Jeremiah 2:7-8 NIV

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

John Gill

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 2:8

The priests said not, where is the Lord ?.... Whose business it was to draw nigh to God, and offer the sacrifices of the people, and inquire of God for them; whose lips should keep knowledge, and at whose mouth the law should be sought, they being the messengers of the Lord of hosts, Malachi 2:7 , and they that handle the law knew me not ; the sanhedrim, according to Jarchi; or the lawyers and scribes, the Rabbins and doctors of the law, whose business it was to read and explain it;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 2:7

And I brought you into a plentiful country - The land of Canaan. My land - The particular property of God, which he gave to them as an inheritance, they being his peculiar people. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 2:8

They that handle the law - ותפשי vethophe shey , they that draw out the law; they whose office it is to explain it, draw out its spiritual meanings, and show to what its testimonies refer. The pastors also - Kings, political and civil rulers. Prophesied by Baal - Became his prophets, and were inspired with the words of lying spirits. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 2:7

Verse 7 He afterwards adds, And I brought you in, etc. Here Jeremiah introduces God as the speaker; for God had, as with his hand stretched forth, brought in the children of Abraham into the possession of the promised land, which they did not get, as it is said in Psalms 44:3, by their own power and by their own sword; for though they had to fight with many enemies, yet it was God that made them victorious. He could then truly say, that they did not otherwise enter the land than under his... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 2:8

Verse 8 God assails here especially the teachers and those to whom was committed the power of ruling the people. It often happens that the common people fall away, while yet some integrity remains in the rulers. But God shews here that such was the falling away among the whole community, that priests as well as prophets and all the chief men had departed from the true worship of God, and from all uprightness. Now, when Jeremiah thus rebukes the teachers and the priests and others, he does not... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:1-8

Israel's desertion of Jehovah viewed in the light of the past. Desertion rather than apostasy is the word by which to describe the offence charged against Israel in this chapter. Apostasy from principle is too abstract and unemotional a way of putting the thing. The spectacle presented to us is that of one person deserting another in the basest and most ungrateful way. It is a desertion without excuse, aggravated by every circumstance which can aggravate it. And now Jehovah sends his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:1-14

A sweet remembrance embittered; or Divine delight turned by his people's ingratitude into Divine distress. I. GOD GREATLY DELIGHTS IN HIS PEOPLE 'S LOVE . See the similitude he employs: "the love of thine espousals." It is difficult for us to recall any period in the history of Israel when such high praise as this was merited by them. For it is of their love to God rather than of his to them—though there was never any doubt about that-that the prophet is here speaking.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:1-37

It is always interesting to notice how later inspired writers hasten to do honor to their predecessors. Originality is not an object with the prophets, but rather the developing and adapting the truths long ago "delivered." The whole group of prophecies to which Jeremiah 2:1-37 . belongs contains numerous points of contact, in ideas or phraseology, with the song of Hoses ( Deuteronomy 32:1-52 .). The following have been indicated:—Cf. Jeremiah 2:5 with Deuteronomy 32:4 ; ... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 2:1-8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 2:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 2:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 2:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 2:8

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 2:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 2:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:1-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:1-37

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