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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:14-19

Israel's punishment and its cause . read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:14-19

The Divine ideal, how lost and regained. The prophet has in his mind what was God's original thought for Israel, the Divine ideal concerning him; and along with that the mournful and utter contrast of his actual condition. An indignant "No" is the answer which rises to the prophet's lips as the questions, "Is Israel a slave? Is he a home born slave?" are asked. He thinks of God's words ( Exodus 4:22 ). But then there stares him in the face the most distressing but yet most unanswerable... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:15

The young lions , etc. A fresh figure, and a most natural one in Judaea; already applied to the Assyrians by Isaiah (v. 29, 30). Burned; rather, made ruinous (comp. "ruinous heaps," 2 Kings 19:25 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:16

Also the children of Noph , etc . This is the climax of the calamity. Noph, called Moph in the Hebrew text of Hosea 9:6 , is generally identified with Memphis, which was called in the inscriptions Mennufr, or "the good abode," but may possibly be Napata, the Nap of the inscriptions, the residency of the Ethiopian dynasty (De Rouge'). Tahapanes . The Hebrew form is Takhpanes or Tahhpanhhes . This was a fortified frontier town on the Pelusiot arm of the Nile, called in Greek... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:17

Hast not thou procured this ? rather, Is it not this that doth procure it unto thee ( namely ) that thou hast forsaken , etc . ? or, Is it not thy forsaking Jehovah that pro . cureth thee this? When he led thee by the way . The prophet thinks, perhaps, of the rebellion of the forefathers of Israel, who too soon ceased to "go after" Jehovah (comp. Jeremiah 2:2 ), and whose fickleness was imitated but too well by their descendants. This view is favored by the phraseology of ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:18

What hast thou to do in the way of Egypt? rather, with the way to Egypt . Isaiah ( Isaiah 30:2-5 ; Isaiah 31:1 ) and Hosea ( Hosea 7:11 , Hosea 7:16 ) had already inveighed against an Egyptian alliance. The name given by Manasseh to his sen and successor (Amen) suggests that at one period in his reign an Egyptian policy was in the ascendant, which coincides with the tradition preserved in 2 Chronicles 33:11 , of an Assyrian captivity of Manasseh. Jehoiakim at a later period was... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:18

The unreasonableness of appealing to worldly assistance in spiritual enterprises. This was the tendency of Israel when her faith grew weak. It is shown even now by those who trust to the arm of flesh, and who seek worldly alliances for the Church. We ought to be deterred from this when we consider— I. THE OPPOSITION OF THE CHARACTER AND AIMS OF THE WORLD TO THOSE OF SPIRITUAL RELIGION . II. THE UNRELIABLENESS OF THE WORLDLY . III. THE ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:19

Shall correct … shall reprove ; rather, chastise … punish . It is a constantly renewed punishment which follows the ever-repeated offence. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:19

Sin self-corrected. I. SIN BRINGS ITS OWN CHASTISEMENT . 1. Sin reveals its evil character as it comes into existence, and is no sooner completed than it is regarded by its parent with disgust. The wicked action which looks attractive in desire is repulsive to reflect upon. The very sight and thought and memory of sin are bitter. The burden of guilt, the shame of an evil memory, the sin itself is thus its own chastisement. 2. Sin naturally produces its punishment. The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:19

God's method of punishing apostasy. I. ITS OWN SIN IS TO FIND IT OUT . II. THAT THE TRUE CHARACTER OF ITS ACTIONS AND THE BITTER FRUITS OF ITS SIN MAY APPEAR .—M. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:14-19

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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:19

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