jeremiah 2:33 Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.

jeremiah 2:33 "How well you prepare your way To seek love! Therefore even the wicked women You have taught your ways.

33. Why trimmest--MAURER translates, "How skilfully thou dost prepare thy way," &c. But see 2Ki 9:30. "Trimmest" best suits the image of one decking herself as a harlot.
way--course of life.
therefore--accordingly. Or else, "nay, thou hast even," &c.
also . . . wicked ones--even the wicked harlots, that is, (laying aside the metaphor) even the Gentiles who are wicked, thou teachest to be still more so [GROTIUS].

jeremiah 2:33 "How well you prepare your way To seek love! Therefore even the wicked women You have taught your ways.

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