And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.
The verse describes people who profess that the Lord lives and yet swear falsely. Outward religious words and profession of allegiance to the living Lord do not make them faithful. That false condition is profession without executing judgment and seeking truth, joined to refusing to receive truth and correction. It is further marked by not grieving when stricken, making the face harder than rock, refusing to return, and not knowing the way of the Lord nor the judgment of God.
The verse thus exposes those who claim to understand their Bibles and to be children of God while not doing the Word. It warns that long service in the truth can coexist with a ministry that is perverted. Those it exposes are called to thorough reformation and change, even to conversion and reform.
The verse describes people who profess that the Lord lives and yet swear falsely. Outward religious words and profession of allegiance to the living Lord do not make them faithful. That false condition is profession without executing judgment and seeking truth, joined to refusing to receive truth and correction. It is further marked by not grieving when stricken, making the face harder than rock, refusing to return, and not knowing the way of the Lord nor the judgment of God.
The verse thus exposes those who claim to understand their Bibles and to be children of God while not doing the Word. It warns that long service in the truth can coexist with a ministry that is perverted. Those it exposes are called to thorough reformation and change, even to conversion and reform.