Jer 3:3, 6:28, Eze 3:7 | JFB | STEP | 3. no latter rain-- essential to the crops in Palestine; withheld in judgment ( ; compare ). whore's forehead-- ( ; ).

‏ Jeremiah 3:3

3. no latter rain--essential to the crops in Palestine; withheld in judgment (Le 26:19; compare Joe 2:23).

whore's forehead--(Jr 8:12; Eze 3:8).

‏ Jeremiah 6:28

28. grievous revolters--literally, "contumacious of the contumacious," that is, most contumacious, the Hebrew mode of expressing a superlative. So "the strong among the mighty," that is, the strongest (Eze 32:21). See Jr 5:23; Ho 4:16.

walking with slanders--(Jr 9:4). "Going about for the purpose of slandering" [Maurer].

brass, &c.--that is, copper. It and "iron" being the baser and harder metals express the debased and obdurate character of the Jews (Is 48:4; 60:17).

‏ Ezekiel 3:7

7. will not hearken unto thee: for ... not ... me--(Joh 15:20). Take patiently their rejection of thee, for I thy Lord bear it along with thee.