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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 3:9 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 3:9 |
King James |
And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
it--Some take this verse of Judah, to whom the end of Jer 3:8 refers. But Jer 3:10 puts Judah in contrast to Israel in this verse. "Yet for all this," referring to the sad example of Israel; if Jer 3:9 referred to Judah, "she" would have been written in Jer 3:10, not "Judah." Translate, "It (the putting away of Israel) had come to pass through . . . whoredom; and (that is, for) she (Israel) had defiled the land" &c. [MAURER]. English Version, however, may be explained to refer to Israel.
lightness--"infamy." [EWALD]. MAURER not so well takes it from the Hebrew root, "voice," "fame." |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Lightness - Others render as in the margin.
Defiled - Rather, profaned. The land especially consecrated to Yahweh's service was treated by Judah as a common land. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| The lightness of her whoredom - The grossness of her idolatry: worshipping objects the most degrading, with rites the most impure. |
10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.
9 And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.
8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.