Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 2:5

COM commentary-section · status:draft · license:PD

5. iniquity — wrong done to them ( Isaiah 5:4 ; Micah 6:3 ; compare Deuteronomy 32:4 ). walked after vanity —contrasted with " walkest after me in the wilderness" ( Jeremiah 2:2 ): then I was their guide in the barren desert; now they take idols as their guides. vanity . . . vain —An idol is not only vain (impotent and empty), but vanity itself. Its worshippers acquire its character, becoming vain as it is ( Deuteronomy 7:26 ; Psalms 115:8 ). A people's character never rises above that of its gods, which are its "better nature" [BACON] ( 2 Kings 17:15 ; Jonah 2:8 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-6" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

part_of pericope/per-jer-2-002

절 (explains)

bible-text/jer-2-5

Source

source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
evidence_grade: T_theological

엣지 (그래프 연결)

나가는(out)

explains → Jeremiah 2:5 bible-text/jer-2-5

part_of → Jeremiah 2:4-8 pericope/per-jer-2-002

translated_as → Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 2:5 (ko) language_pack/jfb-jer-2-5-5-ko