Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Jeremiah 2:5
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Jeremiah2:5
5. iniquity--wrong done to them (Is 5:4; Mi 6:3; compare De 32:4).
walked after vanity--contrasted with "walkest after me in the wilderness" (Jr 2:2): then I was their guide in the barren desert; now they take idols as their guides.
vanity ... vain--An idol is not only vain (impotent and empty), but vanity itself. Its worshippers acquire its character, becoming vain as it is (De 7:26; Psa 115:8). A people's character never rises above that of its gods, which are its "better nature" [Bacon] (2Ki 17:15; Jon 2:8).
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