Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and cry to the gods to whom they make offerings, but they cannot save them in the time of their trouble.
The Prophet then shews in these words that they were not touched by a true and sincere feeling of repentance who cried thus indiscriminately to God and to idols. But the most obvious meaning of the passage is, that the Jews would first cry to God, and that being not heard, they would then cry to alien gods.
This paragraph, which contains so much of God's wrath, might very well be expected to follow upon that which goes next before, which contained so much of his people's sin. When God found so much evil among them we cannot think it strange if it follows, Therefore I will bring evil upon them (Jer 11:11), the evil of punishment for the evil of sin; and...
Commenting on Jeremiah 11:11-17
For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah,.... See Gill on Jer 2:28, and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem; of which there were many, and some of note (i): have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal; one of whose names is Bosheth, "shame"; see Hos 9:10, hence...