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Jeremiah 2:10

King James Version (KJV)

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Jeremiah 2:10

Verse 10 of 37

Scripture focus

For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.

Jeremiah 2:10 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 2:10

Theological / Devotional

Pass over the isles. Or, “pass over to the isles,” or, “pass over to the coastlands.” The Hebrews were admonished to direct their attention to other nations to observe the fidelity of these peoples to heathen gods and to contrast this fidelity with their own infidelity to the true God.

Chittim. The name here denotes Greeks in general (see on Gen. 10:4).

Kedar. One of the sons of Ishmael, who became the ancestor of a nomadic tribe living in the Arabian Desert (see on Gen. 25:13).

See if there be. The Israelites had shown a desire to imitate the surrounding nations (1 Sam. 8:5, 19, 20), but not in the matter of loyalty to religion. A diligent inquiry from east to west could produce no parallel example of infidelity.

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