Why trimmest thou thy way – literally, “Why do you make your way good?” a phrase used here of the pains taken by the Jews to learn …

Why trimmest thou thy way ...? — The verb is the same as that rendered “amend” in Jeremiah 7:3, 7:5, and was pro…

God's ancient people had so completely turned away from him, and wandered so far from him, that they had practiced all manner of evil in order to p…

This verse is explained differently, but the Prophet simply means that the Jews were like lascivious women. These women not only despise their husb…

Why do you trim your way to seek love ? &c.] To seek the love, and gain the affections and esteem, of the idolatrous nati…

The nation had not been affected by the judgments of God, but sought to justify themselves. To those who make the world their home and their portio…

^2:36a How utterly vile you have become by repeating the same ways!

1. Here, he accuses them of crimes against their neighb…