15What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes.
When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-17)This paragraph, which contains so much of God’s wrath, might very well be expected to follow upon that which goes next before, which contained so much of his people’s sin. When God found so much evil among them we cannot think it strange if it follows, Therefore I will bring evil upon them (Jer. 11:11), the evil of punishment for the evil of sin; and there is no remedy, no relief: the decree has g…
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