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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:16

Verse 16 God, in order to exonerate his servant from every ill-will, forbids him to pray for the people. This might have been done for the sake of the Prophet, as well as of the whole people; for no doubt Jeremiah regarded the ruin of his own nation with great grief and sorrow: as we shall see elsewhere, he had not divested himself of all human feelings. He was doubtless anxious for the safety of his brethren, and he condoled with the miserable, when he saw that they were already given up to... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:17

Verse 17 Here God shews first why he ought to be implacable towards the people: for the command to the Prophet not to pray for them seems at the first hearing to be very severe; and it might have been objected and said, “What if they repent? Is there no hope of pardon?” God shews that they were past remedy — How so? He says, Dost thou not see? Here he refers the examination of the cause to his servant Jeremiah; as though he had said, “There is no reason for thee to contend with me; open thine... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:18

Verse 18 The children, he says, gather wood He ascribes the collecting of wood to the young; for it was a more laborious work. As then that age excels in strength, they collected wood; and the fathers kindled the fire: the women, what did they do? They were busy with the meal. Thus no part was neglected. “What then is to be done? and what else can I do, but wholly to cut off a people so wicked?” Then he says, that they may make כונים, cunim, which is translated “cakes, “and this is the most... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:19

Verse 19 He then subjoins, Do they provoke me, and not rather to the shame of their own faces? God here intimates, that however reproachfully the Jews acted towards him, they yet brought no loss to him, for he stood in no need of their worship. Why then does he so severely threaten them? Because he had their sins in view: but yet he shews that he cared not for them nor their sacrifices, for he could without any loss be without them. Hence he says, that they sought their own ruin, and whatever... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:20

Verse 20 Jeremiah proceeds still with the same subject, and explains more at large what we have noticed in the preceding lecture, that the ruin of Mount Sion and of the Temple was nigh at hand, according to what God had before done to Shiloh, where the Ark had long been kept. But that his threatening might have more weight, he introduced God as the speaker, — Behold, he says, my wrath, even mine indignation, has been poured down on this place He refers to the metaphor he had before used; and... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:21

Verse 21 The Prophet here taunts the Jews for being so sedulous in their attention to sacrifices, while they had no care for piety. Hence he says by way of ridicule, “Offer your sacrifices, and accumulate burnt-offerings and victims, and eat flesh.” The last clause proves that God regarded as nothing their sacrifices, and that nothing was acceptable to him, though the Jews spent much money and spared no labors. God then shews that all these things were nothing to him; eat flesh, he says, which... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:22

Verse 22 The Prophet therefore adds, I spoke not to your fathers, nor commanded them, in the day I brought them forth from the land of Egypt, concerning sacrifices or burnt —offerings: but this only I commanded them, to hear my voice, and to walk in all the way which I commanded them. Jeremiah seems to have condemned sacrifices too much; for we know they were designed for certain purposes: they were intended to promote penitence; for when an animal was killed at the altar, all were reminded... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:23

Verse 23 I spoke not then to your fathers, nor commanded them in the day I brought them forth from the land of Egypt, etc. The Prophet calls the attention of the Jews to the first condition of the Church; for though God had made his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, yet he then only formed or framed for himself a Church when the Law was promulgated. Hence God at that time showed what pleased him, and prescribed certain things, which were in future to be inviolably observed: and as the... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:24

Verse 24 They hearkened not nor inclined their ear Here the Prophet shews, that the Jews did not then begin to be rebellious against God and his word; for they imitated the impious contumacy of their fathers: and he dwells on this more at large. He now says, “I gave no command about sacrifices, but only this one thing I required of your fathers, to obey me.” They hearkened not, he says. What could have been a juster demand than that they should obey God? How great, then, and how base an... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:25

Verse 25 God complains of the perverse wickedness of the people, — that he had lost all his labor in endeavoring to lead them to repentance, not only in one age, but that the children succeeded their fathers in their corruptions, and that thus the imitation had become perpetual. This might indeed appear as an extenuation of their fault; they might have pleaded as the Papists at this day do; who have no pretext more specious, than when they bring against us the Fathers and antiquity. But God... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:16

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:17

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:18

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:19

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:20

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:21

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:22

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:23

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:24

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:25

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