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but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them;
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God's Word vs. Our Heart
Commentators highlight a stark contrast between obeying God's clear law and following the "stubbornness" of one's own heart. John Calvin describes this as a choice between two opposing forces, like fire and water. The people's sin wasn't just disobedience, but the deliberate replacement of God's authority with their own internal desires and imaginations.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The punishment described in general terms in the preceding three verses is now detailed at great length.
Jeremiah 9:10
19th Century
Anglican
Imagination. —Stubbornness, as in Jeremiah 3:17.
Baalim. —The generic name for false gods of all kinds, and…
Baptist
Which their fathers taught them: therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wo…
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16th Century
Protestant
Jeremiah now confirms what I have stated and more fully explains it: that though no teacher or disciple was found in the land, yet there was suffic…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But have walked after the imagination of their own heart What their own hearts devised, chose, and were best pleased with…
In Zion, the voice of joy and praise used to be heard while the people kept close to God; but sin has altered the sound—it is now the voice of lame…
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13th Century
Catholic
Here, the prophet specifies their punishment in detail.
