32. More tenderly does God appeal to them in the comparison of this verse. Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire This last term means a sash or girdle which a bride puts on on her wedding-day, answering somewhat in significance and preciousness to the marriage ring. So God is his people’s best adornment and choicest treasure, and yet they have turned away from him. read more
34. Secret search Rather, at housebreaking. The meaning is, Thou didst not kill the poor for crime, but this is innocent blood upon thy skirts. But upon all these Rather, on account of all these, the wicked lusts of idolatry. But the passage is difficult, and this sense, which is favoured by Keil, Hitzig, R. Payne Smith, and others, is far from satisfactory. read more
35. Yet thou sayest, etc. The language seems to imply some such outward phariseeism as the reformation of Josiah might have produced. It is not unlikely that this reformation may have supplied the background of this verse. read more
36. Why gaddest thou What restlessness and inconstancy equals that of the unbeliever? From Egypt to Assyria, from Assyria to Babylon, from rationalism to spiritualism, from pantheism to atheism, from no religion to all religions such a life is one weary go-round of fruitless toil and profitless speculation. Nothing in human history is more notable than the fickleness of infidelity. read more
37. From him Namely, Egypt. As thou didst turn to Egypt from Assyria, so shalt thou turn from him, clasping thy head with thy hands in grief and dismay. The might of Egypt will surely be overthrown, and all who make it a covert shall be dislodged. read more
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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 2:31
31. O generation, see ye Rather, O generation that ye are. The pronoun belongs with the appellative, and not, as in the English, with the verb, and so emphasizes God’s sorrow and indignation. Have I been a wilderness… a land of darkness There is a mingled sternness and tenderness in this passage which the Authorized Version does not adequately convey. We are lords Better, with the Chaldee, Syriac, and Vulgate, We will wander at will, that is, we will not be held in restraint. This... read more