Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 2:14-19
Israel’s perverse conduct 2:14-19Perverse conduct was the consequence of Israel’s apostasy and infidelity, and it led to slavery. read more
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Thomas Constable
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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 2:16
The Egyptians had cropped Israel’s glory. Jeremiah personified Israel as a woman (fem. suffix). In the ancient world long hair was a glorious thing (cf. 2 Samuel 14:26). Perhaps Pharaoh Shishak’s invasion of Judah in 925 B.C. is in view here (1 Kings 14:25-26). A more likely possibility is the slaying of King Josiah at Megiddo, when Pharaoh Neco took the crown (king) from the nation’s head in 609 B.C. (2 Kings 23:29). In both instances Egypt had shorn Israel.Memphis (Heb. Noph) was the ancient... read more
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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 2:17
Now comes the answer to the question posed in Jeremiah 2:14. The Israelites had brought these calamities on themselves by forsaking Yahweh, their God, who had led them so competently in the earlier years of their history. read more
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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 2:18
God’s people had turned to Egypt and Assyria for refreshment, instead of to Him (cf. Isaiah 30:1-5). In Jeremiah’s day there was a pro-Egyptian party and a pro-Assyrian party. [Note: Feinberg, p. 392; Graybill, p. 661.] The designation of the Nile River as the shihor (lit. blackness) may have been a way of denigrating the river, which was one of Egypt’s primary gods. The Nile was muddy, and that may be the reason it was called "black."This reference to the Judahites seeking help from Egypt and... read more
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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 2:19
The consequences of the people’s own wickedness and apostasies would come back on them and plague them. This should teach them that it was morally evil and experientially bitter for them to abandon Yahweh their God. All these bad things happened to them because they did not fear the Lord."The greatest judgment God can send to disobedient people is to let them have their own way and reap the sad, painful consequences of their sins." [Note: Wiersbe, p. 80. Cf. Romans 1:24.] "One may turn to or... read more
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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 2:20
The Lord had broken the yoke of Egypt off His people at the Exodus and had set them free, but, being ungrateful, they refused to yield to Him in covenant faithfulness. [Note: The Septuagint and Vulgate translations have "you" instead of "I broke your yoke." The translators interpreted this verse to mean that Israel had long ago thrown off all restraint. But the Hebrew text is probably correct here.] Rather, the Israelites had prostituted themselves to the gods of Canaan, worshipping idols at... read more
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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 2:20-25
Evidences of Israel’s ingratitude 2:20-25Baal worship fascinated the Israelites, but it was futile. read more
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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 2:21
Yahweh had planted Israel in the Promised Land as a choice vine, as His faithful seed, but Israel had grown up as a degenerate vine that bore the marks of foreign stock (cf. Isaiah 5:1-7; Ezekiel 15; Matthew 21:33-46). "Choice vine" is literally a sorek vine, a vine that thrived between Jerusalem and the Mediterranean Sea-especially in the Sorek Valley-and bore high-quality grapes. read more
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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 2:22
Israel could not cleanse herself of her iniquity. Ritual ablutions and sacrifices would not do the job (cf. 1 John 1:7). "Lye" was a mineral alkali cleanser, and "soap" was a vegetable alkali cleanser. read more
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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 2:14-15
Israel was Yahweh’s "firstborn son," not a slave or even a homeborn servant. People paid to purchase slaves for a period of service in Israel, but homeborn servants belonged to their masters as personal possessions (Exodus 21:1-6). [Note: See The New Bible Dictionary, 1962 ed., s.v. "Slave, Slavery," by Kenneth A. Kitchen.] As a firstborn son, Israel enjoyed the special care and provisions of the Lord. Then why had he become a prey to enemies? Enemy rulers, like young lions, had threatened and... read more