Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 2:27

27 Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone , Thou hast brought me forth : for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the [illegible: 1 letter]ime of their trouble they will say, Arise, and [illegible: 1 letter]ave us .

Idol, a Metonymy of the Matter, because Idols are made of these materials, Dan. 5.4.

Or begotten me, so is the word used, Gen. 4.18. This notes the sottish stupidity of this People, to take a lifeless stock or stone to be their maker, and to give the honour of God unto them, Isa. 44.1[illegible: 1 letter]. They that make them are like unto them, as senseless as they, Psal. 115.8.

They turn their faces wholy towards their Idols, it notes the openess of their Apostacy, chap. 7.24.

The usual Language of Gods Children in distress, Psal. 3.7. and often elsewhere, when they found the vanity of their Idols, and their own folly in relying on them, that cannot help, or save, and rejecting me, ver. 31. then they will come to me, Iudg. 10.10. Hos. 5.15. the same thing with finding her in her month, verse 24. herein abusing Gods gentleness, making him their necessity not their choice.

Marginal references: Or, begotten me.; Heb. the hinder part of the neck.; Isa. 26.16.