Jeremías 2:1-37 NTV

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 2:5

(5) Vanity.—In the special sense, as a synonym for idol-worship (Deuteronomy 32:21; 1 Kings 16:13). As in the character of a husband wronged by his wife’s desertion Jehovah pleads with His people, and asks whether He has failed in anything. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 2:6

(6) Neither said they.—In somewhat of the same tone as in Deuteronomy 8:15; Deuteronomy 32:10, the horrors of the wilderness are painted in vivid colours, to heighten the contrast with the land into which they had been brought. The picture was true of part, but not of the whole, of the region of the wanderings. But the people had forgotten this. There was no seeking for the Lord who had then been so gracious. The question, Where is He? never crossed their thoughts. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 2:7

(7) A plentiful country.—Literally, a land of Carmel, that word, as meaning a vine-clad hill, having become a type of plenty. So “the forest of his Carmel,” in Isaiah 37:24; elsewhere, as in Isaiah 10:18; Isaiah 32:15, “fruitful.” The LXX. treats the word as a proper name, “I brought you unto Carmel.”When ye entered.—The words point to the rapid degeneracy of Israel after the settlement in Canaan, as seen in the false worship and foul crimes of Judges 17-21. So in Psalms 78:56-58. Instead of... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 2:8

(8) The priests said not . . .—As throughout the work of Jeremiah and most of the prophets of the Old Testament, that which weighed most heavily on their souls was that those who were called to be guides of the people were themselves the chief agents in the evil. The salt had lost its savour. The light had become darkness. The rebuke, we must remember, came from the lips of one who was himself a priest.The priests said not, Where is the Lord?—The same failure to seek as that condemned in... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 2:9

(9) I will yet plead with you.—We hear, as it were, the echo of the words of Hosea 2:2. The injured lord and husband will appear as the accuser of the faithless bride, and set forth her guilt as in an indictment. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 2:10

(10) Pass over the isles . . .—Chittim is named as being, from the prophet’s point of view, the furthest country in the west (Genesis 10:4; Numbers 24:24), Kedar (Genesis 25:13; Psalms 120:5) in the east. The whole earth might be searched without finding a parallel to the guilt of Israel. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 2:11

(11) Hath a nation . . .—Emphatically a heathen “nation,” as contrasted with the “people” of Jehovah. They were faithful to their false gods; Israel was unfaithful to the true. The words “changed their glory” find an echo in Romans 1:23, though here they express the thought that the worship of Jehovah was the true glory of Israel as a people, and that they had wilfully abandoned it. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 2:12

(12) Be astonished, O ye heavens.—The adjuration had been made familiar by a like utterance in Isaiah 1:2; Deuteronomy 32:1 “Astonished”—in the old sense, “thunder-stricken,” stupefied. The whole universe is thought of as shocked and startled at the offence against its Creator. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 2:13

(13) The fountain of living waters.—The word rendered “well,” as in Proverbs 10:11; Proverbs 18:4; “fountain,” as in Psalms 36:9, is used of water flowing from the rock. The “cistern,” on the other hand, was a tank for surface water. A word identical in sound and meaning, though differently spelt, is variously rendered by “pit,” “well,” or “cistern.” read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 2:14

(14) Is Israel a servant?—The word “servant,” we must remember, had become, through its frequent use in Isaiah (Isaiah 20:3; Isaiah 41:8, et al.), a word not of shame, but honour; and of all servants, he who was born in the house—as in the case of Eleazar (Genesis 15:3)—occupied the most honourable place, nearest to a son. The point of the question is accordingly not “Is Israel become a slave,” kidnapped, as it were, and spoiled, but rather this: “Is Israel the servant of Jehovah, as one born... read more

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 2:5

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 2:6

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 2:7

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 2:8

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 2:9

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 2:10

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 2:11

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 2:12

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 2:13

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 2:14

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