Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.
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Gill's Exposition
Because my people hath forgotten me,.... Or, "that they have forgotten me" (z); this is the horrible thing they have done, which was unheard of among the Gentiles, who were always tenacious of their…
Barnes' Notes
The contrast between the chaste retirement of a virgin and Judah’s eagerness after idolatry, serves to heighten the horror at her conduct.
These verses seem to be the application of the general truths laid down in the foregoing part of the chapter to the nation of the Jews and their present state.
I. God was now speaking concerning them…
Cambridge Bible
Ask ye now among the nations Cp. ch. Jer 2:10 f., Jer 5:30.
the virgin of Israel The people collectively (see on Jer 4:11), tended with the utmost care by the Almighty, have in spite of it all broken…
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