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Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among those who fall; at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, says Yahweh.
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The Danger of a Seared Conscience
Commentators emphasize that Israel's deepest crisis was not just their sin, but their complete inability to feel shame for it. They had 'lost the power to blush' and were morally callous. John Calvin describes this as a state 'beyond all remedy,' a spiritual stupor where one can no longer distinguish right from wrong. This serves as a solemn warning about the hardening effect of unrepentant sin.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
They are brought to shame becauseThey have committed abomination:Shame nevertheless they feel not;To blush nevertheless they k…
19th Century
Anglican
Were they ashamed ...? — The Hebrew gives an assertion, not a question — They are brought to shame (), because they h…
16th Century
Protestant
Jeremiah now turns his discourse to the whole people. In the last verse he rebuked only the priests and the prophets; he now speaks more generally,…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination ? &c.] This seems chiefly, and in the first place, to respect …
When the Lord arises to take vengeance, no sinners of any age or rank, or of either sex escape. Their hearts were set on the world, and they were w…
13th Century
Catholic
1. Here, he discusses the cause of the destruction:
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