2But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah.
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He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the LORD. …
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. …
If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.
And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-10)Here is, 1. Jeremiah’s preaching slighted, Jer. 37:1 , 2 . Zedekiah succeeded Coniah, or Jeconiah, and, though he saw in his predecessor the fatal consequences of contemning the word of God, yet he did not take warning, nor give any more regard to it than others had done before him. Neither he, nor his courtiers, nor the people of the land, hearkened unto the words of the Lord , though they alread…
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