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The punishment described in general terms in the preceding three verses is now detailed at great length.

Imagination. —Stubbornness, as in Jeremiah 3:17.
Baalim. —The generic name for false gods of all kinds, and…

And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein; but have w…

Jeremiah now confirms what I have stated and more fully explains it: that though no teacher or disciple was found in the land, yet there was suffic…

But have walked after the imagination of their own heart What their own hearts devised, chose, and were best pleased with…

In Zion, the voice of joy and praise used to be heard while the people kept close to God; but sin has altered the sound—it is now the voice of lame…

Here, the prophet specifies their punishment in detail.
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes