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Sin Harms the Sinner Most
All commentators agree that this verse's central point is the self-destructive nature of sin. God poses a rhetorical question to show that while Israel's idolatry is an offense to Him, the ultimate harm falls upon themselves. Their rebellion leads not to God's diminishment, but to 'the confusion of their own faces'—their own shame, ruin, and destruction.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 7:19
18th Century
Theologian
Do they not provoke ... - literally, Is it not themselves (that they provoke) to the shame of their faces?
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 7:19
19th Century
Bishop
Do they not provoke themselves ...? —The interpolated words, though they complete the sense, mar the abrupt force of the Hebrew. <…
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 7:17–19
16th Century
Theologian
Here God first shows why he ought to be implacable towards the people. The command to the Prophet not to pray for them seems at first hearing to be…
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John Gill
On Jeremiah 7:19
17th Century
Pastor
Do they provoke me to anger? saith the Lord No: he cannot be provoked to anger as men are; anger does not fall upon him a…
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 7:17–20
17th Century
Minister
The Jews took pride in showing zeal for their idols. Let us learn to be earnest in the service of our God, even from this bad example. Let us think…