Jeremiah 3:9

stones... stocks. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for the idols made from them.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Ezekiel 16:17 ; Ezekiel 23:10 ; Habakkuk 2:19 ; Hosea 4:12 ; Isaiah 57:6 ; Jeremiah 10:8 ; Jeremiah 2:27 ; Jeremiah 2:7 ; Jeremiah 3:2

⁹ And it came to pass through the lightnessb of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 3:9

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

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 3:9