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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 2:9-13

The prophet, having shown their base ingratitude in forsaking God, here shows their unparalleled fickleness and folly (Jer. 2:9): I will yet plead with you. Note, Before God punishes sinners he pleads with them, to bring them to repentance. Note, further, When much has been said of the evil of sin, still there is more to be said; when one article of the charge is made good, there is another to be urged; when we have said a great deal, still we have yet to speak on God's behalf, Job 36:2. Those... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 2:11

Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods ?.... Though they are not by nature gods which they worship, only nominal and fictitious deities, yet they did not change them for others; but when they once embraced the worship of them, continued therein; so did the Chittim, the inhabitants of the isles, who though they traded to distant countries, from place to place; and so the Kedarenes, who dwelt in tents, and fed cattle, and moved from one desert to another, and from one pasture... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 2:11

Verse 11 Hence he says, Yea, pass over unto the islands; and then he adds, see whether there is a thing like this; that is, such a monstrous and execrable thing can nowhere be found. An explanation follows, No nation has changed its gods, and yet they are no gods; that is, religion among all nations continues the same, so that they do not now and then change their gods, but worship those who have been as it were handed down to them by their fathers. And yet, he says, they are no gods If it had... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:1-14

A sweet remembrance embittered; or Divine delight turned by his people's ingratitude into Divine distress. I. GOD GREATLY DELIGHTS IN HIS PEOPLE 'S LOVE . See the similitude he employs: "the love of thine espousals." It is difficult for us to recall any period in the history of Israel when such high praise as this was merited by them. For it is of their love to God rather than of his to them—though there was never any doubt about that-that the prophet is here speaking.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:1-37

It is always interesting to notice how later inspired writers hasten to do honor to their predecessors. Originality is not an object with the prophets, but rather the developing and adapting the truths long ago "delivered." The whole group of prophecies to which Jeremiah 2:1-37 . belongs contains numerous points of contact, in ideas or phraseology, with the song of Hoses ( Deuteronomy 32:1-52 .). The following have been indicated:—Cf. Jeremiah 2:5 with Deuteronomy 32:4 ; ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:10-11

Heathendom gives an unconscious rebuke to apostate Israel. From humiliating contrast of the present conduct of Israel with what might have been reasonably expected from the peculiar experiences of the past, God now turns to make a contrast more humiliating still with heathen nations. The request to look back is succeeded by a request to look round . Search through every nation, inquire in every idol temple, watch the religious life of idolaters, and everywhere you will see a fidelity... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:10-13

The marvel of unbelief. A magnificent apostrophe. Yet this is no mere rhetoric. There is a terrible reality in the phenomenon to which attention is directed. Chittim, the general name of the islands and coast of the eastern Mediterranean, stands for the extreme west; and Kedar, the general name of the Arabs of the desert for the extreme east of the "world," with which the prophet and his hearers were familiar. Our "from China to Peru" would represent its meaning to us. I. THE ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:11

Hath a nation changed their gods ? Has any heathen nation ever changed its idol-god for another? The prophet clearly implies a negative answer; and yet it must be admitted that the adoption of a new religion, under the pressure of conquest or a higher foreign civilization is not an unknown phenomenon in the ancient world. Glory; i . e . source of all outward prosperity (comp. Psalms 3:3 ," my Glory, and the Lifter up Of my head"). Religion was, in fact, the root of national life in... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 2:11

A nation - A Gentile nation, in strong antithesis to people, the appellation of Israel.Their glory - Though the worship of the one true God is a nation’s greatest glory, yet it is irksome because it puts a constraint on human passions.That which doth not profit - Israel had exchanged the prosperity which was God’s reward of obedience for the calamities which resulted from idol-worship. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 2:10-11

Jeremiah 2:10-11. For pass over the isles of Chittim The neighbouring isles and peninsulas, which lay west of Judea, meaning especially the countries of Greece and Macedonia, and the islands and continents of Europe in general; the countries that were more polite and learned. And send unto Kedar To Arabia, and the countries to the east and south, as the others lay to the west and north: send to them that are more rude and barbarous. And consider diligently As a matter well worth your... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 2:9-13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 2:11

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 2:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:1-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:1-37

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:10-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:10-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 2:11

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 2:10-11

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