John Trapp on Jeremiah 2:31

Ver. 31. O generation, ſee ye the word of the Lord] q. d. O generation rather leonine then humane! as ver. 30. See ye the word; I ſay not to you Hear, no more then I would to a ſavage beaſt; for ye have no ears to hear reaſon: but ſee with your eyes; for ſo even beaſts can do. See now, and ſay ſooth.

Have I been a wilderneſſe unto Iſrael?] Such as is deſcribed before, ver. 6. Or have I not rather been a Paradiſe unto you, and a ſtore-houſe of all accommodations and comforts? It well appeareth that they have wanted nothing but thankful hearts, by this, that fulneſſe hath bred forgetfulneſſe: for ſo ſtout they are grown by reaſon of their great wealth, that they will not come at me, nor acknowledge my ſoveraignty over them: but will needs be petty Gods within themſelves: We are Lords, ſay they, and will not now take it as we have done. The ancient Greek rendreth it, We will not be ruled.