Jeremiah 3:8-9 NIV

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 3:8

And I saw, when for all the causes, whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery ,.... Not only Judah saw, but God, who sees all things, saw the idolatry of the ten tribes which apostatized from him, and all the springs, causes, reasons, and occasions of it, and its consequences; and also the treachery, hardness, and idolatry of Judah: I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce ; as men did, when they put away their wives, as they might lawfully do in case of adultery; and here... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 3:9

And it came to pass, through the lightness of her whoredom ,.... Or the "swiftness" F2 מקל "a levitate", a קלל , "velocem esse", Calvin. of it; when it was once set on foot, it ran through the land presently one taking it from and following the example of another; or it became a light thing with her to commit idolatry; it was looked upon as a small thing, a trivial offence at most: so the Targum, "it came to pass that her idols were light in her eyes;' not lightly esteemed of,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 3:8

I had put her away - Given them up into the hands of the Assyrians. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 3:9

The lightness of her whoredom - The grossness of her idolatry: worshipping objects the most degrading, with rites the most impure. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 3:8

Verse 8 He then says, And I saw As he had said that the kingdom of Judah had seen what happened to Israel, so he now says, that he had seen both, See then did I Now, what does he declare that he had seen? Even that Judah had played the harlot; for he now speaks of Judah as of a woman. Then God says, that it was not a thing hid from him that Judah had surpassed the crimes of her sister, not through ignorance or deception, but through deliberate wickedness: See, he says, did I, that... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 3:9

Verse 9 Here the Prophet completes his charge, — that so far was it that the punishment which God had inflicted on the Israelites, had any effect on the tribe of Judah, that she surpassed by her levity and lustfulness the whoredomes of her sister. She has polluted, he says, the land, or made the land to sin, that is, rendered the land guilty. It is indeed what greatly exaggerates the crime, when it is said that the land became guilty or contaminated. The land, we know, was in itself pure, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:1-25

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:6-10

An old and sad but very true story. I. GOD LOOKING FOR FRUIT BUT NONE FORTHCOMING . 1. The fruit God looked for was Judah's repentance (cf. the history of the times to which Jeremiah refers). Idolatry was rampant in the northern kingdom. The southern also had been very far from free from it. But at this time God looked for a true repentance on Judah's part. 2. And such fruit was reasonably expected. There was the personal example and influence of King Josiah and the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:8

And I saw, when for all the causes , etc.; rather, and I saw that even because apostate Israel had , etc. But this is exceedingly strange in this connection. The preceding words seem to compel us either (with the Vulgate) to omit "and I saw" altogether, or (with Ewald) to read the first letter of the verb differently, and render "and she saw," taking up the statement of Jeremiah 3:7 ("saw; yea, she saw," etc.). The latter view is favored by a phrase in Jeremiah 3:10 (see note below).... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 3:6-11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 3:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 3:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 3:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 3:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 3:8

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 3:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:1-25

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:6-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 3:8

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