John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 3:10
And yet for all this ,.... Though the two tribes saw the lightness and filthiness of the sin Israel was guilty of, and how the land was defiled with it, the stupidity of it, and the punishment inflicted on account of it: her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the Lord ; there was a show of reformation in Josiah's time, but it was but a show; there was no true, hearty cordial repentance for the sin of idolatry, only a feigned one;... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 3:9
And it came to pass, through the lightness of her whoredom ,.... Or the "swiftness" F2 מקל "a levitate", a קלל , "velocem esse", Calvin. of it; when it was once set on foot, it ran through the land presently one taking it from and following the example of another; or it became a light thing with her to commit idolatry; it was looked upon as a small thing, a trivial offence at most: so the Targum, "it came to pass that her idols were light in her eyes;' not lightly esteemed of,... read more