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God's Unavoidable Justice
The verse's rhetorical question is meant to be a statement of certainty. Commentators explain that because God is the righteous Judge of the world, He cannot simply ignore sin. To do so would be to contradict His own holy nature. Punitive justice, as John Gill notes, is essential to God; He must act against the wickedness He sees.
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Jeremiah
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John Calvin
On Jeremiah 5:9
16th Century
Theologian
God again holds, as it were, a conference with them, and for this purpose—that He might check all their complaints and close their mouths, so that …
John Gill
On Jeremiah 5:9
17th Century
Pastor
Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord For such adulteries and lasciviousness, and that in a way of punishmen…
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…