Jeremiah 11:17

“For the Lord of hosts that planted thee, etc.] As a green olive tree, and gave thee all thy verdure, fruitfulness, happiness, and prosperity; when he first put thee into the possession of the good land, and distinguished thee by so many favours and blessings; as he is able to take them away, so he will: for he hath pronounced evil against thee; he hath determined it in his mind, and he hath declared it by his prophets: for the evil of the house of Israel; the ten tribes, who had committed sin, and for which the evil pronounced had been executed on them already, being some time ago carried captive: and of the house of Judah; who had taken no warning by them, but had followed them in their…”

“that planted thee-- (Jer 2:21; Isa 5:2). against themselves--The sinner's sin is to his own hurt (see on Jer 7:19).”

“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…”

“that: Jer 2:21, Jer 12:2, Jer 24:6, Jer 42:10, Jer 45:4; Sa2 7:10; Psa 44:2, Psa 80:8, Psa 80:15; Isa 5:2; Isa 61:3; Eze 17:5 pronounced: Jer 11:11, Jer 16:10, Jer 16:11, Jer 18:8, Jer 19:15, Jer 26:13, Jer 26:19, Jer 35:17, Jer 36:7, Jer 40:2 Jeremiah 11:18”