Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
it—Some take this verse of Judah, to whom the end of Jeremiah 3:8 refers. But Jeremiah 3:10 puts Judah in contrast to Israel in this verse. "Yet for all this," referring to the sad example of Israel; if Jeremiah 3:9 referred to Judah, "she" would have been written in Jeremiah 3:10, not "Judah." Translate, "It (the putting away of Israel) had come to pass through . . . whoredom; and (that is, for) she (Israel) had defiled the land" etc. [MAURER]. English Version, however, may be explained to refer to Israel.
lightness—"infamy." [EWALD]. MAURER not so well takes it from the Hebrew root, "voice," "fame."
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 3:9:
Jeremiah 3:9
Luke 15:13
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