Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Because—rather, "And yet"; in defiance of the natural order of things.
forgotten me— (Jeremiah 2:32). This implies a previous knowledge of God, whereas He was unknown to the Gentiles; the Jews' forgetting of God, therefore, arose from determined perversity.
they have caused . . . to stumble—namely the false prophets and idolatrous priests have.
ancient paths— (Jeremiah 6:16): the paths which their pious ancestors trod. Not antiquity indiscriminately, but the example of the fathers who trod the right way, is here commended.
them—the Jews.
not cast up—not duly prepared: referring to the raised center of the road. CALVIN translates, "not trodden." They had no precedent of former saints to induce them to devise for themselves a new worship.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 18:15:
Jeremiah 6:16
Malachi 2:8
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