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They have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
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The Danger of False Peace
Commentators explain that the false prophets offered a shallow and deceptive message of 'Peace, peace' to a people facing God's judgment. This served to silence fears and flatter people into destruction. It's a powerful warning against any teaching that glosses over the seriousness of sin and offers easy comfort without true repentance.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
These verses are almost identical with (Jeremiah 6:12–15).
(Jeremiah 8:10)
To them that shall inherit them…
19th Century
Anglican
Every one from the least ... —The prophet reproduces, though not verbally, what he had already said in Jeremiah 6:12-15. …
Baptist
Therefore will I give their wives to others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them; for every one from the least even to the greates…
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16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet repeats what we have noticed in the sixth chapter, but it was necessary to reiterate often to the deaf and the sluggish what had alread…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people , &c.] (See Gill on Jeremiah 6:14), (See Gil…
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13th Century
Catholic
Here, he shows their greed.
