Jeremiah 2:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?

Thou hast forsaken - literally, 'Has not thy forsaking the Lord, etc., procured this (calamity) to thee?' So Septuagint: the Masoretic accents make 'this' the subject of the verb, leaving the object to be understood. 'Has not this procured (literally, i:e., the impending calamity) unto thee, that thou hast forsaken?' etc. (Jeremiah 4:18, "Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee.")

Led - (Deuteronomy 32:10).

The way. The article expresses the right way, the way of the Lord-namely, the moral training which they enjoyed in the Mosaic covenant.

Jeremiah 2:17

17 Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?