27Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.
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LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.
I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 20-28)In these verses the prophet goes on with his charge against this backsliding people. Observe here, I. The sin itself that he charges them with—idolatry, that great provocation which they were so notoriously guilty of. 1. They frequented the places of idol-worship (Jer. 2:20): “ Upon every high hill and under every green tree , in the high places and the groves, such as the heathen had a foolish fo…
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