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Seeking Validation, Not Guidance
All three commentators agree that the people were not sincerely seeking God's will. They had already decided to go to Egypt and were merely looking for divine approval for their plan. This serves as a warning against using prayer to validate our own desires rather than genuinely surrendering to God's direction.
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Jeremiah
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John Calvin
On Jeremiah 42:1–3
16th Century
Theologian
I have said that John, and his associates, and the whole people acted much more culpably by coming to the Prophet than if they had not done so and …
John Gill
On Jeremiah 42:3
17th Century
Pastor
That the Lord your God may show us the way in which we may walk ,
&c.] Not the way of their duty as to religious wor…
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 42:1–6
17th Century
Minister
To serve their immediate purpose, Jeremiah is sought out, and the captains ask for his assistance. In every difficult, doubtful case, we must look …