Jeremias 2:9-11 NVT

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 2:9-13

The prophet, having shown their base ingratitude in forsaking God, here shows their unparalleled fickleness and folly (Jer. 2:9): I will yet plead with you. Note, Before God punishes sinners he pleads with them, to bring them to repentance. Note, further, When much has been said of the evil of sin, still there is more to be said; when one article of the charge is made good, there is another to be urged; when we have said a great deal, still we have yet to speak on God's behalf, Job 36:2. Those... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 2:9

Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the Lord ,.... Either verbally, by reasoning with them, and reproving them for their ignorance, stupidity, and idolatry; or by deeds, inflicting punishment upon them; so the Targum, "therefore I will take vengeance on you, or punish you, saith the Lord:' and with your children's children will I plead ; who imitate their parents, and do the same evil things as they, which the Lord knew they would; and was particularly true of the Jews in the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 2:10

For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see ,.... Or, "to the isles of Chittim" F26 עברו איי כתיים εις νησους Sept. "transite ad insulas Cethim", V. L. "ad insulas Cypriorum"; so some in Vatablus; "in insulas", Schmidt. ; so called from Kittim the son of Javan, Genesis 10:4 who, as Josephus says F1 Antiqu. l. 1. c. 6. sect. 1. , possessed the island of Chethima, now called Cyprus; and, from that, all islands, and most maritime places, are, by the Hebrews, called... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 2:11

Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods ?.... Though they are not by nature gods which they worship, only nominal and fictitious deities, yet they did not change them for others; but when they once embraced the worship of them, continued therein; so did the Chittim, the inhabitants of the isles, who though they traded to distant countries, from place to place; and so the Kedarenes, who dwelt in tents, and fed cattle, and moved from one desert to another, and from one pasture... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 2:9

I will yet plead with you - אריב arib , I will maintain my process, vindicate my own conduct, and prove the wickedness of yours. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 2:10

The isles of Chittim - This is the island of Cyprus, according to Josephus. In 1 Maccabees 8:5, it is taken for Macedonia. Besides this, how they (the Romans) had discomfited in battle Philip and Perseus, king of the Chittims. Chittim was the grandson of Japhet; and Bochart has made it appear that the countries inhabited by the Chittim were Italy and the adjacent provinces of Europe, lying along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea; and probably this is the prophet's meaning. Send unto... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 2:9

Verse 9 The particle עוד oud, yet, or still, is not without weight; for the Prophet intimates, that if God had already punished the perfidy and wickedness of the people, he still retained whole his right to do so, as though he had said, “Think not that you have suffered all your punishment, though I have already severely visited your fathers for their wickedness and obstinacy; for as ye proceed in the same course, and as there is no moderation nor limits to your sins, I will not desist from... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 2:10

Verse 10 Here, by a comparison, he amplifies the wickedness and ingratitude of his own nation, — that they had surpassed in levity all heathen nations; for he says that all nations so agreed in one religion, that each nation followed what it had received from its ancestors. How then was it that the God of Israel was repudiated and rejected by his own people? If there was such persistency in error, why did not truth secure credit among them who had been taught by the mouth of God himself, as... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 2:11

Verse 11 Hence he says, Yea, pass over unto the islands; and then he adds, see whether there is a thing like this; that is, such a monstrous and execrable thing can nowhere be found. An explanation follows, No nation has changed its gods, and yet they are no gods; that is, religion among all nations continues the same, so that they do not now and then change their gods, but worship those who have been as it were handed down to them by their fathers. And yet, he says, they are no gods If it had... 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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 2:9-13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 2:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 2:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 2:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 2:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 2:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 2:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 2:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 2:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:1-14

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