John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 5:20
Declare this in the house of Jacob ,.... That a mighty nation should come and destroy them, and they should be servants in a strange land; or rather the words seem to be an order to declare war against the Jews, and even in their own land; and do not seem to be addressed to the prophet, but to others, seeing the words are in the plural number; see Jeremiah 4:5 , and publish it in Judah : the house of Jacob and Judah are the same, namely, the two tribes of Benjamin and Judah; for, as... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 5:20-24
The prophet, having reproved them for sin and threatened the judgments of God against them, is here sent to them again upon another errand, which he must publish in Judah; the purport of it is to persuade them to fear God, which would be an effectual principle of their reformation, as the want of that fear had been at the bottom of their apostasy. I. He complains of the shameful stupidity of this people, and their bent to backslide from God, speaking as if he knew not what course to take with... read more