Introduction
A.M. 3375. B.C. 629.
This and the four following chapters contain a solemn remonstrance against the wickedness of the Jews, calls to repentance, and threatenings of ruin if they remained obstinate and impenitent. The sin with which they are most particularly charged here is idolatry, forsaking their own God, the true God, for other and false gods. It is urged,
(1,) That their conduct was extremely ungrateful to God, who had been so kind to their nation, Jeremiah 2:1-8 .
(2,) That it was without a precedent even among the heathen, who had only idols for their gods, Jeremiah 2:9-13 .
(3,) That by their alliances with the Egyptians and Assyrians, and imitation of their idolatries, they had disparaged and ruined themselves, Jeremiah 2:14-19 .
(4,) That hereby they had broken their covenant engagements, and degenerated from their good beginnings, Jeremiah 2:19-21 .
(5,) That their wickedness was too manifest to be concealed, and too bad to be excused, they having wilfully, obstinately, and indefatigably persisted in it, Jeremiah 2:22-25 , Jeremiah 2:33-36 .
(6,) That they had shamed themselves by trusting to idols, which could not help them, Jeremiah 2:26-29 , Jeremiah 2:37 .
(7,) That they contemned the rebukes of providence, and even God himself, Jeremiah 2:30-32 .
(8,) That, with their idolatry, they had mingled the most unnatural murder of their children, Jeremiah 2:34 .
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