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A Point of No Return
Commentators explain that God's command to stop praying was not arbitrary. The people of Judah had reached a stage of willful, unrepentant sin, trusting in the Temple for protection while ignoring God's law. Their hearts were so hardened that judgment had become the only remaining option, a spiritual 'point of no return' where discipline was inevitable.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 7:16
18th Century
Theologian
They had reached that stage in which people sin without any sense of guilt (see 1 John 5:16).
Neither make intercession t…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 7:16
19th Century
Bishop
Pray not thou. —The words imply that a prayer of intercession, like that which Moses had offered in ancient times ([Refer…
Charles Spurgeon
On Jeremiah 7:11–16
19th Century
Preacher
You know how, through the sin of Eli's sons, God forsook Shiloh; and the tent of his house and the ark of his covenant were removed, and Shiloh bec…
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John Calvin
On Jeremiah 7:16
16th Century
Theologian
God, in order to exonerate his servant from every ill-will, forbids him to pray for the people. This might have been done for the sake of the Proph…
John Gill
On Jeremiah 7:16
17th Century
Pastor
Therefore pray not thou for this people
These are the words of the Lord to the Prophet Jeremiah, forbidding him to p…
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 7:1–16
17th Century
Minister
No observances, professions, or supposed revelations will profit, if people do not amend their ways and their actions. None can claim an interest i…