Metaphorically the walls and fortifications of the city represent the prophet’s power of patiently enduring the attacks of his enemies; while the i…

I have made thee ... a defenced city ...— Images of strength are heaped one upon another. The prophet is represented as a…

God supplies His servant here with confidence, for courage was necessary in that state of trembling which we have observed. Jeremiah thought himsel…

For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city
Or, "as" one; so read the Targum, Septuagint, Syriac, and Ara…

God gave Jeremiah a view of the destruction of Judah and Jerusalem by the Chaldeans. The almond tree, which blooms earlier in the spring than any o…

Here, the author describes the destruction of Jerusalem itself.

He speaks of the incitement to see, what do you see?, as menti…