Jeremiah 2:7

a plentiful country. a country of garden land. Hebrew the land of. Carmel. Compare Isaiah 33:9; Isaiah 35:2.

Related Commentaries of 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).
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 he...
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, th...
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, br...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 sermo...
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 ; Je...
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 impeac...
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 affec...
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 pla...
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...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah's First Message; The Divine Goodness to Israel. B. C. 629....
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 t...
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...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES .— 1. Chronology. Most probably in thirteenth Josiah, quickly after his call. Dr. Dahler (Stratsbourg) would interpos...
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...
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 the...
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...
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...
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 engagem...
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 Ewa...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Israel's Lack of Faithfulness
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And I brought you into a plentiful country, a well-cultivated and fruitful land, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof, to enjoy all th...
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 ; Ezek...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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

⁷ 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.

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 2:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Jeremiah 2:7