Jeremiah 2:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And I brought you into a plentifulb country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination. ”

Jeremiah 2:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A plentiful country - literally, “a land of the Carmel,” a Carmel land (see 1 Kings 18:19 , note; Isaiah 29:17 , note).
Jeremiah 2:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit of it and the goodness of it but when ye entered, ye defiled (h) my land, and made my heritage an abomination. (h) By your idolatry and w...
Jeremiah 2:7 - 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 2:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

a plentiful country . a country of garden land. Hebrew the land of. Carmel. Compare Isaiah 33:9 ; Isaiah 35:2 .
Jeremiah 2:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He afterwards adds, And I brought you in, etc. Here Jeremiah introduces God as the speaker; for God had, as with his hand stretched forth, brought in the children of Abraham into the possessi...
Jeremiah 2:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination. And I brought you into a...
Jeremiah 2:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination. Plentiful - lite...
Jeremiah 2:7 - 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 2:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A plentiful country. — Literally, a land of Carmel, that word, as meaning a vine-clad hill, having become a type of plenty. So “the forest of his Carmel,” in Isaiah 37:24 ; elsewhere, as in Isa...
Jeremiah 2:7 - 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 2:7 - 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 2:7 - 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 2:7 - 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 2:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And I brought you into a plentiful country ,.... "Into the land of Carmel", as in the Hebrew text; that is, "into the land of Israel, which was planted as Carmel,'' as the Targum paraphrases it; w...
Jeremiah 2:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination. Ver. 7. And I brought...
Jeremiah 2:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And I brought you into a plentiful country Hebrew, into the land of Carmel. Carmel was so fertile a part of Judea, that the word from thence came to be used to express a fruitful place in general...
Jeremiah 2:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah's First Message; The Divine Goodness to Israel. B. C. 629. 1 Moreover the word...
Jeremiah 2:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Plentiful country, Heb. land of Carmel, Isaiah 29:17 ; understand Canaan, Numbers 13:27 : See Poole on " Isaiah 35:2 " . To eat the fruit thereof and the goodness; to enjoy all the blessin...
Jeremiah 2:7 - 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 2:7 - 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 2:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 2:6-8 There are three shameful possibilities in life. I. The possibility of dishonouring the great memories of life. The great memories of life are dishonoured (1) when the vividness of...
Jeremiah 2:7 - 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 2:7 - 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 2:7 - 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 2:7 - 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 2:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Israel's Lack of Faithfulness
Jeremiah 2:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 11:11 ; Deuteronomy 11:12 ; Deuteronomy 21:23 ; Deuteronomy 6:10 ; Deuteronomy 6:11 ; Deuteronomy 6:18 ; Deuteronomy 8:7-9 ; Ezekiel 20:6 ; Ezekiel 36:17 ; Jeremiah 16:18 ; Jer...
Jeremiah 2:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

My land — Consecrated to my name; by your idols and many other abominations.

Jeremiah 2:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 2:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 2:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 2:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 2:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 2:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 2:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 2:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 2:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 2:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 2:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jeremiah 2:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 2:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 2:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 2:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 2:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 2:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 2:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 2:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 2:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 2:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 2:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 2:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 2:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jeremiah 2:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 2:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 2:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 2:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes