Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 18:13
Yahweh indicted the people of Judah through His prophet, asking if any other nation had ever done what Israel had done. As a virgin, she had done something appalling. She had polluted herself with the practices of pagan religion-including sexual immorality. She had played the harlot. read more
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 18:13
13. (Jeremiah 2:10; Jeremiah 2:11). Even among the heathen it was a thing unheard of, that a nation should lay aside its gods for foreign gods, though their gods are false gods. But Israel forsook the true God for foreign false gods. virgin of Israel— (Jeremiah 2:11- :). It enhances their guilt, that Israel was the virgin whom God had specially betrothed to Him. horrible thing— (Jeremiah 2:11- :). read more