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It is come to pass that, as he cried, and they would not hear, so they shall cry, and I will not hear, said Yahweh of Hosts;
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The Punishment Fits the Sin
Commentators widely agree that this verse demonstrates a principle of divine reciprocity. Because the people refused to listen when God called to them through His prophets, God, in turn, refused to listen when they cried out in distress. Scholars like Spurgeon and Calvin note this is not an arbitrary punishment, but a just and fitting consequence for their persistent deafness to His word.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And it came to pass - that is, this which God had said: As He cried and they heard not, so shall they cry and I will not hear, saith the…
19th Century
Anglican
The prophet implies that true fasting is to loose the bands of wickedness and leave off oppression. But Israel had adopted quite the oppos…
Baptist
The punishment of sin seems to be according to the sin itself. If men will not hear God, neither will God hear them.
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16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet sets forth more fully the dreadfulness of this punishment — that they groaned and complained in vain, for God was deaf to their complai…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Therefore it is come to pass, [that] as he cried The Lord by the former prophets called them to repentance and obedience:…
God's judgments upon Israel in the past for their sins were written to warn Christians. The duties required are not keeping fasts and offering sacr…
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