Jeremiah 2:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel: ”

Jeremiah 2:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Yahweh's Reproaches. Yahweh asks why His redeeming acts are forgotten and His (true) worship abandoned; other nations do not abandon their gods, though these are worthless, but Yahweh's people have...
Jeremiah 2:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

house of Jacob. Occurs only here, and Jeremiah 5:20 , where it is "in the house of Jacob". The only other passage is Amos 3:13 . the house of Israel. The Massorah (App-30), records that this...
Jeremiah 2:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Here God explains why he had referred to what we have noticed, — that he had consecrated Israel to himself as a peculiar people, and as the first — fruits. God often mentions his favors to us,...
Jeremiah 2:4 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1026 THE INGRATITUDE OF MEN Jeremiah 2:4-6 . Hear ye the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord, What iniquity have your...
Jeremiah 2:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:
Jeremiah 2:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel: O house of Jacob ... Israel - the whole nation. Families - (remark, Jeremiah 1:15 ), hear God...
Jeremiah 2:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah's Second Prophecy (2:1-3:5) The prophet expostulates with Israel because of their unfaithfulness to Jehovah. 1-13. Under the figure of the marriage relation Jehovah reminds the people...
Jeremiah 2:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER II THE TRUST IN THE SHADOW OF EGYPT Jeremiah 2:1-37 ; Jeremiah 3:1-5 THE first of the prophet's public addresses is, in fact, a sermon which proceeds from an exposure of national sin...
Jeremiah 2:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ungrateful Forgetfulness Jeremiah 2:1-8 ; Jeremiah 26:1-24 ; Jeremiah 27:1-22 ; Jeremiah 28:1-17 ; Jeremiah 29:1-32 ; Jeremiah 30:1-24 ; Jeremiah 31:1-40 ; Jeremiah 32:1-44 God regarded...
Jeremiah 2:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The first movement in commissioning the called man now commences. He was commanded to utter a great impeachment in the ears of Jerusalem. This impeachment was threefold. It first declared how Israel...
Jeremiah 2:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Having put his people in mind of what had passed; and given them to understand that the Lord had not forgotten the smallest tendencies of their affection towards him; he now begins to remonstrate wit...
Jeremiah 2:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hear ye the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel. The Lord, by the prophet, having observed his great kindness to this people, what they were unto him, an...
Jeremiah 2:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel: Ver. 4. Hear ye the word of the Lord. ] This is often inculcated in both Testaments, to procure attenti...
Jeremiah 2:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hear, O house of Jacob , &c. The prophet here directs his discourse to the twelve tribes, as he does afterward, Jeremiah 3:14 , &c. For the captivity of the ten tribes was not so total but...
Jeremiah 2:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah's First Message; The Divine Goodness to Israel. B. C. 629. 1 Moreover the word...
Jeremiah 2:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hear ye the word of the Lord: he bespeaks their attention to what he is about to speak, as unto the word of the Lord, telling them that he deliver's God's message, and vents not his own passions: t...
Jeremiah 2:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH Reminds Them Of Their Salvation History And Brings Out The Ingratitude Of Their Response ( Jeremiah 2:4-8 ). YHWH's initial complaint is that in spite of all that He has done for them in deli...
Jeremiah 2:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES .— 1. Chronology. Most probably in thirteenth Josiah, quickly after his call. Dr. Dahler (Stratsbourg) would interpose Chapter s 4, 5, 6; deferring this chapter till a...
Jeremiah 2:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 2:1-3 . Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine es...
Jeremiah 2:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Jeremiah 2:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

What iniquity have your fathers found in Me. The evil nature of sin committed after conversion I. Violation of solemn vows and covenant engagements. At that time we took Christ’s cause for our...
Jeremiah 2:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 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 v...
Jeremiah 2:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Israel's Lack of Faithfulness
Jeremiah 2:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hosea 4:1 ; Isaiah 51:1-4 ; Jeremiah 13:15 ; Jeremiah 19:3 ; Jeremiah 31:1 ; Jeremiah 33:24 ; Jeremiah 34:4 ; Jeremiah 44:24-26 ; Jeremiah 5:21 ; Jeremiah 7:2 ; Micah 6:1

Jeremiah 2:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 2:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 2:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 2:4 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Jeremiah 2:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 2:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 2:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 2:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 2:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jeremiah 2:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 2:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 2:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 2:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 2:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 2:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 2:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 2:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 2:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 2:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 2:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 2:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jeremiah 2:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 2:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 2:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge