John Gill Commentary Jeremiah 2:7

John Gill Commentary

Jeremiah 2:7

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
John Gill
John Gill

John Gill Commentary

Jeremiah 2:7

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
SCRIPTURE

"And I brought you into a plentiful land, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination." — Jeremiah 2:7 (ASV)

And I brought you into a plentiful country

"Into the land of Carmel", as in the Hebrew text; that is, "into the land of Israel, which was planted as Carmel," as the Targum paraphrases it; with wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, pomegranates, and olives; a land flowing with milk and honey, (Deuteronomy 8:8), so Ben Melech.

to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof

of vineyards and oliveyards, which they had not planted, and for which they had never laboured, (Joshua 24:13):

but when you entered you defiled my land

which the Lord had chosen above all lands, where he would have a temple built for his worship, and where he would cause his Shechinah or glorious Majesty to dwell; but this they defiled by their sins and transgressions, and particularly by their idolatry, as follows:

that made mine heritage an abomination

by devoting it to the worship of idols, as the Targum paraphrases it.