Jeremiah 2:12-37

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Jeremiah 2:27-28

DISCOURSE: 1030THE FOLLY OF NEGLECTING GODJeremiah 2:27-28. They have turned their back unto me, and not their face; but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us! But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? Let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble.AMONGST the various powers which distinguish man from all the rest of the creation, is the faculty of looking forward to future events, and of receiving, by anticipation, impressions suited to them.... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Jeremiah 2:31-32

DISCOURSE: 1031GOD’S COMPLAINT AGAINST THE REBELLIOUSJeremiah 2:31-32. O generation, see ye the word of the Lord; Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? Wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee? Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me, days without number.I AM perfectly astonished. I can scarcely believe my own eyes. Who is it that thus addresses us; and vindicates his own character against the... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 2:1-37

Chapter 2Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD ( Jeremiah 2:1-2 );Now this is the first message that he has to deliver. As God is calling to His people and it's really a very pathetic thing. It's filled with pathos as God is calling the people much as Jesus did in His message to the church of Ephesus. "Oh, you've got your works. You've got your organizations. You've got your committees. You're functioning but oh, I've... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 2:1-37

Jeremiah 2:2 . I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth. God now addressed them, that he might do the same to the children as he had done to the fathers, and rejoice over them as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride in the day of her espousals. Base must be the heart that could reject so gracious a message, and from a prophet so young. But the Israelites in those days, as Judah in later times, made ungrateful returns for favours so divine. Jeremiah 2:6 . Neither said they, where is... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Jeremiah 2:9-13

Jeremiah 2:9-13Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? Christian controversyThe text may be put into other words, thus: “Go over to the islands of the Chittim, the isles and coast lands of the far west; then go to Kedar, away in the eastern desert,--go from east to west,--and ask if any heathen land has given up its idols, and you will find that no such thing has ever taken place; but whilst the heathen have kept to their gods as if they bad strong love for them, My people, for... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Jeremiah 2:13

Jeremiah 2:13My people have committed two evils.Two astounding evilsI. The force of human freedom. Mightiest rivers cannot break from their source, nor greatest planets from their centre, but man can from centre and fountain of his being.1. This freedom is a matter of personal consciousness.2. It invests human existence with transcendent importance.II. The enormity of human wickedness.1. Ingratitude.2. Injustice.3. Impiety.III. The egregiousness of human folly.1. In withdrawing from the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Jeremiah 2:14

Jeremiah 2:14Is Israel a servant?is he a home-born slave? why is he spoiled? Israel a home-born slaveIs this a contemptuous inquiry?--Israel a servant, Israel a home-born slave. Is there not scorn underlying the interrogation, as who should say, Thou art a worm, a thing to be crushed by the foot, or a servile thing to be made no account of by the auditor of the universe? Nothing of the kind. There is a tone of tenderness in this inquiry. In Bible times to be a home-born slave was to be next the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Jeremiah 2:15

Jeremiah 2:15The young lions roared upon him, and yelled.Dangers outside the Divine boundsThat comes of going from home, leaving sacred discipline, taking life into one’s own hand, assuming the mastership of one’s own fortune and destiny. Woe betide the man who goes beyond the bounds which God has fixed! Immediately outside those bounds the lion waits, or the plague, or the pestilence, or the pit hardly hidden but deep immeasurable. Luther said: Who would paint a picture of the present... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Jeremiah 2:18

Jeremiah 2:18What hast thou to do in the way of Egypt.Words of expostulationI. Addressing myself to the Christian, I shall use the text in three senses, while I expostulate with you in regard to sin, to worldly pleasure, and to carnal trust.1. O true believer, called by grace and washed in the precious blood of Christ, “What hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of the muddy river?” What hast thou to do with the sins which once delighted thee, and which now find happy pastime... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Jeremiah 2:19

Jeremiah 2:19Thine own wickedness shall correct thee.Sin its own punishmentI. In the dealings of God with good men.1. Neglect secret devotion, and God will refuse His blessing on other means of grace.2. Indulge secret sin, and God will bring that sin into open light and condemnation.3. Idolise created good, and God will take from us an idol, or make it a plague to us.4. Act with faithlessness to others, and God will permit us to suffer from the treachery of others.5. Undutifulness to parents... read more

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