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So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, That they might walk in their own counsels.
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A Terrifying Judgment
Commentators unanimously describe God "giving them up" as a dreadful judgment. Charles Spurgeon calls this state "hell," and John Gill notes it's worse than being handed over to enemies. It's not God actively inflicting evil, but rather withdrawing His guidance and protection, allowing people to follow their own destructive paths as a consequence of their rebellion.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
So I gave them up to their own hearts’ lust — Margin, as in Hebrew, to the hardness of their own hearts. Literally, “I sen…
19th Century
Anglican
Lust. — Rather, stubbornness, or perversity, from root meaning “to twist.”
Baptist
Unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
O God, save us from this awful state! This indeed is hell – to …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust Sometimes God gave them up, when they sinned, into the hands of the Mo…
We cannot expect too little from the creature, nor too much from the Creator. We may have enough from God if we pray for it in faith. All the wicke…
