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Jeremiah 8:19

King James Version (KJV)

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Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: [Is] not the LORD in Zion? [is] not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, [and] with strange vanities?

Jeremiah 8:19 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 8:19

Theological / Devotional

Why? God answers by a counterquestion. Why had the people persisted in idolatry? Their distress was not due to any lack of faithfulness on His part, but to their own disloyalty to their King.

Strange vanities. These foreign images represented gods that were nonentities (see Deut. 32:21; 1 Kings 16:13, 26; Jer. 14:22; Ps. 31:6). The children of Judah had chosen to serve foreign gods; hence Jehovah cast them out into a foreign land.

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