Jeremiah 2:23

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;

How canst

See

Jeremiah 3:2

Psalm 50:21

Valley

Jeremiah 7:31

Isaiah 57:5

Thou art a swift

Esther 8:16

General references

2 Samuel 11:12

Bible References

How canst

“Also on your skirts is found
The lifeblood of the innocent poor;
You did not find them breaking in [a house].
But in spite of all these things [your disobedience, your love of idolatry, your lack of compassion]—

And the man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me—she gave me [fruit] from the tree, and I ate it.”

So Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, “Blessed are you of the Lord. I have carried out the command of the Lord.”

For he flatters and deceives himself in his own eyes
Thinking that his sinfulness will not be discovered and hated [by God].

He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper,
But whoever confesses and turns away from his sins will find compassion and mercy.

There is a generation (class of people) that is pure in its own eyes,
Yet is not washed from its filthiness.

But he, wishing to justify and vindicate himself, asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Now we know that whatever the Law [of Moses] says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that [the excuses of] every mouth may be silenced [from protesting] and that all the world may be held accountable to God [and subject to His judgment].

If we say we have no sin [refusing to admit that we are sinners], we delude ourselves and the truth is not in us. [His word does not live in our hearts.]

Because you say, “I am rich, and have prospered and grown wealthy, and have need of nothing,” and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked [without hope and in great need],

See

“Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see;
Where have you not been violated?
You sat by the road waiting [eagerly] for them [those man-made gods]
Like an Arab [tribesman who waits to attack] in the desert,
And you have desecrated the land
With your [vile] prostitution and your wickedness (disobedience to God).

“These things you have done and I kept silent;
You thought that I was just like you.
Now I will reprimand and denounce you and state the case in order before your eyes.

Valley

They have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the Valley of Ben-hinnom (son of Hinnom), to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire [to honor Molech, the fire god]—which I did not command, nor did it come into My heart (mind).

Who inflame yourselves [with lust in pagan rites] among the oaks (terebinth trees),
Under every green and leafy tree,
Who slaughter the children [in sacrifice] in the ravines
Under the clefts of the rocks?

Thou art a swift

For [at this time] the Jews had light [a dawn of new hope] and gladness and joy and honor.

General references

Then David said to Uriah, “Stay here today as well, and tomorrow I will let you leave.” So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the next.