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Profaning the Sacred
Commentators explain that the people of Jerusalem were not just lying, but were doing so using the most solemn religious oath: "As the Lord lives." This act turned a sacred expression of faith into a tool for deception. Scholars like Calvin and Spurgeon highlight this as a profound corruption, where religion itself becomes a lie, making the sin even more detestable to God.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 5:2
18th Century
Theologian
Though they take the most binding form of oath, they do so only as a means of deceiving others.
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 5:2
19th Century
Bishop
The Lord liveth. — The words imply that a distinction between the binding powers of different oath formulas, like that of the late…
Charles Spurgeon
On Jeremiah 5:2
19th Century
Preacher
Even those who assumed an appearance of being religious, and who said, Jehovah liveth,–even they were false swearers. To what a terribly s…
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John Calvin
On Jeremiah 5:2
16th Century
Theologian
This is added to anticipate an objection. For the Jews, as is well known, thought they had a cover for all their vices, since they had God’s name c…
John Gill
On Jeremiah 5:2
17th Century
Pastor
And though they say, the Lord lives
It might be said, that there were multitudes that made mention of the name of th…
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 5:1–9
17th Century
Minister
None could be found who behaved as upright and godly men. But the Lord saw the true character of the people through all their disguises.
The…