23But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.
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He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words.
But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward. …
And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 19-27)These verses are a sermon concerning sabbath-sanctification. It is a word which the prophet received from the Lord , and was ordered to deliver in the most solemn and public manner to the people; for they were sent not only to reprove sin, and to press obedience, in general, but they must descend to particulars. This message concerning the sabbath was probably sent in the days of Josiah, for the f…
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