Jeremiah 2:9-29

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 2:28

Cities. All were abandoned, Ezechiel xvi. 24., and Osee x. 1. read more

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 2:9-13

9-13 Before God punishes sinners, he pleads with them, to bring them to repentance. He pleads with us, what we should plead with ourselves. Be afraid to think of the wrath and curse which will be the portion of those who throw themselves out of God's grace and favour. Grace in Christ is compared to water from a fountain, it being cooling and refreshing, cleansing and making fruitful: to living water, because it quickens dead sinners, revives drooping saints, supports and maintains spiritual... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 2:14-19

14-19 Is Israel a servant? No, they are the seed of Abraham. We may apply this spiritually: Is the soul of man a slave? No, it is not; but has sold its own liberty, and enslaved itself to divers lusts and passions. The Assyrian princes, like lions, prevailed against Israel. People from Egypt destroyed their glory and strength. They brought these calamities on themselves by departing from the Lord. The use and application of this is, Repent of thy sin, that thy correction may not be thy ruin.... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 2:20-28

20-28 Notwithstanding all their advantages, Israel had become like the wild vine that bears poisonous fruit. Men are often as much under the power of their unbridled desires and their sinful lusts, as the brute beasts. But the Lord here warns them not to weary themselves in pursuits which could only bring distress and misery. As we must not despair of the mercy of God, but believe that to be sufficient for the pardon of our sins, so neither must we despair of the grace of God, but believe that... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 2:29-37

29-37 The nation had not been wrought upon by the judgements of God, but sought to justify themselves. The world is, to those who make it their home and their portion, a wilderness and a land of darkness; but those who dwell in God, have the lines fallen to them in pleasant places. Here is the language of presumptuous sinners. The Jews had long thrown off serious thoughts of God. How many days of our lives pass without suitable remembrance of him! The Lord was displeased with their confidences,... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Jeremiah 2:1-13

Israel's Lack of Faithfulness v. 1. Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, this being an introduction both to the first prophetic discourse and to the whole cycle of Jeremiah's prophetic messages, v. 2. Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, the expression "in the ears" showing that the prophet should preach to the people living in this center of idolatry with clamoring insistence, saying, Thus 'saith the Lord: I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love which Israel bore... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Jeremiah 2:14-19

Israel's Punishment and its Cause v. 14. Is Israel a servant? Is he a home-born slave? Why is he spoiled? The question, whether asked by the prophet or directly by God, expresses surprise that the nation which was once God's favorite should now be left at the mercy of the enemy like a worthless slave. Whence this change in fortunes? Whence this unhappy condition? v. 15. The young lions roared upon him and yelled, raising their voices in a roar of triumph, and they made his land waste; his... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Jeremiah 2:20-28

The Sin of Idolatry v. 20. For of old time I have broken thy yoke and burst thy bands, rather, "For from ancient times thou hast broken thy yoke and burst thy bands," namely, the laws and ordinances of God; and thou saidst, I will not transgress, literally, "I will not serve," thus obstinately refusing obedience to the Lord, when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, where the sanctuaries of idolatry were always found, playing the harlot, the act of adultery, as... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Jeremiah 2:29-37

The Guilt Established v. 29. Wherefore will ye plead with Me? contending with the Lord as though He had no right to punish them. Ye all have transgressed against Me, saith the Lord, forsaking Him in rebellious wickedness. v. 30. In vain have I smitten your children, in endeavoring to bring them to their senses; they received no correction, they would not permit themselves to be guided on the right path; your own sword hath devoured your prophets like a destroying lion. Cf 2 Chronicles... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Jeremiah 2:1-37

II. FIRST DIVISIONThe Passages relating to the Theocracy, Chaps. 2–44(with an appendix, Jeremiah 45:0)______FIRST SUBDIVISIONThe Collection of Discourses, with Appendices, Jeremiah 2-351. The First DiscourseJeremiah 2:0This chapter contains an independent discourse; it does not, as Graf supposes, form, with chap. 3–4, a connected whole. For, as we shall show, chap. 3 begins a discourse clearly arranged and complete in itself, which would not bear any addition either at the beginning or at the... read more

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