Jeremiah 5:20-25 Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,… 1. The more blessings they enjoyed, the more thankful they should have been. 2. Having rejected God spiritually, He yet continued to manifest Himself to them in nature. 3. Gratitude to God for the fruits of the seasons is a common ground on which to argue effectually even with the darkest heathen. 4. The heathen are denied excuse for their ignorance and idolatry, because of the marks of God's love and power in the world around them. 5. Yet the heathen, in outward forms at least, surpassed Jews and Christians. 6. There was, then, great sin on the part of Israel when, even as natural men, they ignored the mercies of God's ordinary providence, and were not softened and converted by His unmerited goodness. 7. A bounteous season ought to awaken love and thankfulness to God. 8. God is exceedingly jealous of the honour due unto His name. 9. The eye is blind to God in natural wonders, and the ear deaf amid His works, because the heart has not embraced Him in the Gospel of His Son. (J. Garbett, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,WEB: "Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying, |
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