Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 11:15
Jeremiah 11:15. What hath my beloved to do in my house, &c. “Why doth this, my chosen and peculiar people, as they love to call themselves, make their appearance before me in my house, since they have gone a whoring after several idols of the nations round about them, and thereby have disowned me, and broken the marriage contract that was between us? See note on Jeremiah 2:2. God calls the Jews his beloved people, because they called themselves so, and because they were still beloved... read more
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 11:12-14
Jeremiah 11:12-14. Then shall the cities of Judah cry unto the gods, &c. “When great calamities threaten men, their fears suggest all possible ways of seeking for succour. Thus, when the Jews found themselves forsaken of God, they betook themselves to idols, but found all such applications vain, and to no purpose: see 2 Chronicles 28:23. For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, &c. See note on Jeremiah 2:28. Ye have set up altars to that shameful thing Hebrew,... read more