John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 16:12
And ye have done worse than your fathers ,.... Not only committed the same sins, but greater, or, however, attended with more aggravating circumstances; they were wilfully and impudently done, and obstinately persisted in; and therefore deserving of the great evil of punishment pronounced against them. For, behold, ye walk everyone after the imagination of his evil heart ; they walked not as the word of God directs, but as their own evil heart dictated; the imagination of which was evil,... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 16:10-13
Here is, 1. An enquiry made into the reasons why God would bring those judgments upon them (Jer. 16:10): When thou shalt show this people all these words, the words of this curse, they will say unto thee, Wherefore has the Lord pronounced all this great evil against us? One would hope that there were some among them that asked this question with a humble penitent heart, desiring to know what was the sin for which God contended with them, that they might cast it away and prevent the judgment:... read more