Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 3:6

6 ¶ The LORD said also unto me ; in the dayes of Josiah the king , Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done ? she is gone up upon every high mountain, and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.

Or again, shewing that here begins a new Sermon, in which the Prophet from God 1. declares Israels Apostacy, and how it fared with them for it. 2. Aggravates Iuda[illegible: 1 letter] 's sin, for not taking warning, 3. Issues forth an invitation of them both, to Repentance, with a promise of acceptation, and reuniting them under the Messiah. 4. Relates the compliance of the faithful among them with this invitation.

Viz. By revelation for he speaks of things that Israel had done when they were carryed away by the King of Assyria, 2 King. 17.5. to 13. long before Ieremiah was born, therefore he saith, hast thou not seen, i. e. considered wherefore God gave her a bill of divorce.

When he would have purged the Land and restored the pure Worship of God

Viz. The Ten Tribes who fell off from Iudah, and set up a distinct Kingdom of their own under Ieroboam: What they did, viz. in their Idolatries expressed in the next words, and chap. 2.20. see there, when they openly Apostatized from God, and that with one common consent, insomuch that all their Kings proved wicked, and Idolatrous, and possibly it may look as far back as Solomons defection, 1 King. 11.4, 5. &c▪ which may now come in remembrance.