Espousals. He speaks ironically. (Theodoret) --- Yet the Israelites at first shewed greater proofs of love than they did afterwards. It is true they often prevaricated, in the wilderness, Exodus xxxii. 1., and Amos v. 25., and Psalm lxxvii., &c. (Calmet) --- The Lord declares his gratuitous love, and then upbraids his people. (Haydock) --- He had caused them to multiply in Egypt, and gratuitously made choice of them. (Worthington)
Verse Jeremiah 2:2. _I REMEMBER THEE_] The _youth_ here refers to their _infant_ _political state_ when they came out of Egypt; they just then began to be a people. Their _espousals_ refer to their r...
Up to this time Jeremiah had lived at Anathoth, he is now to make Jerusalem the scene of his ministrations. I REMEMBER ... - Or, I have remembered for thee the grace “of thy youth, the love of thine e...
CHAPTER S 2:1-3:5 Expostulation and Impeachment _ 1. His love and kindness to Jerusalem (Jeremiah 2:1) _ 2. The unfaithful people (Jeremiah 2:4) 3. The two evils and the results (Jeremiah 2:12)...
JEREMIAH 2:1 TO JEREMIAH 4:4. These Chapter s belong to the time of Josiah (626ff. B.C.), and contain some of the earliest prophecies of Jeremiah. Their central thought is the faithlessness of the peo...
GO AND CRY. Jeremiah continued to retain his connection with Anathoth (Jeremiah 11:21; Jeremiah 29:27; Jeremiah 32:7; Jeremiah 37:12)
I REMEMBER THEE, &C.— "I remember my first kindness to thee, when I delivered thee from the bondage of Egypt, and espoused thee to myself, to be my own peculiar people." See Isaiah 54:5. Instead of _a...
CHAPTER FIVE SERMONS FROM THE REIGN OF JOSIAH Jeremiah 2:1 to Jeremiah 6:30 Chapter s 2-6 contain several discourses uttered at different times in the early years of Jeremiah's prophetic ministry. S...
Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that...
THE ARABIAN] the Bedouin freebooters. As they are eager to despoil a passing caravan, so is Israel eager for the worship of false gods. THE KINDNESS OF THY YOUTH, etc.] Israel's earliest devotion to...
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 the marriage relation Jehovah reminds the people of Hi...
GO AND CRY... — The scene of the call, was, we may believe, in his home at Anathoth. Now the prophet is sent to begin his work in Jerusalem. I REMEMBER THEE. — Literally, _I have remembered for thee....
הָלֹ֡ךְ וְ קָֽרָאתָ֩ בְ אָזְנֵי֙ יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם...
CHAPTER II THE TRUST IN THE SHADOW OF EGYPT Jeremiah 2:1; Jeremiah 3:1 THE first of the prophet's public addresses is, in fact, a sermon which proceeds from an exposure of national sin to the menace...
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; Jeremiah 31:1-40; Jeremiah 32:1-44 God regarded
The first movement in commissioning the called man now commences. He was commanded to utter a great impeachment in the ears of Jerusalem. This impeachment was threefold. It first declared how Israel h...
Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the (a) kindness of thy youth, the love of thy espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, (b) in a land...
I pray the Reader to observe, the graciousness of God's dealings with his people, even when he is about to reprove them. He puts them in mind of their past affection, and when matters were different w...
God now mentions to his servant the commands which he was to convey to the king and priests, and to the whole people; for by the _ears of Jerusalem _he means all its inhabitants. God here intimates th...
Chapter 2 contains a most touching appeal to the people at Jerusalem. It requires no explanation, but deserves the heart's serious attention. It testifies in the most striking manner to the kindness a...
GO, AND CRY IN THE EARS OF JERUSALEM,.... Of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the metropolis of Judea. The prophet seems now to have been at Anathoth, and therefore is bid to go from thence to Jerusalem,...
Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land [that...
Jer. 2:2, 3. "I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown." Israel was holiness to the Lord, and...
_Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem_ In the most public parts of the city, that all may hear; _saying, Thus saith the Lord_ I deliver his message, and not my own. I come to you with a commission from...
Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, the expression "in the ears" showing that the prophet should preach to the people living in this center of idolatry with clamoring insistence, saying, THUS 'SAITH...
ISRAEL'S LACK OF FAITHFULNESS...
THEE: Or, for thy sake...
1-8 Those who begin well, but do not persevere, will justly be upbraided with their hopeful and promising beginnings. Those who desert religion, commonly oppose it more than those who never knew it....
Go, viz. from Anathoth to Jerusalem. CRY IN THE EARS; proclaim it so that they may hear it. OF JERUSALEM; declare God's will to the inhabitants thereof; a metonymy of the subject. THUS SAITH THE LORD;...
Jeremiah 2:2 Go H1980 (H8800) cry H7121 (H8804) hearing H241 Jerusalem H3389 saying H559 (H8800) says...
YHWH IS SEEKING TO CALL HIS PEOPLE BACK TO THEIR FIRST-LOVE (JEREMIAH 2:1). YHWH now sums up His purpose for calling Jeremiah in terms of a restoration of His people to their wilderness first-love. He...
Jeremiah 2:1. 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, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals...
Jeremiah 2:1. 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, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousal...
CONTENTS: First message to backslidden Judah concerning their ingratitude to God and wickedness against Him. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: It is a great affront to God to neglect Him and for...
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 fathers, and rejoice over them as the bridegroom rej...
_I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth._ YOUTHFUL RELIGION I. The rich and glowing description of youthful piety here given. 1. Ardent affection. 2. Union of the soul to Christ. 3. A going a...
JEREMIAH 2:1 Israel’s Covenantal Adultery. These five related messages were probably delivered during Josiah’s reign (Jeremiah 3:6). Jeremiah declares that God’s chosen people commit spiritual adulter...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY. Most probably in thirteenth Josiah, quickly after his call. Dr. Dahler (Stratsbourg) would interpose Chapter s 4, 5, 6; deferring this chapter till after...
EXPOSITION The second chapter forms the introduction of a group of discourses (Jeremiah 2-6), which should be read together. It is called By Ewald (and the position of the prophecy favors this view) t...
Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD (Jeremiah 2:1-2); Now this is the first message that he has to deliver. As God is cal...
Deuteronomy 2:7; Deuteronomy 8:15; Deuteronomy 8:16; Deuteronomy 8:2;...
Go — From Anathoth to Jerusalem. Remember — I remind thee of the kindness that was between us. The love — When I entered into covenant with thee at the giving of the law. Wilderness — I took such care...