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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 32:33

Verse 33 Here the Prophet expresses more clearly the perverseness of the people, as though he had said, that they had deliberately rejected every instruction, and had shewn no regard for God; for he who turns his back on us, does this knowingly and wilfully, and indeed not without contempt. When any one addresses me, and I look another way, is it not a manifest sign of contempt or disdain? and he who speaks, does he not see that he is disregarded? Thus God then complains that the Jews had not... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 32:34

Verse 34 There was here, as it were, an extreme wickedness, for the Jews had profaned the Temple itself. It was a grievous offense, when every one had, as we have seen, private services at home, where they burned incense on the roofs, and poured libations to foreign gods; but when impiety had gone so far, that even the Temple itself was polluted with idols, what hope was there of repentance? He says that they had set their abominations in the Temple. It is called, indeed, a house after the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 32:35

Verse 35 After having complained of the profanation of his own Temple, God now says that the Jews had sinned through another superstition, even because the valley of the son of Hinnom had become to them a temple instead of the true one. God had forbidden in the Law sacrifices to be offered except where he appointed, “Thou shalt not do so to thy God, but thou shalt come to the place where he has put the memorial of his name.” (Deuteronomy 12:4) As God then had expressly testified that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 32:1-44

A story of God's sustaining grace. This whole chapter may be summed up under some such heading as this. For it begins with showing us God's servant Jeremiah in a position in which he sorely needed sustaining grace, and then it proceeds to narrate the threefold process by which this grace was communicated to him. The manner in which God sustained Jeremiah is very much akin to that in which he will sustain all his servants who may be in similar need. If any be so now, let them give heed to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 32:26-44

The Divine answer. This falls into two parts. First, Jehovah repeats the burden of so many prophecies, that Israel has only to blame himself for his punishment ( Jeremiah 32:26-35 ); and then a bright future is disclosed beyond the gloomy interval of conquest and captivity—a future when men shall buy fields, and comply with all the legal formalities, precisely as Jeremiah has done (verses 36-44). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 32:27

The omnipotence of God. I. THE SOURCE OF THE OMNIPOTENCE OF GOD . 1 . His essential being. He is the Lord, Jehovah, the Self-Existent. God is not only greater than all other existences, he differs from them in his essential being. He is eternal; they have come into being. He is self-contained; they are created. 2 . God's relation to all other existences. He is the God of all flesh. He is the First Cause, the Source of the first being of all things, and the ground... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 32:27

Truth confessed, but not realized. "Is there anything too hard for the Lord?" In Jeremiah 32:17 the prophet had confessed "nothing is too hard for thee," but it is evident that, though he thus confessed the blessed truth, he did not realize it so as to enjoy it and get the comfort of it (cf. homily on Jeremiah 32:1-44 ). Now, there are many causes which hinder our realization of this truth which we nevertheless both confess and believe. But they may all be summed up under the three... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 32:28

I will give; rather, I am on the point of giving (present participle). read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 32:29

And burn it. A still more significant prediction to Jewish hearers than to us, for it implies that Jerusalem had become utterly rebellious, and deserved the punishment of the old Canaanitish cities. It was to be made a cherem ( Deuteronomy 3:6 ). read more

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