Psa 107:17, Jer 2:17, 19 | JFB | STEP | 17-22. Whether the same or not, this exigency illustrates that dispensation of God according to which sin brings its own punishment. are afflicted —literally, "afflict themselves," that is, bring on disease, denoted by loathing of food, and drawing

Psalms 107:17

17-22. Whether the same or not, this exigency illustrates that dispensation of God according to which sin brings its own punishment.

are afflicted—literally, "afflict themselves," that is, bring on disease, denoted by loathing of food, and drawing

Jeremiah 2:17

17. Literally, "Has not thy forsaking the Lord . . . procured this (calamity) to thee?" So the Septuagint: the Masoretic accents make "this" the subject of the verb, leaving the object to be understood. "Has not this procured (it, that is, the impending calamity) unto thee, that hast forsaken?" &c. (Jer 4:18).

led— (De 32:10).

the way—The article expresses the right way, the way of the Lord: namely, the moral training which they enjoyed in the Mosaic covenant.

Jeremiah 2:19

19. correct . . . reprove—rather, in the severer sense, "chastise . . . punish" [MAURER].

backslidings—"apostasies"; plural, to express the number and variety of their defections. The very confederacies they entered into were the occasion of their overthrow (Pr 1:31; Isa 3:9; Ho 5:5).

know . . . see—imperative for futures: Thou shalt know and see to thy cost.

my fear—rather, "the fear of Me."