Jeremiah 3:6 - Exposition

The Lord said also unto me , etc. It has been suggested (see on Jeremiah 3:1 ) that this introductory clause belongs rather to Jeremiah 3:1 . Some sort of introduction, however, seems called for; Ewald supposes a shorter form, such as "And the Lord said further unto me." The view is not improbable, for although there is evidently a break between Jeremiah 3:5 and Jeremiah 3:6 , there are points of contact enough between Jeremiah 3:1-5 and the following discourse to prove that they represent the same prophetic period (comp. Jeremiah 3:10 with Jeremiah 3:3 , Jeremiah 3:8 , Jeremiah 3:9 with Jeremiah 3:1 , Jeremiah 3:12 with Jeremiah 3:5 , Jeremiah 3:19 with Jeremiah 3:4 ). Backsliding Israel ; literally, apostasy Israel . Usually a change or modification of a name is a sign of honor; here, however, it marks the disgrace of the bearer. Israel is apostasy personified (comp. Jeremiah 3:14 , Jeremiah 3:22 ). She is gone up; rather, her wont hath been to go up .