Jeremiah 2:1-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:13

Two evils . Israel has not merely offended, like the heathen, by idolatry, but by deserting the only God who can satisfy the needs of human nature. The fountain of living waters . So Jeremiah 17:13 (comp. Psalms 36:9 ). Fountain; literally, tank or reservoir . Such reservoirs were "dug in the ground (see on Jeremiah 6:7 ), and chiefly intended for storing living waters, i . e . those of springs and rivulets" (Payne Smith). Cisterns, broken cisterns. A cistern, by its very... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:13

Broken cisterns. I. ALL MEN NEED SPIRITUAL REFRESHMENT . The soul has its thirst ( Psalms 63:1 ). 1. This is natural. We are born with instincts which reach out to the unseen, and the worldly habits which deaden these instincts cannot utterly eradicate them. If they could, we should cease to be men and become merely rational brutes, for "man is a religious animal." 2. This is intensified by the presence of life . Thirst is increased by a heated atmosphere, hard... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:13

Forsaking the fountain of living waters. I. THERE IS SUGGESTED HERE AN INCONCEIVABLE ACT OF FOLLY . It is a thing which could be believed of no one in his sound senses that he would leave a fountain of living water, knowing it to be such, and enjoying the use of it; and be contented with a cistern such as is here described. A fountain is that from which he benefits without any trouble; it is a pure gift of grace, and all he has to do is to take up his habitation by it.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 2:13

The people's sin. This is the sum and substance of the charge the prophet was called to bring against Israel. Idolatry was their destroying sin, the root of all their discords and miseries. It involved the renunciation of their allegiance to the God of their fathers, and in this their conduct was without a parallel. No instance of such apostasy could be found elsewhere. Those whom God had chosen to be witnesses for him before all the world were put to shame in this respect by the very... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 2:1

Moreover - literally, And. Notice the connection between Jeremiah’s call and first prophecy. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 2:2

Up to this time Jeremiah had lived at Anathoth, he is now to make Jerusalem the scene of his ministrations.I remember ... - Or, I have remembered for thee the grace “of thy youth, the love of thine espousals,” thy going “after me in the wilderness” in an unsown land. Jeremiah contrasts the present unfriendly relations between Yahweh and His people with their past love. Israel, as often elsewhere, is represented as a young bride Ezekiel 16:8; Hosea 2:20; Joel 1:8. The walking after God in the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 2:3

Render: “Israel” is an offering consecrated to Yahweh, His firstfruits of increase. The firstfruits were God’s consecrated property, His portion of the whole harvest. Pagan, i. e., unconsecrated, nations must not meddle with Israel, because it is the nation consecrated to God. If they do, they will bring such guilt upon themselves as those incur who eat the first-fruits Leviticus 22:10, Leviticus 22:16. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 2:6

Modern researches have shown that this description applies only to limited portions of the route of the Israelites through the Sinaitic peninsula. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 2:7

A plentiful country - literally, “a land of the Carmel,” a Carmel land (see 1 Kings 18:19, note; Isaiah 29:17, note). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 2:8

The guilt of this idolatry is ascribed to the four ruling classes:(a) The accusation brought against the priests is indifference.(b) “They that handle the law” belonged also to the priestly class Deuteronomy 33:10. Their offence was that “they knew not God.” Compare Micah 3:11.(c) The third class are “the pastors” or shepherds, that is the temporal rulers. Their crime is disobedience.(d) The fourth class are “the prophets.” It was their business to press the moral and spiritual truths of the... read more

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