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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 3:2

These words are not the language of consolation to the conscience-stricken, but of vehement expostulation with hardened sinners. They prove, therefore, the truth of the interpretation put upon the preceding verse.As the Arabian ... - The freebooting propensities of the Bedouin had passed in ancient times into a proverb. As eager as the desert-tribes were for plunder, so was Israel for idolatry. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 3:2

Jeremiah 3:2. Lift up thine eyes Do but look and consider whether I charge thee wrongfully or not; unto the high places The places of thy spiritual whoredoms or idolatries, their false gods being generally worshipped upon the hills and mountains, 2 Kings 21:3. Thy idolatries have been so frequent that thou canst scarcely show a place where some false god has not been worshipped. In the ways hast thou sat for them To allure passengers. Thus the fondness of the people for idolatry is... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 3:3

Jeremiah 3:3. Therefore the showers have been withholden Namely, by me, according to my threatening, Leviticus 26:19; Deuteronomy 28:23-24; that is, a drought was sent upon their land, either as a punishment of their wickedness, public sins bringing public judgments, or as an aggravation of it, in which case the clause ought to be read, Though the showers, &c.; that is, notwithstanding the great drought, whereby thou hast been chastised, thou hast not been brought to repentance; and... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 3:1-5

Judah unfaithful and unashamed (3:1-5)By her spiritual adultery Judah has broken the marriage bond with Yahweh and defiled the land. In her immorality and idolatry she has acted like a prostitute who lures lovers in the city streets. She is like a desert outlaw who looks for innocent victims along the country’s highways (3:1-2).God sent drought to bring Judah to repentance, but the nation has remained unmoved. She is so shameless she even looks like a prostitute (3). Yet she is bold enough to... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 3:3

showers . . . withholden. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:19 . Deuteronomy 11:17 ; Deuteronomy 28:23 ). App-92 . forehead. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), for impudence. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 3:2

Jeremiah 3:2. High-places, &c.— See Pro 7:8-10 and the Observations, p. 52. The fondness of the people for idolatry is compared to the wantonness of a harlot, who lies in wait for men as for her prey; or as the Arabian hides himself in the desert, to strip the unwary traveller. Mr. Harmer has cited from a manuscript of Sir John Chardin the following lively description of the attention and eagerness of the Arabs in watching for passengers, whom they may spoil. "Thus the Arabs wait for... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 3:3

Jeremiah 3:3. Therefore the showers have been withholden— The general import of this passage is, that though God had begun in some degree to chastise his people (as he threatened, Leviticus 26:19. Deuteronomy 28:23.) with a view to their reformation, his chastisement had not produced the desired effect; for they continued as abandoned as before, without shewing the least sign of shame or remorse. By the showers we are to understand what is otherwise called the former or first rain, being the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 3:2

2. high places—the scene of idolatries which were spiritual adulteries. In . . . ways . . . sat for them—watching for lovers like a prostitute (Genesis 38:14; Genesis 38:21; Proverbs 7:12; Proverbs 23:28; Ezekiel 16:24; Ezekiel 16:25), and like an Arab who lies in wait for travellers. The Arabs of the desert, east and south of Palestine, are still notorious as robbers. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 3:3

3. no latter rain—essential to the crops in Palestine; withheld in judgment ( :-; compare Joel 2:23). whore's forehead— (Jeremiah 8:12; Ezekiel 3:8). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 3:1-4

Yahweh’s call for His people’s repentance 3:1-4:4A passionate plea for repentance follows logically and textually the indictment of God’s people for their sins (ch. 2)."There is a problem with free forgiveness. If you can always wipe the slate clean, how much does it matter what you write on it next? It is a problem for both parties-not only for the one in the wrong, who may feel that he can get away with more and more, but also for the one who forgives, who has to wonder what his forbearance... read more