Ask ye now among the heathen. — The appeal of Jeremiah 2:10 is renewed. Judah had not been true, even as heathen nations were true, to its inherited faith and worship. The virgin daughter of Israel (Isaiah 1:8; Jeremiah 14:17) — the epithet is emphasised, as contrasted with the shame that follows — had fallen from a greater height to a profounder depth of debasement.

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