Jeremiah 11:15

“What hath my beloved to do in mine house, etc.] These are either the words of the prophet, as Kimchi and Ben Melech think, speaking after this manner; what has God, who is my beloved, he whom my soul loves, and who loves me, to do in the sanctuary, which is my house, and not this people’s, that have defiled it, to cause his Shechinah to dwell there, after so much wickedness has been committed in it? and so Cocceius interprets it of Christ the beloved Son of God, and the beloved of his church and people, withdrawing from the temple, because of the wickedness of the Jews; or they are the words of God concerning the people of the Jews, who were beloved for the Father’s sake; signifying that…”

“my beloved--My elect people, Judea; this aggravates their ingratitude (Jer 12:7). lewdness with many-- (Eze 16:25). Rather, "that great (or, manifold) enormity"; literally, "the enormity, the manifold"; namely, their idolatry, which made their worship of God in the temple a mockery (compare Jer 7:10; Eze 23:39) [HENDERSON]. holy flesh-- (Hag 2:12-14; Tit 1:15), namely, the sacrifices, which, through the guilt of the Jews, were no longer holy, that is, acceptable to God. The sacrifices on which they relied will, therefore, no longer protect them. Judah is represented as a priest's wife, who, by adultery, has forfeited her share in the flesh of the sacrifices, and yet boasts of her prerogative…”

“A parenthesis. As in Jeremiah 7:16, all intercession is forbidden, and for this reason. Prayer for others for the forgiveness of their sins avails only when they also pray. The cry of the people now was that of the guilty smarting under punishment, not of the penitent mourning over sin. Jeremiah 11:15 This passage, like Isaiah 1:12, rebukes the inconsistency of Judah’s public worship of Yahweh with their private immorality and preference for idolatry. Translate it: “What hath My beloved in My house to practice guile there? The great men and the holy flesh (i. e., the sacrifices) shall pass away from thee.” Jeremiah 11:16 The “goodly” or “shapely fruit,” signifies the righteousness and faith…”

“My beloved - My people, saith God, though I was formerly their husband, yet have wrought lewdness with many, that is, committed idolatry with many idols, and now what have they to do more in my house? The holy flesh - Flesh of their sacrifices, being set before idols, as well as before God, became polluted, and was abomination to the Lord. Thou rejoicest - They were not only evil but gloried in their wickedness. Jeremiah 11:16”

“11:15 The people’s worship included the words and ceremonies the Lord required, but their worship was insincere; they did not love God or their neighbors.”

“What: etc. Heb. What is to my beloved in my house, Luk 8:28 \*Gr. my: Jer 2:2, Jer 3:14, Jer 12:7; Hos 3:1; Mat 22:11; Rom 11:28 to do: Jer 3:8, Jer 7:8-11, Jer 15:1; Psa 50:16; Pro 15:8, Pro 21:27, Pro 28:9; Isa 1:11-15, Isa 50:1 seeing: Jer 3:1, Jer 3:2; Eze 16:25-34, 23:2-21 the holy: Hag 2:12-14; Tit 1:15 thou doest evil: or, thy evil is, Pro 2:14, Pro 10:23, Pro 26:18; Co1 13:6; Jam 4:16 Jeremiah 11:16”