Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
adulterers--spiritual, that is, forsakers of God, Israel's true Husband (Isaiah 54:5) for idols, at the instigation of the false "prophets" (Jeremiah 23:9, Jeremiah 23:15). Literal adultery and fornication, the usual concomitants of idolatry, are also meant.
swearing--MAURER, etc., translate, "Because of the curse (of God on it), the land mourneth" (Deuteronomy 27:15-26; Deu. 28:15-68; Isaiah 24:6). More than usual notoriety had been given to the curses of the law, by the finding and reading of it in Josiah's time (2 Kings 22:11, etc.). But Hosea 4:2-3, favors English Version (compare Jeremiah 12:4). A drought was sent by God on the pastures ("pleasant places," oases) in the desert, on account of the "profaneness" of the priests, prophets, and people (Jeremiah 23:11).
course . . . evil--They (both prophets and people) rush into wickedness (Jeremiah 23:21; Isaiah 59:7).
force . . . not right--Their powers are used not on the side of rectitude, but on that of falsehood.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Jeremiah 12:4
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