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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 2:15-16

Jeremiah 2:15-16. The young lions roared upon them Lions, in the figurative style of prophecy, denote powerful princes and conquerors; see Jeremiah 50:17; where the king of Assyria is mentioned as one of those lions which had devoured him, and Nebuchadnezzar as another. If we consider the prophet as speaking here of what was past, by the young lions he probably means the kings of Syria and Assyria, who laid the country waste, not only of the ten tribes, but also Judah and Benjamin; and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 2:17

Jeremiah 2:17. Hast thou not procured this unto thyself? Are not all these calamities owing to thy sins, thy known and wilful sins? By their sinful confederacies with the nations, and especially their conformity to them in their idolatrous customs and usages, they had made themselves very mean and contemptible, as all those do that have made a profession of religion, and afterward throw it off. Nothing now appeared of that which, by their constitution, made them both honourable and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 2:18

Jeremiah 2:18. And now what hast thou to do, &c. “The kings of Egypt and Assyria were the most potent monarchs in the neighbourhood of Judea; and according as either of these was the stronger, the Jews made their court to him, and desired his assistance. This is expressed by drinking the waters of Sihor, an Egyptian river, which some suppose, and Dr. Waterland renders, the Nile; (see note on Isaiah 42:0; Isaiah 3:0;) and of the Euphrates, called here the river, by way of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 2:19

Jeremiah 2:19. Thy own wickedness shall correct thee The miseries that your own sins have brought upon you, one would suppose, might be sufficient to reclaim you from your evil courses, and induce you to return to God, by a sincere repentance, Hosea 2:7. Know therefore Upon the whole matter; and see that it is an evil thing that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God For that is the thing that makes thine enemies, enemies indeed, and thy friends, friends in vain. The sense of the clause... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 2:20-21

Jeremiah 2:20-21. For of old time I have broken thy yoke That is, I have delivered thee from the bondage and tyranny that thou wast under, of old time, in Egypt; as also divers times besides. See the book of Judges. And burst thy bands Alluding either to the bands and fetters with which prisoners were wont to be bound, Jeremiah 40:4, or those bands wherewith yokes were usually fastened upon the necks of beasts. And thou saidst, I will not transgress When the deliverance was fresh, thou... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 2:22

Jeremiah 2:22. For though thou wash thee with nitre, &c. Though thou shouldest use ever so many methods of washing away thy sins, such as the rites of expiation prescribed by the law, or practised by idolaters; though thou shouldest insist ever so much upon thy own innocence and righteousness, yet the marks or stains of thy sins will always appear in the sight of God, till they are done away by his pardoning mercy, exercised toward thee in consequence of thy repentance and reformation.... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 2:23-24

Jeremiah 2:23-24. How canst thou say, I am not polluted? With what face canst thou go about to excuse thyself, or deny what is so evident, and so truly charged upon thee? see Jeremiah 2:20. I have not gone after Baalim The word is plural, because meant to comprehend all their idols; being a name usually given to several of them, as Baal-peor, Numbers 25:3; Baal-zebub, 2 Kings 1:16. Because they had the temple, and sacrifices offered therein, &c., they still persuaded themselves that... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 2:25

Jeremiah 2:25. Withhold thy foot from being unshod, &c. “Do not wear out thy shoes, or sandals, and expose thyself to thirst and weariness in undertaking long journeys, to make new alliances with idolaters.” Thus Lowth, and many other expositors. “But I rather take it,” says Blaney, “to be a warning to beware of the consequences of pursuing the courses they were addicted to: as if it had been said, Take care that thou dost not expose thyself, by thy wicked ways, to the wretched... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 2:26-28

Jeremiah 2:26-28. As the thief is ashamed As the thief has nothing to say for himself, but is perfectly confounded when he is taken in the very act, so the house of Israel hath no manner of plea wherewith to defend or excuse their idolatry. They, their kings, their princes Whose duty it was to have restrained them from such practices by their authority; their priests, and their prophets Who ought to have set them a better example, and have given them better instruction. Saying to a... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 2:1-19

A nation’s unfaithfulness (2:1-19)While Josiah was reconstructing the outward form of Judah’s religion, Jeremiah was searching into the deeply rooted attitudes of the people and trying to bring about a truly spiritual change. He contrasts the nation’s present sad condition with its devotion to God in former days. Israel once loved God, as a bride loves her husband. She was like the firstfruits of the harvest that belonged to God, and those who plundered her were punished (2:1-3).God now... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 2:15-16

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 2:17

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 2:18

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 2:19

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 2:20-21

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 2:22

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 2:23-24

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 2:25

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 2:26-28

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 2:1-19

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