Jeremiah 3:23. Truly in vain, &c.— Certainty there is nothing in the hills but a lie, in the mountains but vanity. Houb. This refers to the idols, and the high places where they were worshipped. Shame, in the next verse, בשׁת bosheth, signifies the confusion arising from the worship of idols. See ch. Jer 11:13 and Hosea 10:6. read more
Jeremiah 3:25. We lie down in our shame— "God has justly abandoned us to our confusion: he has permitted, that the worship of those idols which we have adored, should serve only to throw us into a condition deplorable as death; into captivity, exile, and oppression." See Calmet. REFLECTIONS.—1st, When for our sin we deserve to be abandoned, our God is merciful, and not willing that any should perish, as here most eminently appears. 1. Their iniquities were great, numberless, and aggravated.... read more
12. Go—not actually; but turn and proclaim towards the north (Media and Assyria, where the ten tribes were located by Tiglath-pileser and Shalmaneser, 2 Kings 15:29; 2 Kings 17:6; 2 Kings 18:9; 2 Kings 18:11). Return . . . backsliding—Hebrew, Shubah, Meshubah, a play on sounds. In order to excite Judah to godly jealousy (2 Kings 18:11- :), Jehovah addresses the exiled ten tribes of Israel with a loving invitation. cause . . . anger to fall—literally, "I will not let fall My countenance"... read more
13. Only acknowledge— (Deuteronomy 30:1; Deuteronomy 30:3; Proverbs 28:13). scattered thy ways, c.— (Jeremiah 2:25). Not merely the calves at Beth-el, but the idols in every direction, were the objects of their worship (Ezekiel 16:15 Ezekiel 16:24; Ezekiel 16:25). read more
14. I am married—literally, "I am Lord," that is, husband to you (so :-; compare Hosea 2:19; Hosea 2:20; Isaiah 54:5). GESENIUS, following the Septuagint version of Isaiah 54:5- :, and Paul's quotation of it (Isaiah 54:5- :), translates, "I have rejected you"; so the corresponding Arabic, and the idea of lordship, may pass into that of looking down upon, and so rejecting. But the Septuagint in this passage translates, "I will be Lord over you." And the "for" has much more force in English... read more
15. pastors—not religious, but civil rulers, as Zerubbabel, Nehemiah (Jeremiah 23:4; Jeremiah 2:8). read more
16. they shall say no more—The Jews shall no longer glory in the possession of the ark; it shall not be missed, so great shall be the blessings of the new dispensation. The throne of the Lord, present Himself, shall eclipse and put out of mind the ark of the covenant and the mercy seat between the cherubim, God's former throne. The ark, containing the two tables of the law, disappeared at the Babylonian captivity, and was not restored to the second temple, implying that the symbolical "glory"... read more
17. Jerusalem—the whole city, not merely the temple. As it has been the center of the Hebrew theocracy, so it shall be the point of attraction to the whole earth (Isaiah 2:2-4; Zechariah 2:10; Zechariah 2:11; Zechariah 14:16-21). throne of . . . Lord—The Shekinah, the symbol of God's peculiar nearness to Israel (Zechariah 2:11- :) shall be surpassed by the antitype, God's own throne in Jerusalem (Psalms 2:6; Psalms 2:8; Ezekiel 34:23; Ezekiel 34:24; Zechariah 2:5). imagination—rather, as... read more
18. Judah . . . Israel . . . together—Two distinct apostasies, that of Israel and that of Judah, were foretold (Jeremiah 3:8; Jeremiah 3:10). The two have never been united since the Babylonish captivity; therefore their joint restoration must be still future (Isaiah 11:12; Isaiah 11:13; Ezekiel 37:16-22; Hosea 1:11). north— (Hosea 1:11- :). land . . . given . . . inheritance— (Amos 9:15). read more
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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 3:21
Jeremiah 3:21. For they have perverted— For that they have perverted their way, and had forgotten, &c. read more