Charles Spurgeon Commentary Jeremiah 2:4-5

"Hear ye the word of Jehovah, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel: thus saith Jehovah, What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?" — Jeremiah 2:4-5 (ASV)

Hear the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel: Thus says the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and have become vain?

What faults have you found with God, that you have left him?

What fault have you seen in the ever-blessed Christ, that your love to him should have grown cold?

Hear the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel: Thus says the LORD, What iniquity has your father found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and have become vain? (Jeremiah 2:4–5)

He asks them whether there was any fault in him—any failure in keeping his promise—or whether he had dealt unjustly or unmercifully with them, that they had thus gone away from him and walked after vanity.