Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 2:22
Jeremiah 2:22. For though thou wash thee with nitre, &c. Though thou shouldest use ever so many methods of washing away thy sins, such as the rites of expiation prescribed by the law, or practised by idolaters; though thou shouldest insist ever so much upon thy own innocence and righteousness, yet the marks or stains of thy sins will always appear in the sight of God, till they are done away by his pardoning mercy, exercised toward thee in consequence of thy repentance and reformation.... read more
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 2:20-21
Jeremiah 2:20-21. For of old time I have broken thy yoke That is, I have delivered thee from the bondage and tyranny that thou wast under, of old time, in Egypt; as also divers times besides. See the book of Judges. And burst thy bands Alluding either to the bands and fetters with which prisoners were wont to be bound, Jeremiah 40:4, or those bands wherewith yokes were usually fastened upon the necks of beasts. And thou saidst, I will not transgress When the deliverance was fresh, thou... read more