Albert Barnes Commentary Jeremiah 8:2

Albert Barnes Commentary

Jeremiah 8:2

1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes Commentary

Jeremiah 8:2

1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"and they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and which they have sought, and which they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried, they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth." — Jeremiah 8:2 (ASV)

Loved ... served ... walked ... sought ... worshipped - There is great force in the piled-up verbs by which their worship of the heavenly bodies is described. The prophet beginning with the heart’s “love” describes that worship in the various stages of its development, and then contrasts its fullness with the miserable reward which ensues.