The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:29
Wherefore will ye plead with me ? How can ye be so brazen-faced as to attempt to justify yourselves? read more
エレミヤ書 2:26-29 Jc
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 2:27
“Stone” being feminine in Hebrew is here represented as the mother.Arise, and save us - Whether it be idolatry or infidelity, it satisfies only in tranquil and prosperous times. No sooner does trouble come, than the deep conviction of the existence of a God, which is the witness for Him in our heart, resumes its authority, and man prays. read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 2:28
A question of bitter irony. Things are made for some use. Now is the time for thy deities to prove themselves real by being useful. When every city has its special deity, surely among so many there might be found one able to help his worshippers.O Judah - Hereto the argument had been addressed to Israel: suddenly the prophet charges Judah with the habitual practice of idolatry, and points to the conclusion, that as Jerusalem has been guilty of Samaria’s sin, it must suffer Samaria’s punishment. read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 2:26-28
Jeremiah 2:26-28. As the thief is ashamed As the thief has nothing to say for himself, but is perfectly confounded when he is taken in the very act, so the house of Israel hath no manner of plea wherewith to defend or excuse their idolatry. They, their kings, their princes Whose duty it was to have restrained them from such practices by their authority; their priests, and their prophets Who ought to have set them a better example, and have given them better instruction. Saying to a... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 2:29-30
Jeremiah 2:29-30. Wherefore will ye plead with me? Why do you insist upon your innocence? See Jeremiah 2:35. Why do you lay claim to my former promises, as if you had not forfeited your title to them by your sins? In vain have I smitten your children That is, the children or people of Judah. They had been under divine rebukes of many kinds, whereby God designed to bring them to repentance, but it was in vain: they did not answer God’s end in afflicting them; their consciences were not... read more
Donald C. Fleming
Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 2:20-37
Idolatry and immorality (2:20-37)In associating with Baal and other gods, Judah has broken the covenant bond with Yahweh. Judah’s unfaithfulness is likened to adultery (20). (Throughout the following chapters, Jeremiah makes repeated reference to the beliefs and practices of Baalism, and to the significance they had in leading God’s people into spiritual adultery and prostitution. For information that will help to understand Jeremiah’s teaching, see introductory notes to Judges, subheading ‘The... read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 2:26
their kings. Showing that Judah was still in the Land, but in Jehoiakim's reign. their princes. Some codices, with Septuagint and Syriac, read "and their princes", perfecting the Figure of speech Polysyndeton , emphasizing all classes. read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 2:27
stone. Here feminine, to agree with mother. read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 2:28
where . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6 . Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:37 , Deuteronomy 32:38 ). App-92 . for, &c. Figure of speech Epitrope. Judah. Compare Jeremiah 11:13 . read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:28
Lords many and gods many. The multiplicity of idols contrasts with the unity of the true God. It involves inconsistency, spiritual confusion, etc. But here the argument is— I. THAT IDOLATRY IS A LOCAL , EXCLUSIVE , AND SEPARATIVE PRINCIPLE . II. IT IS THUS THE CREATURE AND THE OCCASION OF IGNORANCE , PREJUDICE , AND DISCORD . III. IT IS THEREFORE BOUND TO DISAPPEAR BEFORE THE LIGHT AND PROGRESS OF HUMANITY .—M. read more