John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 3:6
The Lord said also unto me, in the days of Josiah the king ,.... For in his time Jeremiah began to prophesy, even in the thirteenth year of his reign, Jeremiah 1:2 , hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done ? the ten tribes; that is, hast thou not heard? or dost thou not know the idolatry of the ten tribes, which was the cause of their captivity? as Kimchi explains it; for the facts, or the idolatrous actions of the ten tribes, were not done in Josiah's and Jeremiah's... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 3:6-11
The date of this sermon must be observed, in order to the right understanding of it; it was in the days of Josiah, who set on foot a blessed work of reformation, in which he was hearty, but the people were not sincere in their compliance with it; to reprove them for that, and warn them of the consequences of their hypocrisy, is the scope of that which God here said to the prophet, and which he delivered to them. The case of the two kingdoms of Israel and Judah is here compared, the ten tribes... read more