Jeremiah 3:25

We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us,.... As persons overwhelmed with a sense of sin, and so pressed with the guilt of it on their consciences, that they can neither stand up, nor…

We lie down ... - Or, We will lie down: we are ready to throw ourselves upon the ground in bitter humiliation. Covereth - literally, shall cover us. We will hide our face from others.

Here is, I. The charge God exhibits against Israel for their treacherous departures from him, Jer 3:20. As an adulterous wife elopes from her husband, so have they gone a whoring from God. They were…

Let us lie down Cp. for such a custom as indicative of very painful feelings 2Sa 12:16; 2Sa 13:31; 1Ki 21:4.

cover Cp. Psa 109:29.