Jeremiah 2:15

Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes,.... These were cities in Egypt. Noph is the same with Moph in Hos 9:6 and which we there rightly render Memphis; as Noph is here by the Targum, Septuagint,…

Upon him - Rather, against him. Israel has run away from his master’s house, but only to find himself exposed to the beasts of prey in the wilderness. They made his land waste - The prophet points to…

The prophet, further to evince the folly of their forsaking God, shows them what mischiefs they had already brought upon themselves by so doing; it had already cost them dear, for to this were owing…

The young lions have roared upon him, and yelled referring to the frequent Assyrian invasions. The lion was the symbol of Assyria (Nah 2:12 f.). Cp. Isa 5:29 (of an attacking host).

burned up Many…