John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 2:7
And I brought you into a plentiful country ,.... "Into the land of Carmel", as in the Hebrew text; that is, "into the land of Israel, which was planted as Carmel,' as the Targum paraphrases it; with wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, pomegranates, and olives; a land flowing with milk and honey, Deuteronomy 8:8 , so Ben Melech: to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof ; of vineyards and oliveyards, which they had not planted, and for which they had never laboured, Joshua... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 2:1-8
Here is, I. A command given to Jeremiah to go and carry a message from God to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. He was charged in general (Jer. 1:17) to go and speak to them; here he is particularly charged to go and speak this to them. Note, It is good for ministers by faith and prayer to take out a fresh commission when they address themselves solemnly to any part of their work. Let a minister carefully compare what he has to deliver with the word of God, and see that it agrees with it, that he... read more