Verse of the Day
Author Spotlight
Loading featured author...
Report Issue
See a formatting issue or error?
Let us know →
Verse Takeaways
1
A Gift Desecrated
Commentators explain that God brought Israel into a "land of Carmel"—a term signifying supreme fertility and abundance. This was God's personal "heritage," a lavish gift. Tragically, instead of responding with gratitude, Israel defiled this sacred gift with idolatry, turning God's blessing into what He calls "an abomination."
See 3 Verse Takeaways
Book Overview
Jeremiah
Author
Audience
Composition
Teaching Highlights
Outline
+ 5 more
See Overview
Commentaries
7
Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 2:7
18th Century
Theologian
A plentiful country - literally, "a land of the Carmel," a Carmel land (see 1 Kings 18:19, note; Isaiah 29:17, note).…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 2:7
19th Century
Bishop
A plentiful country. —Literally, a land of Carmel, that word, as meaning a vine-clad hill, having become a type of plenty…
Charles Spurgeon
On Jeremiah 2:6–7
19th Century
Preacher
Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts…
Go Ad-Free
Go ad-free and create your own bookmark library
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 2:6–7
16th Century
Theologian
The Prophet continues with the same subject, for God brings no small charge against His people here, as they had buried His favors in oblivion. Ind…
John Gill
On Jeremiah 2:7
17th Century
Pastor
And I brought you into a plentiful country
"Into the land of Carmel", as in the Hebrew text; that is, "into the la…
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 2:1–8
17th Century
Minister
Those who begin well, but do not persevere, will justly be rebuked for their hopeful and promising beginnings. Those who desert religion commonly o…