Jeremiah 2:1-37 - Exposition

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 ; Deuteronomy 32:11 , Deuteronomy 32:12 with Deuteronomy 32:1 , Deuteronomy 32:21 ; Deuteronomy 32:20 with Deuteronomy 32:15 ; Deuteronomy 32:26-28 with Deuteronomy 32:6 , Deuteronomy 32:18 , Deuteronomy 32:37 , Deuteronomy 32:38 ; Deuteronomy 32:31 with Deuteronomy 32:5 ; Jeremiah 3:19 with Deuteronomy 32:6 ; Jeremiah 4:22 and Jeremiah 5:21 with Deuteronomy 32:6 ; Jeremiah 5:7 with Deuteronomy 32:15 ; Jeremiah 5:14 with Deuteronomy 32:22 ; Jeremiah 5:28 with Deuteronomy 32:15 ; Jeremiah 6:11 with Deuteronomy 32:25 ; Jeremiah 6:15 with Deuteronomy 32:35 ; Jeremiah 6:19 , Jeremiah 6:30 with Deuteronomy 32:18 , Deuteronomy 32:19 .