Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Jeremiah 2:10
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Jeremiah2:10
10. pass over the isles--rather, "cross over to the isles."
Chittim ... Kedar--that is, the heathen nations, west and east. Go where you will, you cannot find an instance of any heathen nation forsaking their own for other gods. Israel alone does this. Yet the heathen gods are false gods; whereas Israel, in forsaking Me for other gods, forsake their "glory" for unprofitable idols.
Chittim--Cyprus, colonized by Phoenicians, who built in it the city of Citium, the modern Chitti. Then the term came to be applied to all maritime coasts of the Mediterranean, especially Greece (Nu 24:24; Is 23:1; Da 11:30).
Kedar--descended from Ishmael; the Bedouins and Arabs, east of Palestine.
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