14 Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts; they have followed the Baals, as their ancestors taught them."
14 but have stubbornly followed their own hearts and have gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.
14 Instead they lived any way they wanted and took up with the Baal gods, who they thought would give them what they wanted - following the example of their parents."
14 but they have walked according to the dictates of their own hearts and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them,"
14 Instead, they have stubbornly followed their own desires and worshiped the images of Baal, as their ancestors taught them.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 9:14
Commentary on Jeremiah 9:12-22
(Read Jeremiah 9:12-22)
In Zion the voice of joy and praise used to be heard, while the people kept close to God; but sin has altered the sound, it is now the voice of lamentation. Unhumbled hearts lament their calamity, but not their sin, which is the cause of it. Let the doors be shut ever so fast, death steals upon us. It enters the palaces of princes and great men, though stately, strongly built, and guarded. Nor are those more safe that are abroad; death cuts off even the children from without, and the young men from the streets. Hearken to the word of the Lord, and mourn with godly sorrow. This alone can bring true comfort; and it can turn the heaviest afflictions into precious mercies.