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Jeremiah 2:14-19
The Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 2:14-19
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The Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 2:1-14Jeremiah 2:1-14 · The Pulpit CommentaryA sweet remembrance embittered; or Divine delight turned by his people's ingratitude into Divine distress. I. GOD GREATLY DELIGHTS IN HIS PEOPLE'S LOVE. See the similitude he employs: "the love of thine espousals." It i…The Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 2:1-37Jeremiah 2:1-37 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION The second chapter forms the introduction of a group of discourses (Jeremiah 2-6), which should be read together. It is called By Ewald (and the position of the prophecy favors this view) the first oracle whi…Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 2:14-19Jeremiah 2:14-19 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryIs Israel a servant? No, they are the seed of Abraham. We may apply this spiritually: Is the soul of man a slave? No, it is not; but has sold its own liberty, and enslaved itself to divers lusts and passions. The Assyri…Expostulations with Israel. (b. c. 629.)Jeremiah 2:14-19 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleEXPOSTULATIONS WITH ISRAEL. (B. C. 629.) The prophet, further to evince the folly of their forsaking God, shows them what mischiefs they had already brought upon themselves by so doing; it had already cost them dear, fo…The Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 2:14Jeremiah 2:14 · The Pulpit CommentaryIs Israel a servant? The speaker is evidently the prophet, who exclaims in surprise at the view which his prophetic insight opens to him: "quasi de re nova et absurda sciscitatur" (Calvin). For Israel is a member of Jeh…The Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 2:14-19Jeremiah 2:14-19 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe Divine ideal, how lost and regained. The prophet has in his mind what was God's original thought for Israel, the Divine ideal concerning him; and along with that the mournful and utter contrast of his actual conditi…
commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 2:1-37EXPOSITION The second chapter forms the introduction of a group of discourses (Jeremiah 2-6), which should be read together. It is called By Ewald (and the position of the prophecy favors this view) the first oracle whi…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 2:1-14A sweet remembrance embittered; or Divine delight turned by his people's ingratitude into Divine distress. I. GOD GREATLY DELIGHTS IN HIS PEOPLE'S LOVE. See the similitude he employs: "the love of thine espousals." It i…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Jeremiah 2:14-19Is Israel a servant? No, they are the seed of Abraham. We may apply this spiritually: Is the soul of man a slave? No, it is not; but has sold its own liberty, and enslaved itself to divers lusts and passions. The Assyri…Matthew HenrycommentaryExpostulations with Israel. (b. c. 629.)EXPOSTULATIONS WITH ISRAEL. (B. C. 629.) The prophet, further to evince the folly of their forsaking God, shows them what mischiefs they had already brought upon themselves by so doing; it had already cost them dear, fo…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 2:14Is Israel a servant? The speaker is evidently the prophet, who exclaims in surprise at the view which his prophetic insight opens to him: "quasi de re nova et absurda sciscitatur" (Calvin). For Israel is a member of Jeh…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 2:14-19The Divine ideal, how lost and regained. The prophet has in his mind what was God's original thought for Israel, the Divine ideal concerning him; and along with that the mournful and utter contrast of his actual conditi…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 2:15The young lions, etc. A fresh figure, and a most natural one in Judaea; already applied to the Assyrians by Isaiah (v. 29, 30). Burned; rather, made ruinous (comp. "ruinous heaps," 2 Kings 19:25).Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 2:16Also the children of Noph, etc. This is the climax of the calamity. Noph, called Moph in the Hebrew text of Hosea 9:6, is generally identified with Memphis, which was called in the inscriptions Mennufr, or "the good abo…Joseph S. Exell and contributors