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.