Jeremiah 2:21

"“For long ago I broke off your yoke, and burst your bonds. You said, ‘I will not serve;’ for on every high hill and under every green tree you bowed yourself, playing the prostitute."

Key Reflection

In Jeremiah 2:21, God recounts how He freed Israel from oppressive bonds but found them still engaged in idolatry, symbolizing spiritual slavery to false gods. Despite declaring freedom, they chose instead to worship idols and engage in unfaithfulness, illustrating the persistent nature of sin even after deliverance.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

A noble vine -Properly, a Sorek vine (seeIsaiah 5:2), which produced a red wineProverbs 23:31, and had a lasting reputationGenesis 49:11. A right seed -literally, “a seed of truth,” i. e., true, genuine seed, not mixed with weeds, nor with seed of an inferior quality. CompareMatthew 13:24. How then art thou turned -Or, “How then” hast thou changed thyself “unto me” (i.

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