Jeremiah 2:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain? ”

Jeremiah 2:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they have gone (e) far from me, and have walked after vanity, and have become (f) vain? (e) That is, fallen to vile idolatry....
Jeremiah 2:5 - 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 2:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

What iniquity. Reference to Pentateuch ( Deuteronomy 32:4 ). App-92. iniquity. Hebrew. 'aval. App-44. fathers. Not merely recently, but of old ( Jeremiah 2:7 ; Judges 2:10 , &c). van...
Jeremiah 2:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Then follows the charge: What, iniquity have your fathers found in me, that having forsaken me they should walk after vanity and become vain? Here Jeremiah charges the people with two crim...
Jeremiah 2:5 - 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 2:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain? What iniquity have your fathers found in me - Have...
Jeremiah 2:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

What iniquity have your fathers found— That is, "What injustice or unfaithfulness, in not performing my part of the Horeb covenant?" Walked after vanity, refers to their worship of idols. What an...
Jeremiah 2:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain? Iniquity - wrong done to them ( Isaiah 5:4...
Jeremiah 2:5 - 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 2:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Vanity. — In the special sense, as a synonym for idol-worship ( Deuteronomy 32:21 ; 1 Kings 16:13 ). As in the character of a husband wronged by his wife’s desertion Jehovah pleads with His people...
Jeremiah 2:5 - 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 2:5 - 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 2:5 - 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 2:5 - 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 2:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thus saith the Lord, what iniquity have your fathers found in me ,.... What injustice or injury has been done them? there is no unrighteousness in God, nor can any be done by him; or what unfaithful...
Jeremiah 2:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain? Ver. 5. What iniquity have your fathers found i...
Jeremiah 2:5 - 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 2:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah's First Message; The Divine Goodness to Israel. B. C. 629. 1 Moreover the word...
Jeremiah 2:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

God having, as it were on his own behalf, shown how kind he had been, calls upon them to speak now, if they knew any thing of injury, either in breach of covenant or severity, that they can charge hi...
Jeremiah 2:5 - 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 2:5 - 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 2:5 - 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 2:5 - 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 2:5 - 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 2:5 - 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 2:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Israel's Lack of Faithfulness
Jeremiah 2:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 12:21 ; 2 Kings 17:15 ; Acts 14:15 ; Deuteronomy 32:21 ; Ezekiel 11:15 ; Isaiah 29:13 ; Isaiah 43:22 ; Isaiah 43:23 ; Isaiah 44:9 ; Isaiah 5:3 ; Isaiah 5:4 ; Jeremiah 10:14 ; Je...
Jeremiah 2:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Vanity — Idols. Vain — Fools; senseless as the stocks and stones that they made their idols of.

Jeremiah 2:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 2:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 2:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 2:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 2:5 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Jeremiah 2:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 2:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 2:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 2:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 2:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 2:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 2:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jeremiah 2:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 2:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 2:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 2:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 2:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 2:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 2:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 2:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 2:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 2:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 2:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 2:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jeremiah 2:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 2:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 2:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 2:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes