Jeremiah 11:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

What hath my beloved to do, &c.— The meaning of the verse seems to be, "Why doth this, my chosen and peculiar people, (my spouse, as they love to call themselves, and as they once really were,) make their appearance before me in my house, since they have gone a whoring after several of the idol-nations around them, and therefore have disowned me, and broken the marriage contract or covenant which was between us? The holy flesh is passed from thee: the sacrifices which thou offeredst up to me as an atonement for thy sins, do not at all profit thee, being rendered unacceptable to me, by those many and gross sins in which thou continuest without remorse." See Lowth and Calmet. Houbigant, dissatisfied with this interpretation, gives the version following: What was the cause, that this my daughter, born at home, should commit her wickedness? Will they who bring thee much holy flesh take away thine iniquities, that thou gloriest concerning it? See his note.