Jeremiah 2:5, Jeremiah 2:13 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 2:5

Thus saith the Lord, what iniquity have your fathers found in me ,.... What injustice or injury has been done them? there is no unrighteousness in God, nor can any be done by him; or what unfaithfulness, or want of truth and integrity in performing promises, had they found in him? he never suffers his faithfulness to fail, or any of the good things he has promised. So the Targum, "what falsehood have your fathers found in my word?' none at all; God is a covenant keeping God: that they... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 2:5

What iniquity have your fathers found in me - Have they ever discovered any thing cruel, unjust, oppressive in my laws? Any thing unkind or tyrannical in my government? Why then have they become idolaters? read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 2:5

Verse 5 Then follows the charge: What, iniquity have your fathers found in me, that having forsaken me they should walk after vanity and become vain? Here Jeremiah charges the people with two crimes, — that they had departed from the true God, whom they had found to be a deliverer, — and that they had become vain in their devices; or, in other words, that they were become for no reason apostates: for their sin was enhanced, because there had been no occasion given them to forsake God, and to... 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:4-9

The indictment of Israel. The chosen nation is arraigned in all its generations and in all its orders. It is a universal and continuous crime; and it ran parallel with a succession of unheard-of mercies, deliverances, and favors. In these respects it corresponds to the sin of God's people in every age—forgetfulness of past mercy, abuse of present blessings, the corruption and perverseness of those who were entrusted with Divine mysteries and sacred offices. I. JEHOVAH APPEALS TO ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:5

What iniquity , etc.; rather, what unrighteousness , etc. (comp. Deuteronomy 32:4 , "a God of faithfulness, and without unrighteousness," alluding to the "covenant" between Jehovah and Israel). God's condescending grace (his ' anavah , Psalms 18:36 ). As if he were under an obligation to Israel (comp. Micah 6:3 , etc.; Isaiah 5:3 ). Vanity ; i . e . the idols; literally, a breath (so Jeremiah 10:15 ; Jeremiah 14:22 ; Jeremiah 16:19 ). Are become vain . The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:5-7

The ingratitude of sin. Of the many aspects under which sin may be viewed none is more sad than that of ingratitude to God. Every act of sin is a distinct act of ingratitude; for every such act is an offence against him who has shown to us nothing but love, and from whom we are taking innumerable favors in the very moment of our transgression. I. THE INGRATITUDE OF SIN IS SEEN IN THE FORGETFULNESS OF GOD 'S SAVING MERCY . So the Israelites forget the glorious... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 2:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 2:5

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 2:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:1-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:1-37

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:4-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:5-7

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