Jer 3:3, 8:12, Eze 3:7, Zep 3:5 | 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 8:12

10-12. Repeated from Jr 6:12-15. See a similar repetition, Jr 8:15; Jr 14:19.

inherit--succeed to the possession of them.

‏ 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.

‏ Zephaniah 3:5

5-7. The Jews regard not God's justice manifested in the midst of them, nor His judgments on the guilty nations around.

The just Lord--Why then are ye so unjust?

is in the midst thereof--He retorts on them their own boast, "Is not the Lord among us" (Mi 3:11)? True He is, but it is for another end from what ye think [Calvin]; namely, to lead you by the example of His righteousness to be righteous. Le 19:2, "Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy" [Maurer]. But Calvin, "That ye may feel His hand to be the nearer for taking vengeance for your crimes: 'He will not do iniquity' by suffering your sins to go unpunished" (De 32:4).

every morning--literally, "morning by morning." The time in the sultry East for dispensing justice.

bring ... to light--publicly and manifestly by the teaching of His prophets, which aggravates their guilt; also by samples of His judgments on the guilty.

he faileth not--He is continually setting before you samples of His justice, sparing no pains. Compare Is 5:4; 50:4, "he wakeneth morning by morning."

knoweth no shame--The unjust Jews are not shamed by His justice into repentance.