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A Portrait of Spiritual Adultery
Commentators unanimously explain that Judah is personified as a woman, specifically a harlot, dressing in fine clothes and makeup. This is a powerful metaphor for her spiritual adultery. Having abandoned God, her true husband, she desperately tries to win the favor of foreign nations, her 'lovers,' but her efforts are futile.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 4:30
18th Century
Theologian
Translate, And thou, O plundered one, what effectest thou, that “thou clothest thyself with” scarlet, that “thou deckest” thyself “with ornamen…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 4:30
19th Century
Bishop
And when you are spoiled ... —The sentence is clearer without the insertion of the words in italics: You spoiled one, what are…
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 4:30
16th Century
Theologian
The Prophet boldly ridicules the Jews, in order to cast down their pride and haughtiness. It was indeed his object to check that pride with which t…
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John Gill
On Jeremiah 4:30
17th Century
Pastor
And when you are spoiled, what will you do ?
&c.] Or, "O you spoiled" F11 , wasted, and undone creature, …
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 4:19–31
17th Century
Minister
The prophet had no pleasure in delivering messages of wrath. He is shown in a vision the whole land in confusion.
Compared with what it was,…