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Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against you, and cast your law behind their back, and killed your prophets that testified against them to turn them again to you, and they committed awful blasphemies.
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The Active Nature of Rebellion
Commentators explain that Israel's disobedience was not passive but an active, ungrateful rebellion. They didn't just forget God's law; they consciously "cast [it] behind their backs," treating it as worthless. This act of rebellion was a direct and provocative response to the immense goodness and mercy God had just shown them.
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Nehemiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Killed your prophets - Compare (1 Kings 18:4); (1 Kings 19:10); (2 Chronicles 24:21). Jewish tradition f…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Nevertheless, they were disobedient, and rebelled against you Notwithstanding all the…
The summary of their prayers we have here on record. Much more, no doubt, was said. Whatever ability we have to do anything in the way of duty, we …
