Jer 2:25, 18:12 | JFB | STEP | 25. Withhold, &c.—that is, abstain from incontinence; figuratively for idolatry [HOUBIGANT ]. unshod, &c.—do not run so violently in pursuing lovers, as to wear out thy shoes: do not "thirst" so incontinently after sexual intercourse. HITZIG thinks the reference is to penances performed barefoot to idols, and the thirst occasioned by loud and continued invocations to them. no hope — ( ). "It is hopeless," that is, I am desperately resolved to go on in my own course. strangers —that is, laying aside the metaphor, "strange gods" ( ).

Jeremiah 2:25

25. Withhold, &c.—that is, abstain from incontinence; figuratively for idolatry [HOUBIGANT].

unshod, &c.—do not run so violently in pursuing lovers, as to wear out thy shoes: do not "thirst" so incontinently after sexual intercourse. HITZIG thinks the reference is to penances performed barefoot to idols, and the thirst occasioned by loud and continued invocations to them.

no hope— (Jer 18:12; Isa 57:10). "It is hopeless," that is, I am desperately resolved to go on in my own course.

strangers—that is, laying aside the metaphor, "strange gods" (Jer 3:13; De 32:16).

Jeremiah 18:12

12. no hope—Thy threats and exhortations are all thrown away (Jer 2:25). Our case is desperate; we are hopelessly abandoned to our sins and their penalty. In this and the following clauses, "We will walk after our own devices," Jeremiah makes them express the real state of the case, rather than the hypocritical subterfuges which they would have been inclined to put forth. So Isa 30:10, 11.