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Therefore thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will lay stumbling-blocks before this people; and the fathers and the sons together shall stumble against them; the neighbor and his friend shall perish.
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Divine Stumbling Blocks
Commentators explain that the "stumbling-blocks" are not temptations from God, but His active judgments against sin. These could be enemy armies, the lies of false prophets, or even the truth of the gospel which the people reject. God uses the consequences of their own hypocrisy and rebellion as the very means of their downfall.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
“Behold,” I give to “this people” causes of stumbling,And they shall stumble against them:Fathers and sons together,“The neighbor a…
19th Century
Anglican
And the fathers and the sons together ... —Better, I give to this people stumbling blocks, and they shall stumble over them: f…
16th Century
Protestant
Here God, in plain words, declares what vengeance He would execute on the people. He says first, that He would lay for them stumbling blocks.
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Therefore thus says the Lord Because of their immorality and hypocrisy, their contempt of his word, and confidence i…
God rejects their outward services, as worthless to atone for their sins. Sacrifice and incense were to direct them to a Mediator; but when offered…
13th Century
Catholic
Here he discusses the abuse of sacred things; since they were polluted with sins, they presumed to offer sacrifices to God, which, for this reason,…
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