For according to the number of your cities are your gods, Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have you set up altars to the shameful thing, even altars to burn incense to Baal.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

That shameful thing - that is, Baal; public establishment of idolatry, such as actually took place in the reign of Manasseh ([Reference 2 C…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

According to the number of your cities ... —This and Jeremiah 11:12 reproduce what we have already heard in Jeremiah 2:27…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

The Prophet shows here that the Jews were not only polluted with one kind of superstition, but that they sought for themselves fictitious gods from…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

For according to the number of your cities were your gods, O
Judah (See Gill on Jeremiah 2:28),

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Evil pursues sinners, and entangles them in snares from which they cannot free themselves. Now, in their distress, their many gods and many altars …

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century
  1. Here, he threatens an inescapable punishment for incorrigible guilt.

    1. He speaks of the punishment: behold I

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