IV.
(1) If thou wilt return. — The “if” implies a return from the hopes with which Jeremiah 3 ended to the language of misgiving, and so, inferentially, of earnest exhortation.
Abominations. — Literally, things of shame, as in Jeremiah 3:24; the idols which Israel had worshipped.
Then shalt thou not remove. — Better, as continuing the conditions of forgiveness, if thou wilt not wander.