Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 3:13

13 Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy wayes to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice , saith the LORD.

Which will be the evidence of thy Repentance, without which thou canst not lay claim to any pardon, Prov. 28.13. Isa. 55.7. This is spoken by way of limitation, lest the Israelites should fancy a too easie pardon from Gods merciful nature, exhortations to Repentance should always accompany the exhibition of Promises.

Viz. To other Nations, or rather to othe[illegible: 1 letter] gods, or to Idols, running here and there up and down like a light impudent Harlot, sometimes to one, sometimes to another, thus sucking in divers superstitions, called scattering thy wayes, ver. 6. 2 King. 17.4, 9, 10. and chap. 2.23.25. thy feet whereby we go on in wayes, a metaphorical Metonymy.

So that your sin is not a sin of ignorance, but of obstinacy, shutting your ears against my counsels, which I sent you by my Prophets for your reclaiming, 2 King. 17.13. &c.