John Gill Commentary Jeremiah 2:10

"For pass over to the isles of Kittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently; and see if there hath been such a thing." — Jeremiah 2:10 (ASV)

For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see
Or, "to the isles of Chittim" ^F26 ; so called from Kittim the son of Javan, (Genesis 10:4) who, as Josephus says ^F1 , possessed the island of Chethima, now called Cyprus; and, from that, all islands, and most maritime places, are, by the Hebrews, called Chittim, he observes: it may regard all the islands in the Aegean and Mediterranean seas:

and send unto Kedar ;
which was in Arabia, and lay to the east, as Chittim to the west; and so the Targum paraphrases it, send to the provinces of the Arabians:

and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing ;
as what is inquired about in the following verse, a change of deities. All this is to be understood of the contemplation of the mind, and not of any corporeal journey to be taken, to inquire into this matter.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F26: (Myytk yya wrbe) (eiv nhsouv) Sept. "transite ad insulas Cethim", V. L. "ad insulas Cypriorum"; so some in Vatablus; "in insulas", Schmidt.
• F1: Antiqu. l. 1. c. 6. sect. 1.