles Spurgeon
On Jeremiah 4:22–23
19th Century
Preacher
As if they had gone back to chaos – to the primeval darkness – to the first disorder before God began to create.
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 4:22
16th Century
Theologian
The Prophet again teaches us that the cause of these evils arose from the people themselves and was to be found in them, so that they could not tra…
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John Gill
On Jeremiah 4:22
17th Century
Pastor
For my people is foolish
This, as Kimchi says, is the answer of the Lord to the prophet; for not the prophet says th…
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 4:19–31
17th Century
Minister
The prophet had no pleasure in delivering messages of wrath. He is shown in a vision the whole land in confusion.
Compared with what it was,…