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For my people have forgotten me, they have burned incense to false [gods]; and they have been made to stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths, to walk in bypaths, in a way not cast up;

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Because - “For.” Jeremiah returns to, and continues the words of, (Jeremiah 18:13).

Vanity - A word meaning “false…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Vanity. —The word is not that commonly so translated (Jeremiah 10:8; Ecclesiastes 1:2, et al., q. 5

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

As I have just said, God here highlights the sin of the people by a twofold comparison. For when one can draw water in his own field and find a spr…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Because my people has forgotten me
Or, "that they have forgotten me" F26 ; this is the horrible thing the…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Sinners call it liberty to live without restraint, but for a person to be a slave to their lusts is the very worst slavery. They abandoned God for …

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

  1. Here, he speaks of the despair of those who rejected his preaching.

    • First, he mentions their desperation: we have no…

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