Grievously sinned - literally, Jerusalem hath sinned a sin, giving the idea of a persistent continuance in wickedness.

Therefore she is removed. —The verb is used technically for the separation of a woman under ceremonial defilement; and the daughte…

Here the Prophet expresses more clearly and strongly what he had briefly referred to: that all the evil which the Jews suffered came from God’s ven…

Jerusalem has grievously sinned
Or, "has sinned a sin" {r}; a great sin, as the Targum; the sin of idolatry, accordi…

The prophet sometimes speaks in his own person. At other times, Jerusalem, personified as a distressed woman, or some of the Jews are the speakers.…

Here he shows the cause of such a great misfortune.

First, he presents the sin itself. Second, he shows the progression of the sin, as seen …