Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 7:29
29. Jeremiah addresses Jerusalem under the figure of a woman, who, in grief for her lost children, deprives her head of its chief ornament and goes up to the hills to weep (Judges 11:37; Judges 11:38; Isaiah 15:2). hair—flowing locks, like those of a Nazarite. high places—The scene of her idolatries is to be the scene of her mourning (Isaiah 15:2- :). generation of his wrath—the generation with which He is wroth. So Isaiah 15:2- :; "the people of My wrath." read more
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 7:28
28. unto them—that is, in reference to them. a nation—The word usually applied to the Gentile nations is here applied to the Jews, as being east off and classed by God among the Gentiles. nor receiveth correction— (Jeremiah 5:3). truth . . . perished— (Jeremiah 9:3). read more