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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Jeremiah 3:5 - 3:5
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he - “thou,” the second person, had preceded. The change to the third person implies a putting away of God to a greater distance from them; instead of repenting and forsaking their idols, they merely deprecate the continuance of their punishment. Jer 3:12 and Psa 103:9, answer their question in the event of their penitence.
spoken and - rather (God’s reply to them), “Thou hast spoken (thus), and yet (all the while) thou hast done evil,” etc.
as thou couldest - with all thy might; with incorrigible persistency [Calvin].