And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom ... - some take this verse of Judah, to whom the end of Jeremiah 3:8 refers. But Jeremiah 3:10 puts Judah in contrast to Israel in this verse. "Yet for all this," referring to the sad, example of Israel: if Jeremiah 3:9 referred to Judah, 'she' would have been written in Jeremiah 3:10, not "Judah." Translate, 'It (the putting away of Israel) had come to pass through ... whoredom; and (i:e., for) she (Israel) had defiled the land,' etc. (Maurer). The English version, however, may be explained to refer to Israel: her defiling the land, which is expressed, implying the consequent punishment (namely, her being put away from the land), which is to be supplied as understood.
Lightness - `infamy' (Ewald). Maurer, not so Well, takes it from the Hebrew root, 'voice,' 'fame' х miqol (H6963), from qowl (H6963)]. It is rather from х qaalal (H7043)] to be light or vile.