Charles Ellicott Commentary Jeremiah 2:6

"Neither said they, Where is Jehovah that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that none passed through, and where no man dwelt?" — Jeremiah 2:6 (ASV)

Neither said they. — In somewhat of the same tone as in Deuteronomy 8:15 and Deuteronomy 32:10, the horrors of the wilderness are painted in vivid colors, to heighten the contrast with the land into which they had been brought. The picture was true in part, but not of the whole, of the region of the wanderings. But the people had forgotten this. There was no seeking the Lord who had then been so gracious. The question, “Where is He?” never crossed their minds.