Jeremiah 2:33

Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
trimmest	תֵּיטִ֥בִי tei.Ti.vi	H3190	to be (causative) make well · verb, hiphil imperfect, 2nd person feminine singular
way	דַּרְכֵּ֖ךְ dar.Kekh	H1870	a road (as trodden) · noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
seek	לְבַקֵּ֣שׁ le.va.Kesh	H1245	to search out (by any method · preposition + verb, piel infinitive construct
love	אַהֲבָ֑ה 'a.ha.Vah	H160	affection (in a good or a bad sense) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
taught	לִמַּ֖דְתְּ li.mad.ti	H3925	properly · verb, piel perfect, 2nd person feminine singular
ones	הָרָע֔וֹת ha.ra.'ot	H7451	bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) · definite article + noun, common feminine plural absolute
ways	דְּרָכָֽיִךְ de.ra.Kha.yikh	H1870	a road (as trodden) · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular

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Cross-references

Isaiah 57:7-10 Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.
Ezekiel 16:47 Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted…
2 Chronicles 33:9 So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the chi…
Jeremiah 2:23 How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift d…
Jeremiah 2:36 Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.
Jeremiah 3:1-2 They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be…
Ezekiel 16:27 Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them…
Ezekiel 16:51-52 Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 2:29–end

The prophet here goes on in the same strain, aiming to bring a sinful people to repentance, that their destruction might be prevented. I. He avers the truth of the charge. It was evident beyond contradiction; it was the greatest absurdity imaginable in them to think of denying it (Jer 2:29): "Wherefore will you plead with me, and put me upon the proof of it, or wherefore will you go about to plead any thing in excuse of the crime or to obtain a mitigation of the sentence? Your plea will certainly be overruled, and judgment given against you: you know you have all transgressed, one as well as another; why then to you quarrel with me for contending with you?" II. He heightens it from the consi…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 2:33

Why trimmest--MAURER translates, "How skilfully thou dost prepare thy way," &c. But see Kg2 9:30. "Trimmest" best suits the image of one decking herself as a harlot. way--course of life. therefore--accordingly. Or else, "nay, thou hast even," &c. also . . . wicked ones--even the wicked harlots, that is, (laying aside the metaphor) even the Gentiles who are wicked, thou teachest to be still more so [GROTIUS].

John Gill on Jeremiah 2:33

Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love?.... To seek the love, and gain the affections and esteem, of the idolatrous nations; as a lascivious woman dresses herself out in the best manner to excite the lust and move the affections of her lovers; and as Jezebel, who painted her face, and tired her head, 2 Kings 9:30 or dressed it in the best manner, where the same word is used as here; so the Targum, "why dost thou make thy way beautiful, to procure loves (or lovers) to be joined to the people?'' or the sense is, why art thou so diligent and industrious to make thy way, which is exceeding bad, look a good one, by sacrifices and ceremonies, oblations and ablutions, in order to seek and obtain…

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John Calvin on Jeremiah 2:33

The Church Fathers

(Verse 33, 34) Why do you insist on showing your good path in seeking affection, when you have also taught your wicked ways? And on your wings (or in your hands) the blood of the souls of the poor and innocent is found. I did not find them in ditches (or pits), but in all of these (or under every oak tree). In vain, he says, you desire to defend yourself with the art of words, and to show your works as if they were good, so that you may deserve affection. Moreover, you have also taught others your ways, and you have become an example for all evil works, and on your wings (or in your hands), indeed, the blood of the innocent is found, whom you sacrificed to idols, or whose souls you lost through the likeness of sacrifices. We placed the poor, from Hebrew, who are not found in the Septuagint. However, he says, the poor and innocent ones, I did not find slain in ditches, which is usually the result of the plots of robbers: but in all the things I mentioned above, whether under the oak, which in Hebrew is called Ella (): which indeed also signifies this; so the meaning is: In all these things, whether under the oak or terebinth, under whose shade and foliage you enjoyed yourself as if in pleasant places of idolatrous crimes.
— Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah

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Dictionary and topics

Titles And Names Of The Wicked · Wicked ones — Wicked ones

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Jeremiah 2:33

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 2:29–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 2:33

John Gill on Jeremiah 2:33

John Calvin on Jeremiah 2:33

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah 2:33

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 2:29–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 2:33

John Gill on Jeremiah 2:33

John Calvin on Jeremiah 2:33

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 2:33-34

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 2:33-34

Rashi on Jeremiah 2:33