Jeremiah 32:31

For this city has been to me, &c.— David was the builder of that part of Jerusalem called Sion; therefore it was styled the city of David. He also enlarged the whole city, and made it the seat of his kingdom; but we do not read that idolatry was committed here in David's time; so that the expression seems to be hyperbolical. See Isaiah 48:8. If we take the words in a stricter sense, they must be understood of the time of Solomon, who beautified the city by erecting the temple and other stately buildings, but afterwards defiled it with idolatry. Calmet has endeavoured to shew, that Jerusalem, from the time when it was in the possession of the Jebusites till its final destruction, continually provoked the Lord by its crimes and infidelity.